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 CHESTER 
 
 TOGETHER WITH AX ACCOUNT OF THE NEW CHURCH 
 
 OF 
 
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 BY THE LATE 
 
 J. P. EARWAKER, M.A., F.S.A., 
 
 AUTHOK OF " EAST CHESHIRE," AKP EDITOE OF " THE MAKCHESTEK COrST LEET RECOKDS ;' 
 HONOE-ARY SECRETARY OF THE RECORD SOCIETY OF LANCASHIRE ASD CHESHIRE, 
 
 ETC., EI'C. 
 
 EDITED BY 
 
 RUPERT H. MORRIS, D.D.. F.S.A. 
 
 LONDON : 
 
 PRIKTED BY LOVE k WYMAN, LIMITED. GREAT Ql'EEN STREET, 
 
 LINCOLVS INX FIELDS. 
 
 1898.
 
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 TO 
 
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 HUGH LUPUS, 
 
 DUKE OF WESTMINSTER, K.G., 
 
 %Qx\ llicutenant of Cfnsljirc, 
 
 WHO HAS MOST UNGRUDGINGLY AND CONSTANTLV 
 
 FOR MANY YEARS PAST 
 
 DEVOTED TIME AND INFLUENCE 
 
 TO THE FURTHERANCE OF ALL UNDERTAKINGS 
 
 THAT COULD TEND TO THE HAPPINESS AND WELL-BEING 
 
 OF 
 
 CHESTER AND ITS INHABITANTS, 
 
 IS 
 
 MOST RESPECTFULLY A\D GRATEFULLY 
 
 DEDICATED.
 
 ?itst of trie JFitunbcv[s of ff)is Wink. 
 
 His Grace THE DUKE OF WESTMINSTER, K.G. 
 
 Thk late Rev. CANON THOMAS EATON, M.A. {Rts^ Rector). 
 
 ADMIRAL T. L. MASSIE. 
 
 CAPTAIN EDWARD R. MASSIE, J. P. 
 
 The late ALDERMAN ROBERT FROST, J. P. 
 
 ALDERMAN CHARLES BROWN, J. P. 
 
 The late ALDERMAN WILLIAM JOHNSON, J. P. {Past Churxhwarden). 
 
 The late DR. DAVIES-COLLEY, J. P. 
 
 The late Mr. J. R. BAKER {Past C/iurchwarden). 
 
 Mr. FRED. BULLIN, J. P. 
 
 Mr. HENRY FINCHETT-MADDOCK {Past Churchwarden). 
 
 Mr. JOHN GAMON {Past Churchwarden). 
 
 Mr. J. G. HOLMES {Past Churchwarden). 
 
 Mr. GEORGE PARKER {Past Church^vardeu). 
 
 Mr. REGINALD POTTS. 
 
 The late Mr. JAMES SALMON, J. P. {Past Churchwarden). 
 
 Mr. HENRY TAYLOR, F.S.A. {Past Churchwarden).
 
 PREFACE. 
 
 The late Mr. J. P. Earwaker had been engaged for several years in collecting 
 materials for the History of St. Mary's, and he had seen through the press 
 some 1 70 pages of the present Work, when the hand of death was suddenly 
 laid upon him, and it was left to others to take up the pen which he had 
 dropped, and carry the Work through to completion. Sad and pathetic as 
 were the circumstances under which I was called upon to undertake this task, 
 and difficult, of necessity, as it is to take up the threads of a history which 
 have been arranged by another, it was less difficult than it might well have 
 proved to be, owing to the excellent method and order which obtained with 
 Mr. Earwaker. 
 
 The mass of materials collected by him for this purpose is very great, but 
 so carefully was it grouped in sections that my chief task lay in selecting and 
 compressing within reasonable compass the copious and valuable information 
 gathered together, and in studying to preserve a due proportion in the matter 
 to be included. 
 
 The Pedigrees I have printed without any alteration or correction, exactly 
 as they were left. Mr. Earwaker was so remarkable for accuracy and patience 
 in investigation that, failing his revision, they could not well receive any other. 
 
 Our readers will, I hope, be interested in the valuable particulars 
 contained in the somewhat lengthy extracts from the Churchwardens' books. 
 No apology is needed for printing in full such important records. The limit 
 of space prescribed prevented any further extension of this reproduction, but 
 a sufficient number of extracts has been exhibited to show how closely the 
 history of St. Mary's Church followed the political and ecclesiastical history 
 of the country at large. They illustrate in a remarkable manner the important 
 changes in ritual, and in a less degree in doctrine, during the years of 
 Henry VIII., Edward VI., Queen Mary, and Queen Elizabeth. They also 
 contain many curious references and old dialect words. Some extracts, too, 
 have been given from the later accounts to the year 1800, with special 
 reference to any entries which are interesting, or which throw light on the 
 manners and customs of bygone years, or which refer to public events in 
 Chester or in the kingdom generally. '
 
 vi PREFACE. 
 
 A very full series of extracts has been given from the Parish Registers, 
 including those for the years 1547-1553 ^"d 1570-1574. from the Harleian 
 I\ISS. in the British Museum, and from the official transcripts in the Bishop's 
 Registry at Chester, for various years between 1601 and 1627, the original 
 Registers being lost. 
 
 An account is printed of the Old Monuments in the Church to the 
 Troutbeck family and others, with copies of important monumental inscriptions, 
 all now destroyed. These are taken from manuscripts in the British Museum, 
 not generally known, one of which has only recently been acquired. 
 
 A list of " Founders of the Work " is appended, without whose 
 co-operation and pecuniary support the Work could not have been undertaken. 
 From these it is proper to select for special mention the name of His Grace 
 the Duke of Westminster, patron of the two Rectories of St. Mary's-within- 
 the-Walls and St. Mary's-without-the- Walls, who. in addition to his munificent 
 gifts to both Churches, old and new, has been a liberal subscriber to the fund 
 raised for the publication of this History. To this honoured name must 
 be added that of Mr. Henry Taylor, who has been most indefatigable in 
 promoting the Work, grappling with almost insuperable difficulties, and 
 keeping, the project in view, when others had almost despaired of its ever 
 arriving at completion. 
 
 Thanks are due and are most gladly given for the valuable assistance 
 rendered by Admiral Massie and Captain Edward Massie, who placed at our 
 disposal their valuable collection of Cheshire pedigrees ; to Venerable 
 Archdeacon Barber, Rector of St. Mary's-within-the-Walls ; to Rev. Henry 
 Grantham, Rector of St. Mary's-without-the- Walls ; to Mr. John Gamon, the 
 learned and courteous Registrar of the Diocese, whose stores of Diocesan 
 documents were always readily accessible ; and to Mrs. Earwaker, whose facile 
 pen has done much to embellish this volume. There will, doubtless, be many 
 others who assisted the late Mr. Earwaker in preparing for this History, and 
 who, it is hoped, will accept this thankful recognition of their kindly ser\'ice. 
 
 RUPERT H. MORRIS. 
 St. G.abriel's Vicarage, 
 
 Warwick Square, S.W.
 
 TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
 
 VAC.F. 
 
 Dedication . . ... iii 
 
 List of Founders of the Work ... ... ... ... ... ... ... iv 
 
 Preface ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... v-vi 
 
 St. M.\ry-on-the-Hill — The Church — Curious Entries in Churchwardens' 
 Accounts — List of Vestments and Ornaments — Alterations in the 
 
 Fabric ... ... ... ... ... ... i-ii 
 
 Re-arrangement of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St. Mary's, &c. ... ... 11-13 
 
 The Church of St. Mary-without-the-Walls — Roman Remains found — List 
 
 OF Gifts ... ... 13-1S 
 
 The Present Church of St. Mary-on-the-Hill— The Modern Stained Glass 
 
 — Communion Plate— Bells ... ... ig-26 
 
 Special Incidents in the Past History of St. Mary's — Trial of Witches 26-30, 182 
 
 The Chantries and Altars formerly in St. Mary's Church ... 30-33 
 
 The Old Heraldic Stained Glass and Old Monuments ... ... ... ... 33-44 
 
 Monumental Inscriptions now in the Church ... ... ... ... ... 45-58 
 
 Inscriptions in the Churchyard ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 58-59 
 
 Monumental Inscriptions and Tablets formerly in the Church ... ... 60-76 
 
 List of the Rectors of St. Mary's ... 77-104 
 
 The Registers of St. Mary's ... ... ... ... 105-177 
 
 Extr.\cts from other Registers relating to Persons and Places connpxted 
 
 WITH St. Mary's Parish ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 177 
 
 Old Cheshire Families connected with St. Mary's ... ... ... ... 183-196 
 
 Pedigree of Worsley of Chester and Birkenhead 192 
 
 The Charities of St. Mary's ... ... ... ... ... ... 197-200 
 
 The Sunday Evening Lecture at St. Mary's ... ... 200-201 
 
 List of Churchwardens, 1536-1897 ... ... ... ... 202-210 
 
 Churchwardens' Accounts, 1536-1565 ... ... „ ... ... 211-255 
 
 Pedigrees : Brerewood of Chester — Gamull — Weston — Acton — Prescott — 
 Foulkes — CuRRiE — Manley of the Lache, of Pulton— Ellis — 
 Browne of Netherleigh — Morgell — Brock — Browne of Upton — 
 
 Hunt — Holme 256-2SS 
 
 Index Nominum ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 2S9-300 
 
 Index Rerum ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 301-303
 
 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. 
 
 ' St. Mary's-without-the- Walls Frontispiece 
 
 Arms of Sir Robert Brerewood — Sir Francis Gamul — 
 
 Randle Holme ... .•■ i 
 
 St. Mary-on-the-Hill — Exterior ... To face pasic i 
 
 „ — Interior ... ... ... „ 12 
 
 „ — Ground Plan ... ... ... „ 14 
 
 „ — Portion of Oak Roof ... „ 20 
 
 Old Communion Plate „ 22 
 
 Randle Holme's House 
 
 Masonic Window in Memory of Randle Holme 
 
 Monument to Thomas Gamul, Recorder of Chester 
 
 Monu.ment to Philip Oldfield 
 
 Mural Monument to Randle Holme 
 
 Arms and Crest of Oldfield 
 
 Coat of Arms of Ralph Worsley, Esq., 1573 
 
 Coat of Ar.ms on the Bkass to Rowland Waring, 1695 .. 
 
 Arms and Crest of Troutbeck 
 
 Boss, Oak Roof, St. Mary's-on-the-Hill 
 
 
 25 
 
 
 33 
 
 
 41 
 
 
 43 
 
 
 46 
 
 44, 
 
 193 
 
 59> 
 
 188 
 
 
 76 
 
 
 186 
 
 201, 
 
 2 10
 
 Sir Robkrt Brerewood 
 
 Km., Recorder of Chester, Judge of 
 the King's Bench, &c. 
 
 Sir Fraxcis Gamul 
 
 Knt. and Bart., who entertained King 
 Charles I. at Chester in 1645. 
 
 Randle Holme 
 
 (Father, son, grandson, and great- 
 grandson), the four well-known 
 Chester Antiquaries. 
 
 ARMS OF THREE OF THE OLD FAMILIES COXNECTED WITH ST. .VARY'S. 
 
 M. iHarK-on-rtjr-InU, Cljrstfr. 
 
 HE PARISH OF ST. MARY-OX-THE-HILL, CHESTER, extends 
 beyond the city boundaries, and includes the township of Gloverstone, which 
 is wholly within the city, and those of Upton, Moston, Claverton, and 
 Marleston-cum-Lache in Broxton Hundred, and Little Mollington in Wirral 
 Hundred. Of these townships, Gloverstone is a very small one, closel\- 
 adjacent to St. Mary's Church, and although entirely within the city of 
 Chester, is yet a distinct township, and not subject to the city jurisdiction. 
 Upton, Moston, Claverton, Marleston-cum-Lache, and Little Mollington, are all in the near 
 neighbourhood of Chester. Exactly opposite to St. Mary's Church, but on the further side 
 of the river Dee, is Handbridge, a hamlet in Claverton township, in which the new church of 
 St. Mary-without-the-Walls has recently been erected. Saltney, a growing hamlet on that side 
 of the Dee, is partly in St. Mary's parish (Claverton township), but chiefly in Hawarden parish, 
 in the count\- of Flint.
 
 2 ST. MARY-ON-THE-HILL, CHESTER. Jlt^>^-Y-.«YV^ IE. ^ (o>- 
 
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 The Church of St. Mary, or, as it was more generally called, "St. Mary-on-the-Hill," 
 ranked next to the abbe)- church of St. Werburgh and the collegiate church of St. John, as 
 one of the most important of the many churches in Chester. Built on high ground above the 
 river Dee, and in close proximity to the Castle of Chester, from which it is only .separated 
 by a broad and deep fosse, it was almost certainly erected by one of the early Norman Earls of 
 Chester, whose chief stronghold the Castle of Chester was. It was most probably built early in 
 the twelfth century, and it was certainly in existence in the middle of that century, when the 
 advowson was given by Randle Gernons, the fourth Earl of Chester, who held that important 
 position from the year 1128 to 11 53, to the Abbey and Convent of St. Werburgh at 
 Chester.^ 
 
 St. Mary's remained in the possession of this rich and famous abbey till its dissolution in 
 the year 1540, so that for quite four hundred years the clergy who officiated there were all 
 presented by that abbey. After the dissolution of St. Werburgh's, the advowson of this 
 church was granted to the then newly-created Dean and Chapter of Chester, but in conse- 
 quence of certain disputes, they lost it, and it became the property of John Brereton, of VVetten- 
 hall, Esquire, who is found presenting to it in 1554. It was subsequently sold, together with a 
 moiety of the Wettenhall estate, to the Wilbrahams of Dorfold, near Nantwich, and by the 
 marriage of the Rev. Robert Hill, of the Hough, in Wybunbury, county Chester, with the 
 daughter of the Rev. John W'ilbraham, it passed to that family, and in 18 19 was .sold to the 
 Earl Grosvenor, whose grandson, the Duke of Westminster, is the present owner. 
 
 In common with most of our parish churches, we know little or nothing of the early history 
 of St. Mary's or how it graduall)' grew in size and importance during media;val times. Although 
 it is clear that it was several times rebuilt or enlarged, yet it is impossible to give any definite 
 dates when these alterations took place. In 1433, as will subsequently be shown, William 
 Troutbeck, Esq., and Joan his wife built a chapel at the east end of the south aisle, and in 1444 
 they founded a chantry there, dedicated to the Holy Trinit}-. This chapel unfortunately fell 
 down in 1661, and its fall utterly destroyed the handsome effigies of its founders, and others 
 which had been placed there. It remained in ruins till 1693, when it was rebuilt by the 
 parishioners, to whom it had been conveyed in 1691 by the Earl of Shrewsburj-, who, as 
 the direct descendant of the Troutbecks, was its then owner. 
 
 In 1536 there is a very interesting entry on the fly-leaf of the earliest volume of the 
 Churchwardens' Accounts to the effect that on the dissolution of Basingwerk Abbey, near 
 Holywell, in F"lintshire, in 1535, the parishioners of St. Mary's had purchased the "choir" — 
 most probably the choir or chancel roof, — and had put it up in their own church. The exact 
 words of this entrj' are as follows : — 
 
 " Also in ther tyme [i.e., the two churchwardens mentioned as holding ofifice when the book was 
 begun, 27th Henry ^TII., 1536] the quere [choir] was boght at basewerke and sett uppe with all costs and 
 
 ' Chartulary of St. Werburgh, Chester, J/ar/. .VS. 1965, f. 23. In this grant the church is described as '■ St. Mary of the 
 Castle " (iV'rt' Marie de Cas/ro). 
 
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 THE CHURCH. 
 
 chargis belongynge to the same, more ouer the churche flowre, the chauncell and Seynt Katherine chappell 
 the[y] did tyle in ther tyme." 
 
 But if the mediaival history of the church is defective, St. Mary's is exceptionally fortunate 
 in possessing a remarkably fine series of Churchwardens' Accounts, from which the later history- 
 may be deduced with great clearness. These Accounts, which begin in 1536, are not only the 
 earliest and the most perfect of any that I know of in the whole of Cheshire, but they go back 
 to the early part of the sixteenth century, and so afford a very striking picture of the ecclesi- 
 astical history of a parish church from just prior to the Reformation down to modern times. 
 They are wonderfully perfect, the receipts and disbursements of the churchwardens from that 
 early date having been preserved almost without a break. Great interest, too, attaches to these 
 records, for, as will be noticed, they commence in the middle of the reign of Henry VHI., at a 
 time when he and his Privy Council were engaged in suppressing all the larger abbeys and 
 monasteries throughout the kingdom, and so paving the way for the establishment of the 
 reformed religion, which Edward VI. and his advisers carried out. \'ery many people seem to 
 think that the dissolution of the abbeys and monasteries was synonymous with the suppression 
 of the Roman Catholic ritual throughout the realm, but such records as these early Church- 
 wardens' Accounts show how fallacious such a theory is. It is clear from them that until the end 
 of Henry VIII.'s reign, that is down to 1547, the ritual in vogue at St. Mary's, and no doubt 
 also in all other parish churches, was that of Roman Catholicism, and the various entries are 
 most quaint and suggestive.^ 
 
 St. Mary's was abundantly supplied with vestments of all kinds ; copes, albs, tunicles are 
 mentioned, as a matter of course, as are also the quire books and procession books, and the 
 " organs " which supplied the music for the services. There are constant references to the 
 " clock " and to " the bells," of which there seem to have been six, including a " great bell " and 
 a small " anthem bell," which would be rung at the elevation of the host. A large amount was 
 expended each year in the purchase of wax to supply the church with candles, and the making 
 of the large wax candles, which are called " surges " or " sergesses," and weighed about twenty 
 pounds each, seems to have been an important event in the parish, and to have necessitated the 
 giving of " beyrich " or " barrage," or what we should now term " an allowance," to the workmen 
 employed at this labour.- Entries relating to this occur regularly year by year, together with 
 others referring to " St. Stephen's lights," that is, to the candles burning before an image of 
 St. Stephen placed somewhere in the church. There are regular entries for supplying the lamp 
 in the church with oil, for " scouring " or cleaning the lamp, and the " chaldeners " as well 
 as " the brasen censer " and " the cross." The " frankincense " and the charcoal used in the 
 church form constant items in the wardens' accounts, and there are many interesting references 
 to the great church festivals and the way the clergy educated the people by exhibiting to them 
 some of the great mysteries of religion symbolically. Thus at Easter there are entries referring 
 to the Easter sepulchre, such as " payd for nayles, pynes, and thred to heng the sepulcur," paid for 
 " the sepulcre lights," and also for " cordys [cords] to the pascall," that is the large " paschal " or 
 candlestick used at Easter. At Christmas there seems to have been a special decoration made 
 
 • I have here made use of the summary of these Accounts, which I drew up for a paper read before the Chester Archnjolo- 
 gical and Historic Society, in October 1887, and printed in the second vohmie of ihe Journal of that Society issued in 18S9. 
 Some few corrections and additions have been made where opportunity occurred. 
 
 ^ It is my intention, if space permits, to print at the end of this book a large number of extracts from these most interesting 
 accounts, and, if possible, to jjrint some of the earlier years in full. All the' references in the text here given can then easily be 
 verified, and explanations of the meanings of the rare or uncommon words will be given. 
 
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 S'COi£ pf?IOF^ISSE. <5s C0WENTU5 ^IONTA^2>Ul'! ^ 5 Tt MARlE, CtSTRE.'.' 
 
 4 ST. MARY-ON-THE-IIILL, CHESTER. 
 
 of holl_\', wliich is rci;ularl\' referred to as " tlic iiolyn," and there are entries for " the condullys 
 [or candles] for the same," and occasional references to a sort of scenic arrangement in which the 
 moon and stars figured prominently. Thus, in 1 540, " paide for naj'Ics and tymber to make the 
 monc under the hol)-n," and " paide for hanging the roppe in the puUe [[)ullc\'] for the holyn," 
 and " for making a skaffolde to take down the mone." Again, in i 544, " paid for candles to ye 
 sterr and to ye hollyn." 
 
 In 1539 there is a curious entry " for settying up and schestyng [chesting] the holy goste," 
 and in 1540 "paide for wyre to sett uppc the holy goste," by which is meant a figure of a dove 
 symbolising the Holy Ghost. There are also entries " paid for a purse to carrv }'e sacrament " 
 and for "a cord to the vayie." And, curiously enough, in the same year, 1544, in which these 
 last two entries occur, there is the first reference to the Bible, when " a chcyne to the Byble " 
 was paid for. There arc also entries paid for rushes at Easter and Pentecost, and also for 
 taking the old rushes out of the church. Rushes were used to strew on the floor of the church 
 to keep it warm. 
 
 In 1537 there is an entry "for makyngc and gyldynge 4 buttons to the best cope and the 
 velvet cope," and another for " 3 gyrdyllis to the best shute [suit]." The clerk, too, was yearl\- 
 provided with a "rochet," which is a white linen vestment like a surplice. In 1539 there arc 
 several entries about the raising up of the high altar, and when it was done the wardens 
 entertained their neighbours at the cost to the parish of 4d. The " holy water stock " was set 
 up this year, and a small sum was paid " for a cord to the curtyn before the high altar." 
 
 In 1542 a porch was built on the north side of the church, the stones for which came from 
 the ruins of St. Mary's Nunnery ; and another porch was also built on the south side, and in 
 the following year a chamber was erected over one of these porches, and fitted up as a living 
 room for one of the priests serving in the church ; and in this year, [543, the pulpit was also 
 made. There are occasional references to the rood loft, and in 1547, the first year of King 
 I-idwartl VI., the holy " rood," or figure of our Lord on the Cross, was taken down, and in this 
 year we have the first record of " white-liming " or whitewashing the church, in order to get rid 
 of any paintings or other ornamentation there might be on the walls. 
 
 These entries continue much the same till about the year 1550, when, with the introduction 
 of the reformed religion, by command of Edward VI., great changes took place. In 1549 a 
 book for the Communion and two psalters, and a book called " The Paraphrases," were pur- 
 chased by the wardens, and in 1550 the lead from "the holy water stocke " was sold for five 
 shillings. In this latter year a large sum was paid " for takyng downe the alters and tyling the 
 churche flore," and another sum was paid for mending the glass windows, in which the old 
 stained glass, with inscriptions beseeching prayers for the souls of those who had given them, 
 had probably been broken.^ 
 
 I'l 1553 Chester was visited b)- the commissioners appointed b)- the Privy Council — John 
 [Bird] Bishop of Chester, Thomas Smith, mayor of the city, Sir Laurence Smith, knight, and 
 Roger Hurleston, gentleman — to inquire as to " all and singular the copes, vestments, chalices, 
 ornaments, and goodes," of all and every the churches, chapels, &c., within the city; and an inven- 
 tory, now in the Record Office, London, was made of all such as they had .sold for the king's use, 
 and also " of the chalices, copes, and vestments of cloth of gold " by them received and retained 
 for the king's use, as well as " such goods, crosses, plate, or bells " as had been sold or stolen by 
 
 A full account of rhe old her.-ildic st.iined gl.iss formerly in llie church windows, with the inscriptions placed there, will be 
 subsequently given.
 
 THE CHURCH. 5 
 
 the parishioners and others. As regards St. Mary's, the copes, vestments, &c., belonging to the 
 church were sold for ^lo 13s. 6d. — a larger sum than was paid for the vestments of any other 
 church in the city, not excepting the cathedral. The goods, &c., delivered to the churchwardens 
 on the 28th May, 1553, to be kept in the church till the king's pleasure was further known, are 
 set out as follows : — 
 
 A chalice with a paten of silver, weighing 10 ounces. 
 Two copes, three table clothes [or, as we should call them, altar cloths]. 
 A payre of organs. A hanging for the table of linen. A pillow of silk. 
 Five great bells in the steeple, and an anthem bell and a clock. 
 Four towels, a surplice, and all the bookes in the church now used. 
 
 In the volume of Churchwardens' Accounts there is a list of the vestments, &c., in 1553, 
 which had been either delivered up to the king's commissioners, or retained by the church- 
 wardens for the use of the parish. This list, which is most interesting, is as follows (the spelling 
 being modernised) : — 
 
 Delivered to Mr. Branshank our best suit there to be kept in safety to the use of the parish, one cope 
 of gold, one vestment of gold, and two tunicles of gold, and one albe belonging to the same suit which 
 they were lapped in. 
 
 Item delivered there to be kept in safety to the use of the parish one cope of red satin. 
 
 Item one red satin vestment. 
 
 Item two tunicles of satin. 
 
 Item two vestments of black chamlet. 
 
 Item two albes belonging to the best suit. 
 Memorandum that these be the goods delivered to the King's Commissioners : 
 
 Item a cope of red velvet. 
 
 Item a cope of red scarlet. 
 
 Item a vestment of green silk. 
 
 Item a vestment of scarlet. 
 
 Item a vestment of green satin of Bruges. 
 
 Item a vestment of w'hite silk. 
 
 Item two tunicles with all things belonging to them. 
 
 Item a hanging to an altar with squirrels (?) of gold. 
 
 Item two corporas cases of gold and corporas clothes within them and one of silk and a 
 cloth within the same. 
 Item at the same time we sold certain of the church goods, and these are our receipts : 
 
 Received for banners and a veil cloth and certain hangings that belong to the altar, los. 
 
 Received for certain pixes, and for certain "parers" belonging to the best suit, 8s. 8d. 
 
 Received for two coffers and four spears, 8s. 
 
 Received for certain hangings that belonged to the altars m the church, 3s. 4d. 
 
 This was in May, 1553. In July of that year the king, Edward VI., died, and Queen Mary- 
 succeeded him, and being a Roman Catholic, that religion at once revived. Many of the vest- 
 ments, &c., formerly belonging to the church were, no doubt, restored to it, and in the Accounts 
 for that year and for 1554 such entries as the following speak for them.selves :— 
 
 Paid for " makyng of the altres," lyd. 
 
 Paid to "the carver for a frame to the table of the high altar," i6d.
 
 ST. MARY-ON-THE-HILL, CHKSTKR. 
 
 Paid for "settinge vp of the angell," 6d.' 
 
 Paid for " gilding of an image of our Lady,'' 2od. 
 
 Paid for " painting the table to the high altar," 4s. 
 
 Gathered in the parish " for the makying of the Rode," 8s. 4d. 
 
 Paid "for the holy waiter bockytt," 3s. 3d. 
 
 Paid "for sayinge of masse to a prest in the wytson weke," i2d. 
 
 Paid "for the making the Rode," I2S., for "gilding the Rode," 13s., (.Src, &c. 
 
 In the following year, 1555, there are payment.s for " frankincense and charcoal," for " mend- 
 ing the cloth before the high altar," and once more " for candles for the holyn," " for the holyn to 
 the star and mono," and " for makying the monc and all such thyngs belongen to ytt." There 
 arc other entries in 1557 for miking a star and for painting and gilding it, &c. 
 
 Queen Mary died in November, 1558, and was succeeded by Queen Elizabeth, and the 
 reformed Protestant religion was once more in the ascendant. This shows itself in these 
 Accounts. The rood was taken down in 1559, a communion tabic was provided and a com- 
 munion book, and in 1562 the rood loft itself came down, as well as the altars, the church was 
 painted throughout, and the Ten Commandments put up. There is no mention of the "organs" 
 after 1553, when it is probable they had been taken down ; but in 1565 there is an entry to the 
 effect that " the organ pipes lying in the cofcr were weighed and found to be just five score 
 pounds."- Once more, nine years later, in 1574, a joiner was paid for taking down "the 
 organ case," and there was received "of y'= virginall maker for y"= organ wyndowes," i8d. In 
 1573, the sum of 3s. 2d. was received for eleven pounds of brass, "beinge y'= bucket and y'' owld 
 cense [censer]," showing that all the articles formerly used in the church were gradually got 
 rid of. 
 
 In 1 58 1 the church was whitewashed, and the pillars and the arches appear to have been 
 painted red. In 1583 the Ten Commandments "with other texts of Scripture" were painted 
 on the walls, and in 1602 we have a further payment "for paintinge, vvritinge sentences and 
 layinge the pillars and windowes of the church in redde, and writing the X Commandments at 
 large." This had to be done again in 1616. In 1622 the church was ornamented by " the 
 King's Armes wrought on a table [or board] with gould and oyle cullers" by Randle Holme, 
 and costing £^. In 1630, the church was beautified (?) in the manner set out in the following 
 entry : — 
 
 1"' vnto M'' Holme for layinge the puilpitt, readinge place, pooremans box and fontt ' 
 in oyle greene, for gildinge the bobbs of the puilpitt cover and the Starrs vpon itt and the 
 fontt stone. And to Robert Thorneley for layinge the church windowes and arches and 
 Saint Katerins He in redd, for writeinge of all the sentences in compartements vpon the )> 
 walls, for layinge the doores, dyall, clockehouse and starr in color, for layinge of all the 
 carved worke in greene and yellowc, for marblinge the greatt pillers and workeinge the 
 Comandements. 
 
 li s. d. 
 V. xiii. iiii. 
 
 The following list of the " church goods " drawn up in 1631 seems of sufficient interest to 
 print in its entirety, as showing what constituted the possessions of a large parish church in the 
 time of Charles I. : — 
 
 An Inventory of Church goods delivered by me, M"' Randle Holme, jun., one of the late Church 
 
 ' In 1556 this entr)' occurs : " I'aycl for the Angell that the sacrament ys in, xiijrl." 
 
 - They were sold, and there was received in the next year for 82 pounds of "orgayne pypes" at 5d. the pound, 34s. 2d., and 
 it is recorded in 1567 that " ther rem.ayneth of orgayne pipes in the churche cofer in weight, xxji."
 
 THE CHURCH. 
 
 wardens of this p'ish of St. Maryes, vnto Thomas Johnson and Thomas Welshman, now Church wardens, 
 the -'oth day of May, 1631, as wiitnesse their hands vnder written. 
 
 Imp"' a new parchment booke for a Regester. a new booke of homileys in folio, 
 
 bushop Juells workes in tow bookes. a large Church bible in folio, 
 
 an other bible in folio the Clark redeth in. a Comon praier booke in folio for the p'son. 
 
 an other Seruice booke for the Clarke. an other ould Comon prayer booke. 
 
 16 bonds of them whos names may be seene which have mony of the p'ish or [are] bound to the 
 
 p'ish as apereth in folio ante in the yeare 1630 of the Accounts. 
 a pulpit cloth of red velvett. a blew Cushion for pulpit and [a] Casse to put 
 
 it in. 
 a lynnen Table Cloth & one course one. 3 Surplesses. 
 
 a Comunion Table, a Carpet for the Comunion a payre of Iron Snuffers, 5 chime hommars of 
 
 Table. Iron, a Crow of Iron. 
 
 3 stocks for wheles in the bellfree. a square piece of tymber a yard long, 
 
 a beare [bier] to Carry Corpes to the Church. a booke in 4'" to be sayd the 5"' of November. 
 
 a booke of Cannons. a booke of Comon prayer to be red in tyme of 
 
 plage [plague]. 
 3 books of Articles. a book of Comon prayer to be red in tyme of 
 
 warr. 
 a statute booke of xxix'" of Q. Eliz [1587]. a statute book of first of K. James [1603]. 
 
 a booke of Instructions from the king. an order for pennance. 
 
 a breefe for bowes & Arrows from the king. 10 roales of papers in the chest. 
 
 8 hanging plates for Candles. ould banners in the Chest, 
 
 a Comunion Cupp of Silver & Couer of the same, a gilt leder [leather] Cusshion. 
 2 Chestes to keepe the Church goods in. one roule contayning 3 church mapps of the 
 
 seates. 
 also xis iiij'' [us. 4d.J of mony w'"' I had in my hand. 
 
 {Signed) Thomas Johnsonne 
 
 Thomas Wellshman." 
 
 From an entry in 1639 referring to the "mens seates on the south side the church " it is 
 evident that at St. Mary's, as in so many other churches, the men sat on one side of the church 
 and the women on the other. 
 
 In February, 1646, Chester capitulated to the Parliamentary forces after having undergone 
 a long and close siege, and in that year the following memorandum referring to St. Mary's, and 
 written by one of the Randle Hohiies, occurs in Hari. MS. igg^ : 
 
 " 1646. This yeare all the curious windowes and figures [therein] were by the Roundheads caused to 
 be taken downe & defaced and cutt in quarrells confusedly, and [the repairs] cost the parish in the work- 
 manship x" [^10]." ' 
 
 During the Civil War, St. Mary's seems to have suffered much, so that Randle Holme, jun. 
 (the third of that name), who was one of the two churchwardens in 1657, collected a large sum 
 of money " towards the repair of the steeple and the bells," and a list of those who contributed 
 towards this object is given in the volume of the Churchwardens' Accounts.'- In this same j-ear 
 
 I do not find any reference to this in the Churchwardens' Accounts for tliat ye.ir or subsequently, but they are rather 
 badly kept at this period. Randle Holme, living in the parish, and taking an active interest in the church, would be likely to 
 know of this destruction. 
 
 If space permits, this list, giving the names of all the chief inhabitants of the parish, will be printed in the Appendix.
 
 8 ST. MARY-ON-THE-HILL, CHESTER. 
 
 the old font was done away with in accordance with the spirit of the times, and 5s. was paid 
 "for a fairc Bason to liold water in when Infants are baptized," and a further sum of 2s. to the 
 smith " for makeing a round iron to sett it on in y"' church " ! 
 
 In 1659, on the outbreak of the "Cheshire Rising," which was only the prelude to the 
 restoration of Charles II. in the following year, Chester Castle was held against the insurgents, 
 and this entry occurs in Harl. MS. 1929, in an account of affairs in Chester :— 
 
 " 1659. Aug. I. S' Marys steeple [was] demolished by souldiers from the Castle by command from 
 Col. Croxton, the governor, because the castle should be kept against the gentlemen that came to the city 
 for the defence . . . of ihc King and Padiamcnt." 
 
 And again when Sir George Booth and his party had been defeated, and Hawarden Castle 
 had been surrendered to the forces of the Parliament, the following entry occurs in the 
 same MS. : — 
 
 " 1659. Aug. 21. Harden Castle delivered up this morning. Many gentry brought in prisoners, some 
 surrendering themselves, many cittizens put in the Castle and S' Maries church." 
 
 In Harl. MS. 2125, f 335, it is stated under date 5th November, 1659, that the governor 
 of the Castle, Colonel Croxton, " ordered St. Marys steeple to be pulled down " ; but whether 
 this really refers to the lowering of the tower in August of that year, or to a still further pulling 
 down in November, is not very clear. The entries in the Churchwardens' Accounts for that year 
 are as follows : — - 
 
 Paid to the Masons for takeing down part of the steeple . . 4 °s o 
 
 Paid more to a workman for takeing down the batdements of the steeple o 01 o 
 
 In the following year the restoration of the monarchy was received at St. Mary's with the 
 usual rejoicings, and the King's arms were once more set up in the church. But, curiously 
 enough, the communion table had gone astray, and sixpence was paid for a warrant to search 
 for it, and fourpence was " spent on the constables in goinge about to search for the table" ! In 
 1661, Troutbeck's Chapel, as already stated, fell down, and there are several entries about view- 
 ing "the ruines of the church," and obtaining a "Brief" for its repair. In 1666 this "Brief 
 money" had only reali.sed £0,^. 
 
 In 1676, and again in 1706, there are entries for "building the church porch," and in 1678 
 and 1680 more money was spent on the repair of the church and "St. Catherine's chancel." In 
 1693 is this notice : " Memorandum that in the year 1693 the south part of the church 
 formerly called Troutebeckes Chappie was repaired." In 1728 a small gallery was erected at 
 the west end of the church, and "on Sunday, November 24th, 1745, the churchyard walls of St 
 Mary's-on-the-Hill were taken down, and the materials taken into the Castle," ^ which was done 
 to protect the castle in case the rebels in the "young Pretender's" insurrection of that year 
 .should gain possession of the city. 
 
 From that date to comparatively modern times, little was done to the church beyond the 
 erection of galleries and keeping the building in repair, and there is nothing in the Church- 
 wardens' Accounts calling for special comment. In August, 1793, an organ was put up in the 
 west gallery given by Mr. Challiner at a cost of ^^175.'- The appearance of the building early in 
 this century is shown in the accompanying ill ustration taken from a now very scarce volume of 
 
 ' Cowper's M.SS. quoted by Ormerod, vol. i., p. 248. There is an entry in Ihe Churchwarden^' Accounts for this year: 
 " Paid for securing Ch. books and plate at y^ time of the Rebellion, 3s.'' 
 - \\e:rmn^2.y'% History of Chester. 1831, vol. ii., p. 106.
 
 
 
 
 ^ *V-*x^w 
 
 THE CHURCH. 
 
 etchings of churches, &c., in Chester, published about i8i6.^ It shows the north side of the 
 church, the north porch, the high clerestory windows, and the low squat tower, which had never 
 been raised- since it was lowered in 1659 fsee a//fe). In front of the railings are the figures of 
 three soldiers from the adjacent castle. 
 
 The following description of the church at this time was written by the late Dr. Ormerod for 
 his History of Clicsliirc, published in 18 19: 
 
 " It is built of red stone and consists of a tower, containing six bells, a nave and chancel, with side 
 aisles, and subordinate chancels at the end of these aisles. The nave^ is divided from the side aisles by 
 three pointed arches on each side, and by another pointed arch from the chancel ; and each subordinate 
 chancel is also divided from its aisle by a pointed arch and by an obtuse one from the principal chancel. 
 Of these last the arch on the north side has been modernised. The windows on this side are more 
 obtusely pointed than the others, and contain fragments of stained glass : among others, the arms of 
 Brereton and Ipstones, and a golden tun, probably intended as a rebus. In the south chancel is a 
 very handsome octagonal font, now disused, which has been anciently ornamented with gilding and 
 painting." 
 
 It may be added that a portion of the chapel at the east end of the south aisle was used 
 as a small vestry, with a door leading into it from the churchyard, and in another portion of 
 this chapel the font was placed. Prior to 1 830, the octagonal font above mentioned had been 
 replaced by a modern one.^ A rather flattering view of the church, taken about 1850, is shown 
 in an e.xcellent lithograph b\' Miss Georgina Jackson, of which the opposite plate is a careful 
 reproduction. 
 
 Sir Stephen Glynnc, Bart., of Hawarden Castle, visited St. Mary's on three occasions, and 
 has left the following descriptions of the church, which will now be read with interest."' His first 
 visit was in 1830. 
 
 " This church is entirely of late Rectilinear, but superior in style to most of the churches in Chester, 
 though built of friable stone, with some bad modern alterations of windows. It consists of a nave with 
 side aisles and a chancel with side chapels, with a low western tower, the upper part of which is modern, 
 but having a panelled west door much worn. The parapets of the church are embattled, and within the 
 north porch is a doorway with quatrefoil panelling in its continuous mouldings. The nave has on each side 
 three Tudor arches with octagonal piers, and the chancel opens to each chapel by one very wide arch of like 
 form. There is a clerestory with numerous windows ; those of the aisle and chancel are large, with con- 
 tracted arches, but some have been despoiled of their tracery, particularly on the south. The east window 
 is good, and lately filled with tolerable stained glass, and the east wall lately repaired, and its gable crowned 
 by a new cross. There is in the nave a very handsome panelled ceiling with stars, and in the north chapel 
 
 
 
 ^ This is entitled "Twelve Etchings of Public Buildings in Chester," by G. Batenham, .and I consider myself very fortunate 
 in possessing a copy of this rare little book. It also contains etchings of the two tombs in St. Marj-'s, those of Philip Oldfield 
 and Thomas Gamull, neither of which is very accurately drawn. 
 
 - In Pigott's iy«^;j of Chester, 1815, p. 81, it is stated that "the steeple of this church is only seventeen yards [51 feet] 
 high ; it was repaired and the upper part renewed in 1715, when its further elevation was objected to by the governor of the 
 castle lest it should command a view of the castle-yard." I am rather sceptical as to the truth of this statement, as there is no 
 reference to these repairs in 1715 in the Churchwardens' Accounts. 
 
 ^ To_ the new edition of Ormerod's History, the editor has added a note that " the fine panelled ceiling of the nave is in 
 oak, and is traditionally said to have once belonged to the Abbey of Bazingwarke {sic) in Flint." This is most probably the 
 case, as pomted out in the description of the present church [see p. 20), where this roof is described. Sec also page 2, where 
 the removal of the choir roof from Basingwerk Abbey is mentioned. 
 
 ' Hemingway's History of Chester, vol. ii., p. 106. 
 
 These descriptions are taken from .Sir Stephen (livnne's .account of the churches in Cheshire, now being edited for 
 the Chetham Society by Canon .\tkinson.
 
 lo ST. MARY-ON-THE-HILL, CHESTER. 
 
 K4^l^ fl-*Vn»-4-T *- • 
 
 of the chancel is a monumental effigy of a late Rectilinear tomb. The interior is tolerably neat, though the 
 pews are ugly. A west gallery extending across the whole church contains an organ." 
 
 Subsequent visits were paid in 1849, 1852, and 1861, the descriptions being as follows : — 
 
 '■The church has been improved in many respects lately. The south aisle has been externally much 
 restored, and new windows of three lights inserted. The exterior much cleansed." [1849.] 
 
 " In the south chapel of the chancel is a piscina at the south-east. 
 
 "The stained glass of the east window is partly modern, partly of ancient fragments. 
 
 " The font has an octagonal bowl on a stem of similar form. The chancel arch is rather straight 
 sided, dying into the wall, and appears to be older than the rest of the chancel, which is probably temp. 
 Henry VIII. A fine obituary window of stained glass is in the north chapel, and another in the south 
 chapel. Great improvements have lately taken place ; the pews in the chancel and its chapels arc removed, 
 and replaced by open seats enclosed by new open screens of wood, erected by the daughters of the late 
 Dr. Currie. The gallery at the west end is removed, and the organ, which has been rebuilt and arranged 
 in a very appropriate manner, placed on the ground under the tower arch. .\ neat low screen divides the 
 north aisle from the north chapel. The windows south of the nave have curious foliated brackets in their 
 interior jambs, level with the sills, and in the south wall appear curious ancient paintings in fresco recently 
 brought to light." [1852.] 
 
 " Further improvement — new open seats replace the pews, organ moved to south aisle of chancel, and 
 tower arch opened. Tower in course of being raised." [1861.] 
 
 Shortly after the Rev. Thomas Eaton became rector of St. Mary's, he effected a few repairs 
 in the church, but much more was done by his successor, the Rev. W. H. Massie, who \\'ould 
 have completely restored it had not his unexpected death in January, 1856, prevented him.' 
 During some restorations made by him in 1S43 in the south aisle, a small but interesting mural 
 painting was uncovered on the east wall at the end of that aisle. This shows the figure of our 
 Lord on the Cross, with St. Mary on the one side, and St. John on the other, and further along 
 the figure of an archbishop in full cucharistic vestments, wearing a mitre and holding a crozier in 
 the left hand. Above the crucified Saviour is the figure of a king,- crowned and robed, holding 
 a sceptre in the right hand. It has been conjectured that this represents Henry VI., in whose 
 reign the Troutbcck Chapel at the end of this aisle was built. The floriated background of this 
 painting and the other details are shown in the annexed illustration, taken from the Journal of 
 the Chester ArcIuBological Society, vol. i., p. 400. The remains of this mural painting arc still to 
 be seen in the church. 
 
 The Rev. Charles Bowen, who succeeded Mr. Massie, issued an appeal for funds to restore 
 the church on the 8th March, 1861, and meeting with a very liberal response, was ultimately 
 enabled to expend ;^2,200 on that object. He greatly improved the tower by adding 30 feet to 
 its height, and by removing the organ from under the tower, enabled the fine pointed tower arch 
 and west window to be seen. The whitewash was scraped from the walls, and the old pews were 
 replaced by open benches. The chancel was laid with encaustic tiles, and the general appearance 
 of the church was very greatly improved in ever}' way. 
 
 1 It is recorded of him that "he restored the chancel, repaired and adorned the riclily-toned organ, brought out frombeyond 
 their accumulated plaster the original o.aken roofs," and also filled many of the windows with stamed glass. Owing to his exer- 
 tions, the large east window was filled with stained glass to the memoo' of those of the 23rd Royal Welsh Fusiliers who had 
 perished in tfie Crimea. 
 
 - This figure has also been described as "a regally attired figure, not improbably representing the Virgin as (2ueen ol 
 Heaven"!
 
 THE CHURCH. 
 
 II 
 
 On a brass plate fixed in the tower is this inscription : — 
 
 This church was repewed and restored and the tower elevated to the present height in the year 
 of our Lord iS6i. 
 
 Charles Bowen, Rector. 
 
 John Jones, "1 
 
 rr T. [ Churchwardens. 
 
 Hugh Roberts, J 
 
 James Harrison 
 [Architect]. 
 
 During the time that the Rev. \V. H. Massie, the Rev. Charles Bowen, and the Rev. Henry 
 Grantham, held the rectory of St. Mary's, various important changes were effected in the parish. 
 In the first place, by the erection of new churches in the outlying districts of Lache and Upton ; 
 secondly, by a rearrangement of the parish boundaries of some of the churches within the city ; 
 and thirdly, by the erection of the fine church of St. Mary-without-the-Walls, and the transference 
 to it of the old church plate, and all the old registers, &c., belonging to St. Mary-on-the-Hill, 
 whilst that church was constituted the parish church for the united parishes of St. Bridget's and 
 St. Martin's. As these changes are very important historically, and at the same time by no 
 means easy to describe with clearness, I gladl}- avail myself of the following summary of them, 
 kindly drawn up by John Gamon, Esq., the Bishop's secretary and Registrar of the diocese of 
 Chester, for the purpose of this work. 
 
 REARRANGEMENT OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF 
 
 ST. MARY'S, ETC. 
 
 In 1855 a section of St. Mary's parish was assigned, as part of a consolidated chapelry, 
 formed out of the parishes of St. Mary, and of Hawarden, in the county of Flint, to the Church 
 of the Holy Epiphany, Lache, now better known as the Church of the Holy Epiphany, 
 Saltney ; this assignment being confirmed by an Order of the Queen in Council, dated the 
 24th September, 1855. 
 
 Afterwards, on account of the migration of population from the centre to the suburbs of the 
 city and the intermixture of the city parishes— an intermixture in many cases quite bewildering 
 in the administration of a parish, and perhaps only to be accounted for by reference to the 
 several territories and possessions of religious houses in the city before the dissolution of the 
 monasteries — it had long been considered desirable to effect exchanges of territory by way 
 of consolidating the ecclesiastical divisions allotted to the various churches and their clergy. 
 This was commenced in the year 1880, with the approval of the then Bishop of Chester 
 (Bishop Jacobson), by the present Dean of Chester (the Very Rev. John L. Darby), who, in his 
 capacity of Archdeacon of Chester, drew up a scheme for this consolidation, a task of no little 
 intricacy and requiring much patient adjustment with regard to the many interests affected 
 by it. 
 
 This scheme, elaborated in all its details, received the approval of the Bishop, the Ecclesi- 
 astical Commissioners for England, and the Archbishop of York, and was partl\- carried into 
 effect in 1881 by the allotment to St. Peter's Church and its rector of all that portion of the parish 
 of St. Oswald's within the walls of the cit)-, and parts of other parishes adjoining, an arrange- 
 
 C 2
 
 12 ST. MARY-ON-THE-HILL, CHESTER. 
 
 mcnt sanctioned and confirmed b>- an Order of the Queen in Council of the 26th August, 
 1881. 
 
 Again, in 1882, the township of Upton, an outlying part of St. Mary's parish, was assigned 
 to the Church of the Holy Ascension, Upton, a chapel-of-easc of St. Mary's, and created 
 a separate benefice in the patronage of the Duke of Westminster, who made a considerable 
 augmentation to its endowment by the transfer to Upton church of tithe rent-charge of 
 St. Mary's, in compensation for which transfer his Grace paid to the Ecclesiastical Com- 
 missioners for England, by way of benefaction to St. Mar}-'s, the sum of ^'3,000. This assign- 
 ment was confirmed bj- Order of the Queen in Council, dated the 30th day of November, 1882. 
 
 But the most intricate and, perhaps, the most important part of the scheme remained to be 
 accomplished, involving the building of a new church, south of the river Dec, in the parish of 
 St. Mary's, which should ser\-e as the parish church for the larger portion of St. Mary's parish, 
 h-ing on the south of that river and an adjoining part of the parish of St. Bridget, which was 
 wholly separated from its parish church and the rest of its own parish by intervening territorj- 
 of St. Mary's. These two sections of the city parishes constituted a district of considerable im- 
 portance from the large and increasing population contained within their bounds, and a proposal 
 for their consolidation, together with sundry adjustments of boundaries, by which all that portion 
 of St. Mary's within the city walls was allotted to the parish churches of St. Bridget and 
 St. I\Iichael, and better defined limits were set to the parish of St. Bridget on its eastern side, 
 and to the parish of Holy Trinity on its northern boundarj', was in 1883 submitted by Arch- 
 deacon Darby to the Duke of Westminster, the patron of St. Mary's. His Grace not only 
 highly approved of the proposal, but, with his characteristic munificence, at once declared his 
 intention of facilitating its accomplishment b}- building a new parish church in St. Mary's 
 parish, on the south side of the river, at his own expense. 
 
 With this promise by the Duke of Westminster all difficulties disappeared, and the noble 
 generosity with which the new church was built and surrounded with its handsome rectory 
 and enlarged elementary schools will ever be dwelt upon with affectionate remembrance by all 
 who admire the grace and symmetry of the church and the excellency of its structure or who 
 arc privileged to worship within it. 
 
 The new church was completed in 1887, and was consecrated by the Right Reverend 
 William, Lord Bishop of Chester (now Bishop of Oxford), the successor to Bishop Jacobson, on 
 the 18* day of June in that year, by the name of "The Church of S' Mary-without-the-Walls, 
 Chester," and was, by an Order of the Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England, dated the 
 14'" day of July, 1887, substituted for the ancient church of S' Mary's-on-the-Hill, Chester, 
 as the parish church of the parish of S' Mar\-. 
 
 By two Orders of the Queen in Council, both dated the 15"' day of September, 1887, 
 ratifying and confirming schemes proposed by the Bishop of Chester with the consent of the 
 several patrons and incumbents of the city parishes affected, and recommended by the Arch- 
 bishop of York, a large portion of S* Mary's parish lying within the walls of the city was 
 transferred, with several minor adjustments, to the parish of S' Bridget ; another portion of 
 S' Mary's parish was allotted to the parish of S' Michael, and the whole of the ancient 
 parish of S' Bridget on the south side of the river Dee consolidated with the rest of S' 
 Mary's parish on that side of the river as the ecclesiastical parish of the rectory and new 
 parish church of S' Mary-without-the-Walls. 
 
 The names of the patrons and incumbents consenting to the schemes referred to were.
 
 ^- St. MARY-ON-THE-HILL (view looking west). -^
 
 THE CHURCH OF ST. MARY-WITHOUT-THE-VVALLS. 
 
 his Grace the Most Noble Hugh Lupus, Duke of Westminster, the Rev'' Henry Grantham, 
 Rector of S' Mary's, the Right Honourable Edward Henry Earl of Derby, the Rev-* Edward 
 Marston, Rector of Holy Trinity, Chester, the Bishop of Chester, patron of S* Bridget's with 
 S' Martin's, and the Venerable Edward Barber, Archdeacon of Chester and rector of S« 
 Bridget's with S' Martin's. 
 
 The ancient church of S' Mary-on-the-Hill having, upon the Order for substitution of 
 the new church of S' Mary in place of this ancient parish church, become a chapel-of-ease 
 of S* Mary's parish, was transferred to the parish of S' Bridget with that portion of S' 
 Mary's parish annexed to the parish of S' Bridget, and having been recently repaired and 
 restored it is now constituted the parish church for the parish of S' Bridget with S' Martin, 
 and so will resume its interesting and useful position among the churches of the city as a 
 memorial of the religious life and energy of days gone by and of the vigour with which 
 this life and energy still flourish amongst us. 
 
 It remains onl>' to congratulate the Dean of Chester on the success with which his 
 well considered proposals have been carried into effect, and the high appreciation the changes 
 have met with from the clergy and people interested in them. 
 
 THE CHURCH OF ST. MARY-WITHOUT-THE-WALLS. 
 (NOW THE PARISH CHURCH OF ST. MARYS.) 
 
 When the Duke of Westminster decided to build a new church in the southern part of St. 
 Mary's parish, on the other side of the river Dee, he selected an elevated plot of land in Hand- 
 bridge, adjacent to the main road there. This road is not far from the line of the old Roman 
 street leading from Chester (Deva) to Uriconium, and as it was known, from the Roman remains 
 previously found there, that there had been a Roman cemetery along the line of this street, the 
 excavations for the foundations of the new church were watched with much interest. Mr. G. W. 
 Shrubsole has kindly sent me the following particulars of the various remains found there :— 
 
 Roman Remains found on the site of St. Mar)'-without-the- Walls, is'c. 
 
 In excavating the foundations for the nave and tower, beyond a few coins of the Constaniine family 
 and a Roman bronze fibula, nothing of importance was discovered. But when the excavations for the 
 chancel were reached, it was evident that the line of the Roman cemetery had been found. The surface 
 soil there was crowded with fragments of Roman pottery, representing every variety of fictile ware. Below 
 this came the clay, in which, at depths of four or five feet, interments were met with. These were well 
 shown in the making of a drain from the chancel to the high road in a south-easterly direction. 'J'he 
 section then exposed disclosed interments at intervals of two or three yards, which were of two kinds : 
 firstly, the ordinary black cinerary urn, and secondly, a circular pit, two or three feet in diameter, contain- 
 ing burnt bones, charcoal, c^c, but no pottery. The amount of burnt debris suggested that several cremated 
 bodies had been placed in these pits. The absence of lamps, and indeed of rny memorial beyond the urn, 
 suggested that this might be the common burying-place of the Roman legionaries. The urns were so 
 friable that not one was recovered entire. A la.ge case filled with the more interesting of the fragments of 
 pottery may be seen in the Grosvenor Museum.' 
 
 The site and surroundings of the church are also interesting. 
 
 1 See also Thompson Watkin's Roman Cheshire, y. 219. It is there stuted .hat about seven interments were foimd, and 
 some fine fragments of .Samian ware, one nearly an entire vessel.
 
 14 ST. MARY-ON-THE-HILL, CHESTER. 
 
 1 . The Roman cemetery bordered, for a mile or more, the Roman street from Deva, across a ford 
 over the river opposite old St. Mary's, and thence across the fords at Eaton or Aldford (Oldford) to 
 Uriconium. The site of the church, as already noticed, is on part of the Roman cemetery, and the east 
 end of the building is on the margin of the Roman street. 
 
 2. The field on the northeast side of the church, well seen from the city walls opposite, as rising 
 with a gentle slope from the ford across the river (the rock at this point being cut down to the water's edge) 
 has several points of interest. It possesses a figure of Minerva carved on a scarped rock face, which is 
 almost unique in England as a relic of Roman work /// situ. The Roman street passed through the centre 
 ot this field to the east of the church and on the higher part of it and on the east side of the Roman street is 
 the site of the so-called "King Edgar's Palace." This is marked in Braun's plan of Chester, made about 
 1570, "Ruinosa donms Comitis Cestriensis," "Edgar's Palace;" and this building, I believe with 
 Stukeley, to have been a Roman villa." This field and the one on the west side extending to the new 
 churchyard are the quarries which supplied the material for paving the Roman street to Eaton. Slabs of 
 sandstone six and eight inches thick have been found along the present Eccleston road at a depth of three 
 feet. Ten and fifteen feet of rock have here been cut away over two acres of ground, and the Roman figure 
 on one of the rock surfaces supplies the clue to identify the workers. 
 
 A fuller account of this field, which has recently been presented by the Duke of West- 
 minster to the Corporation as a recreation ground, will be found later on in the account of 
 Ilandbridge, and the various other Roman remains from there will also be described, and if 
 possible, illustrated. 
 
 To return to the new church. The foundation stone was laid in the presence of a large and 
 fashionable gathering on Monday, the 20th July, 1885. There was a brief .service, at which 
 the rector, the Rev. H. Grantham, officiated. In an interval the respond pier-stone of the 
 church was laid as a foundation stone by the Duke of Westminster, a beautifully-wrought trowel 
 and mallet of polished mahogany, with dark walnut handle and silver mounted, being used on 
 the occasion. The trowel bore the inscription : " Presented by the Rector and Committee to his 
 Grace the Duke of Westminster, K.G., on his laying the foundation stone of the Church of St. 
 Mary's-without-the-Walls, Chester, 20th July, 1885." In a cavity of the stone was deposited a 
 hermetically sealed bottle containing photographs of the Duke and Duchess of Westminster 
 and Lady Grosvenor, a plan of the church, and a record of the circumstances which led to its 
 erection, together with the names of the donor, rector, churchwardens, architect and contractors, 
 copies of the local newspapers, and specimens of 1885 silver coinage. 
 
 When the ceremony was over, the company adjourned to the site of the Rectory, where, 
 after a brief service, her Grace the Duchess laid the foundation stone of that building. 
 
 The work of erecting the church and the rectory was proceeded with without delay, and 
 within two years they were practically completed, and that too without any accident. The 
 church, of which Mr. F. B. Wade, of London, was the architect, is built of the local red sandstone, 
 with dressings of Runcorn stone, in the Early English style. It consists of a nave, with north and 
 south aisles, a south transept, and a vestry and robing-room on the north side. At the west end 
 is a lofty tower and spire, 168 feet in height, and an octagonal baptistry, a somewhat unusual 
 and noteworthy arrangement. The total length of the interior of the church is 141 feet, the 
 nave, including the aisles, being 75 feet by 50 feet ; the chancel measures 43 feet by 21 feet, and 
 the south transept 25 feet by 24 feet. The whole of the interior is faced with stone ashlar, and 
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 of pine blocks, except the chancel and baptistry, which are laid with Worcester mosaics. The 
 open roofs of the nave, chancel, and aisles, &c., are all of oak. ^ The church will seat seven hundred 
 people, and it has been estimated that the cost of its erection, together with the peal of eight bells, 
 the rectory, and the enlarged schools, cannot have been much less than ^,40,000. The contractor 
 for the building was Mr. John Thompson, of Peterborough, who was engaged on the restoration 
 of Chester Cathedral.- The architect of the Rectory was Mr. E. A. Ould, of Chester, and the 
 builder Mr. Thomas Espley, of Ecclesham. 
 
 The church was consecrated by the Bishop of Chester on the i8th June, 1887, and as the 
 occasion was recognised as one of no ordinary importance, there was a very large congregation. 
 It is not often that so large and handsome a building, with a fine peal of bells, an excellent 
 organ, stained-glass windows, a churchyard, rectory house, and schools all complete, is built by 
 one generous donor, and then presented to the public, so that every effort was made to prove to 
 the Duke of Westminster how much his kindness and liberality were appreciated. The parish- 
 ioners of St. Mary's, as well as many of the inhabitants of Chester, requested permission to furnish 
 the beautiful structure erected for their benefit, and the list of donations and special gifts (printed 
 on page 17), amounting in all to ^1,274, shows how willingly thej' carried out this labour of love. 
 The Bishop of Chester (Dr. Stubbs) was accompanied by the Dean of Chester, the two Arch- 
 deacons, the Canons of the Cathedral, the Precentor, and a very large number of the neighbouring 
 clergy. His lordship took for his texts Isaiah Hi. i, and i Chronicles xxix. 14, "Awake, awake ; 
 put on thy strength, O Zion ; put on thy beautiful garments, O Jerusalem " ; " Who am I, and 
 what is my people, that we should be able to offer so willingly after this sort ? for all things 
 come of thee " ; on which he preached a very earnest sermon. In the course of his remarks he 
 said : 
 
 " We are met this morning to dedicate with thanks and prayers a very complete and most beautiful 
 new church. It is very beautiful, everything in it and about it is full of voices of love, and of the careful 
 desire to make it as beautiful as it can be made, a fit offering of deep and dutiful and intelligent devotion. 
 This is not, indeed, a fitting time for personal congratulation or compliment. What a gift the munificent 
 heart of the founder has given as the offering of a king to the ser\'ice of the King of Kings, and what an 
 encouragement and new spring of hope and blessing such a foundation is to those who have at heart the 
 welfare of Church and people, there cannot be a single person here who does not recognise with admiration 
 and gratitude. God loves the cheerful giver, and there is an abundant blessing in the gracious heart, the 
 heart that has grace so to give. In such a feeling we accept and dedicate the church. The words of our 
 founder are the words of David : ' All things come of thee, and of thine own have we given thee.' " 
 
 After the dedicator)^ service was concluded, the following address was presented to the 
 Duke of Westminster : 
 
 TO THE MOST NOBLE HUGH LUPUS, DUKE OF WESTMINSTER, K.G. 
 
 M.W IT PLEASE VOUR GrACE, 
 
 We, the rector and parishioners of St. Mary's, Chester, desire to offer to your Grace our congratu- 
 lations on the happy occasion of the consecration of the new parish church of St. Mary-without-thc-Walls, 
 for which, together with the new rectory and schools, we are indebted to your munificent liberality. The 
 
 ' It should also be noted that all the wrought-iron work of the church was designed by the architect himself, and is marked 
 1)}' much beauty and artistic feeling. 
 
 - Mr. R. M. Searle was clerk of the works, and Mr. B. Darling the contractor's manager.
 
 ,6 ST. MARY-ON-THE-HILL, CHESTER. 
 
 parishioners of St. Mary's will ever regard with gratitude this magnificent memorial of your Grace's zeal and 
 interest in the welfare of the parish, and of the city and neighbourhood of Chester. We pray that God's 
 blessing may ever rest upon your Grace's labours for the good of those around you, and that you may be 
 long spared to see the fruit of your work in the increase of godliness, piety, and charity amongst us. May 
 many years of happiness be in store for you and her Grace the Duchess, whom we desire most respectfully 
 to include in these our congratulations, good wishes, and prayers. 
 
 Signed on behalf of the parishioners, June i8th, 1887. 
 
 H. Grantham, Rector. 
 
 Henry T.WLOK).., Alex McGregor) 
 
 ySidfsnien. , „ \Chuninvardcns. 
 
 Tames Salmon j John Gamon ) 
 
 The Duke, who spoke with deep emotion, sincerely thanked the rector and churchwardens, 
 and those whom they represented, for their very handsome address, so feelingly written, which, 
 he said, he received with a thankful heart. He must be excused saying anything more then, 
 further than that he hoped and prayed that the work they had begun that day might long con- 
 tinue, and that the church would ever open its gates to a devout congregation. He thanked them 
 sincerely for all thc\- had said and done, and the lord Bishop for the kind words he had used in 
 his .sermon. 
 
 The peal of eight bells cast by Messrs. Mears & Stainbank, of Whitechapei, London, 
 were rung at intervals during the morning, and at the conclusion of the service, and they 
 attracted much favourable comment for their remarkable sweetness of tone. The clergy were 
 entertained at luncheon in the Parish Room ; a supper was given to the workmen and others in 
 the evening. In the following week the children and poor of the parish had a dinner and a tea 
 provided for them. An octave of services was also held in the church during that week. 
 
 The whole of the glass in the church, as well as the stained glass in the east and other 
 windows, was designed and manufactured by Mr. Edward Frampton, of Buckingham Palace 
 Road, London. The lofty east window of five lights depicts the Crucifixion, with full-length 
 figures of the Virgin Mary, St. Alban, and St. George. In the three upper central lights arc 
 smaller subjects, the Annunciation, the Nativity, and the Salutation. The chancel window on 
 the south side has a figure of St. Luke, whilst the large rose window at the west end depicts our 
 Lord in Majesty, with the emblems of the four Evangelists, and surrounded by angels.' The 
 three narrow windows in the baptistry show the baptism of our Lord, St. Philip baptizing the 
 Eunuch, and Cardinal Beaufort baptizing the infant son of Henry the Fifth in the Tower.- The 
 south-transept windows have the following subjects : The Pool of Bethesda, and seated figures of 
 Moses and Elijah.'' 
 
 The following is the complete list of the various offerings, both of money and .special gifts 
 made to the church, which was presented to the Duke of Westminster, together with the con- 
 gratulatory address given above. The various money gifts were all employed in procuring the 
 necessary articles of furniture, books, &c., for the use of the church, other than those provided 
 by the special gift.s. 
 
 ^ These windows were the gift of the Duke of Westminster. 
 
 - Presented liy the children of the parish, togfther with the font. 
 
 ' Presented 1>y Mrs. Robert Rolierts and Mr. .and Miss Iial-.er.
 
 THE CHURCH OF ST. MARY-WITHOUT-THE-WALLS. 
 
 17 
 
 Presented, together with an Address, to His Grace the Duke of IVestminster, K.G., on the occasion of 
 the Consecration of St. Mary's-ivithout-the-Walls, Chester, June iZth, 1887. 
 
 List of Gifts. 
 
 VALUE. 
 
 Mr. Robt. Frost (clock, three dials) ^230 o o 
 Mr. C. W. Potts (the late) (carved oak 
 
 pulpit) 150 o o 
 
 Sir Thos. ('. Frost 50 o o 
 
 Mr. John Gamon 50 o o 
 
 Mr. C. M. and Miss Macheli 60 o o 
 
 Miss Bryars 20 o o 
 
 Mr. and Mrs. Giles R. Griffith (carved 
 
 oak lectern, in memoriam)* 50 o o 
 
 Mr. and Miss Baker (stained glass 
 
 window, in memoriam}" 37 10 o 
 
 Mr. Robt. Roberts and family (stained 
 
 glass window, in memoriam)' 15 o o 
 
 Children of the Parish (font, ^^40: 
 
 baptistry windows, ^45) 85 o o 
 
 A Friend 220 
 
 Mrs. Freeman L. Bagnall 6 o o 
 
 Mr. Joseph Oakes (the late) 500 
 
 The Rector, Rev. H. Grantham (the 
 
 altar) 10 o o 
 
 Miss Stillwell (.shields for altar candles ) 100 
 
 Mr. S. Golder (brass altar desk) 4 o o 
 
 Mrs. Golder (litany book) i 10 o 
 
 Miss C. F. Smith (book markers, 
 
 purple) o 10 o 
 
 Mr. Jas. Gregg (brass and onyx altar 
 
 vases) 2 10 o 
 
 Mrs. and the Misses Revis (alms bag, 
 
 purple) 400 
 
 General Ingall, C.B. (the late) 5 o o 
 
 Mr. T. Miller t i o 
 
 The Misses Frost (kneelers for the 
 
 sanctuary) 5 o o 
 
 Mr. Freeman L. Bagnall 4 o o 
 
 The Misses Green (pulpit hangings)... 330 
 The Sheriff, Mr. T. W. Griffiths and 
 
 Miss Griffiths (set of clergy stalls) 15 00 
 Mrs. Norton (the late) (set of clergy 
 
 stalls) 15 o o 
 
 Mr. R. Longueville Barker (altar cross, 
 
 in memoriam) 800 
 
 Mr. S. H. Sleigh (service books) 10 o o 
 
 Mrs. & Miss Morris (alms bag.s, red)... 400 
 
 Mr. E. Kendrick i i o 
 
 Miss Higgins (altar linen) 400 
 
 V.ALUE. 
 
 Mrs. Johnson (brass and onyx altar 
 
 candlesticks) jQ6 o o 
 
 Mr. E. M. Sneyd Kynnersley 10 o o 
 
 Mrs. W. A. Gardner (litany desk, in 
 
 memoriam)' 800 
 
 Mr. John F. Lowe (old silver mounts 
 
 for service books) 10 10 o 
 
 Mr. & Mrs J. G. Holmes (altar cloth, 
 
 red) .' 42 o o 
 
 Mrs. & Miss Taylor (altar cloth, white) 10 o o 
 
 Mrs. Llewelyn Roberts (do., green) ... 12 o o 
 
 Mrs. J. L. Bedford (do., purple) 15 o o 
 
 Mrs. W. Welsby (bookmarker) 1 , 
 
 ' reel "^ 1 o o 
 Mrs. T. R. Dimond Hogg (do.) J 
 
 Mrs. & Misses Porter (do., white) 300 
 
 Miss Shirley (do., green) 2 10 o 
 
 Mr. T. Vernon Royle 10 o o 
 
 Mrs. Grantham (bible) 5 7 o 
 
 Mr. A. W. Butt (old silver alms dish) 7 10 o 
 Mr. & Mrs. A. MacGregor (brass alms 
 
 dish) 5 o o 
 
 Mr. (S: Mrs. ESrocklebank (brass & en- 
 amel font ewer, in memoriam) ... 8 o o 
 
 Mr. T. Appleyard (alms boxes) 4 o o 
 
 Mrs. Kirkpatrick (altar cruet) 2 15 o 
 
 Mrs. Clegg (the late) 5 o o 
 
 Mr. &: Mrs. E. Grantham 500 
 
 Mrs. W. C. Deeley (alms bags, green) 400 
 
 Mr. & Mrs. H. Moss 25 o o 
 
 Mr. R. Gregg (hymn board) i o o 
 
 Mr. Henry Taylor 5 o o 
 
 Mr. James Salmon 500 
 
 Miss Sharpe (hymn books) i o o 
 
 Rev. T. R. Dimond Hogg (hymn 
 
 books) 2 o o 
 
 Mr. T. R. P. Royle (font cover) 25 o o 
 
 A Friend (per the rector) 2 to o 
 
 Messrs. T. Wood & Son (umbrella 
 
 stand for tower entrance) 15 o o 
 
 Mr. W. Bolland (for church furniture) 2 10 o 
 
 Miss Bolland (do.) 2 10 o 
 
 Mr. T. Smith (cassocks & surplices for 
 
 organist and verger) 3 3 o 
 
 Mrs. MacGregor i o o 
 
 Miss Royle (vases) i lo o 
 
 ' This lectern bears this inscription, "To the glory of God and in memory of Thomas liriffiih, 40 years Alderman of 
 this city, given by his son, Giles R. Griffith, June i8th, 1887." 
 
 - This window, the most easterly on the south side, has this inscription, "To the glory of God the above window was 
 erected in memory of a beloved brother, who fell asleep April 23rd, 1885." 
 
 ' The inscription beneath the three small cinquefoil windows in the south transept is as follows : " To the glory of God, 
 in memory of Robert Roberts, surgeon, of Hallaton, Leicestershire, first-born child and only surviving one of Robert and Mary 
 Roberts, Chester, who died January 20th, 1883, in the 24th year of his age, this window is erected by those who loved him 
 best. "Trouble not yourselves, for his life is in him." 
 
 ' Inscribed, " Finis coronat opus, in memoriam Cordelia .V.M.ti." 
 
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 ST. MARY-ON-TME-HILL, CHESTER. 
 
 VALUE. 
 
 Mr. P. H. Fletcher ^"5 o 
 
 Mr. Ernest Jones (extinguisher) i o 
 
 Sir Philip (irey Egerton (the late) 15 o 
 
 Mr. J. E. Ewen (the late) (hollaiid covers 
 
 for altar, lectern, and prayer desks) 5 o 
 
 Mr. J. Dennis (door mats) 4 10 
 
 Collected by — 
 
 Mrs. J. Gamon (for surplices and 
 
 cassocks for choir) 10 5 
 
 Mrs. Ingall (do.) 3 3 
 
 Mrs. \V. T. C.iles (do.) 10 2 
 
 Mrs. W. D. Jolhffe (do.) 3 3 
 
 Mrs. H. Mo.ss (do.) 5 o 
 
 Mrs. T. Hignett (do.) 8 o 
 
 Mrs. \y. C. Deeley (do.) 5 o 
 
 Alderman Littler (notice board) 3 o 
 
 Mr. W. Holland (texts on zinc for plac- 
 ing over alms boxes) 5 o 
 
 V.M.UE. 
 
 Messrs. Lamont & Son (cupboard for 
 
 altar cloths, &c.) ^12 o 
 
 Mr. T. darner (for furniture) 1 o 
 
 A Friend (per the rector, do.) i o 
 
 .Miss Eggers (rector's robes) 6 o 
 
 Mr. Salusbury K. Mainwaring 10 o 
 
 Mrs. Bate (the late) (hymn books for 
 
 congregation) 5 o 
 
 Mrs. Luxmore (for furniture) 2 o 
 
 Mr. Cha.s. Dutton (the late) (do) 5 o 
 
 Mr. A. Priestner (do.) 2 o 
 
 Mr. W. D. Jolliffe 2 2 
 
 Mr. A. Panks 3 3 
 
 Mr. Clayton 2 o 
 
 Mrs. Tarver (sacramental spoon) o 10 
 
 Mr. Green (church board) 10 o 
 
 Total ... ^1,274 10 
 
 In 1889, a reredos was presented to the church by the Duke of Westminster, and was 
 dedicated by the Bishop of Chester (Dr. Jayne), on Sunday, 26th May, in that year. It repre- 
 sents the Resurrection, and was designed by Mr. Frederic Shields, and executed by Messrs. 
 Heaton & Co., Cloisonne-Mosaic Co., Limited, London. The west window at the end of the 
 south aisle is filled with stained glass representing the call of St. Matthew (Luke v. 2j, 28) with 
 the following inscription underneath : — 
 
 To the glory of god, and in memory of Charles Albert, the beloved son of Sir Thomas Gibbons and 
 Lady Frost, born May 29, 1872, died October 26, 1891. 
 
 A white marble tablet has been let into the wall of the south aisle bearing this pathetic 
 in.scription : 
 
 " Faithful unto death." 
 To the Sacred and ever Cherished Memory 
 
 of earth's most valued treasures, 
 
 Alex.ander Fered.^v Murray, Aged 18, 
 
 Robert Murray, Aged 17, 
 
 Sons of LiEUT.-Coi,. and Mrs. Murray, grandsons of Mr. and Mrs. Feredav, 
 
 who, with six men, true to duty's call, 
 
 faced death and lost their lives to save a drowning comrade 
 
 in the South Atlantic, July 16, 1886. 
 
 [Ps. cvu. 30.] [Matt. XI. 26. J
 
 THE PRESENT CHURCH OF ST. MARY-ON-THE-HILL. 
 
 i9 
 
 THE PRESENT CHURCH OF ST. MARY-ON-THE-HILL. 
 
 When, as already explained in the above account, the new church of St. Mary-without- 
 the-Walls was erected by the Duke of Westminster in 1887, it then became the parish church of 
 St. Mary's parish, and the old church of St. Mary-on-the-Hill was constituted the parish church 
 of the united parishes of St. Bridget's and St. Martin's, of which the Ven. Edward Barker, Arch- 
 deacon of Chester, was the Rector. In spite of the restorations carried out by Canon Bowen in 
 1861, already referred to, the church was known to be badly in want of repair, and an examina 
 tion by Mr. J. P. Seddon, the architect who was called in, showed that any further delay in com- 
 mencing the work would be highly dangerous.^ The rector and churchwardens were fortunate 
 in obtaining the services of a strong committee, and in 1888 they issued an urgent appeal for 
 subscriptions, and estimated that an expenditure of ;^2,500 to ;^3,ooo (afterwards raised to 
 ;£^3,ooo to ;^4,ooo) was absolutely necessary. Helped by the handsome donation of ;^i,ooo by 
 the Duke of Westminster, the patron of the living, and several other sums of ;^ioo and £'^o 
 each, the amount of ^2,000 was graduallj' raised, and the work of restoration was started in 
 1S90. As time went on it was found that more was required than had been originally contem- 
 plated, and by the end of 1891 the sum of over ^4,500 had been spent on the church, towards 
 which the Duke of Westminster had contributed ;^2,o50. 
 
 It was re-opened for divine service on the i ith June, 1891, when an appropriate sermon was 
 preached by the Bishop of Chester (Dr. Jayne). The chief features of the restoration have been 
 the removal of all the galleries in the church, the opening out of the tower arch, the erection of 
 new windows in the north aisle, the rebuilding of the south clerestory and its windows, and the 
 careful repair of the old and beautiful timber roof of the nave. The level of the floor of the nave 
 and aisles has been considerably lowered, giving much greater height to the church generally, 
 and showing the columns to much advantage. The floor has been laid with oak wood blocks on 
 the top of concrete, which effectually closed the old vaults and burial-places inside the building. 
 The chapel at the end of the south aisle, which was formerly used as a vestry and for the organ, 
 has been restored to its original use, and is now available as a chapel for daily services, &c. The 
 old and dilapidated stone font has been removed, and the one formerly in use at St. Bridget's 
 has been transferred to St. Marj''s and is placed at the junction of the tower and nave. The 
 organ from St. Bridget's has been erected in the north chapel, and will be used till a larger one 
 can be put up. The architect was Mr. J. P. Seddon, F.R.I.B.A., of London, assisted by Mr. T. 
 M. Lockwood, F".R.I.B.A., of Chester, as local architect, and the contractors were Messrs. S. 
 & W. Pattinson, of Rushington, near Sleaford. 
 
 When the church was re-opened the north porch, which it had been found necessary to take 
 down, had not then been re-erected. An appeal, however, was made to the Freemasons of the 
 Province of Cheshire to defray the cost of its erection, in honour of the family of the Randle 
 Holmes of Chester, one of whom, Randle Holme (III.) was not only a prominent Freemason, 
 but was also most closely identified with St. Mary's Church, of which he was churchwarden for 
 two years, and in which he and his ancestors are buried. This appeal, thanks to the energj' of 
 Mr. W. H. Finchett, of Chester, was very successful and the foundation stone of the " Randle 
 
 ' A report on the church by Mr. Ewan Christian, the architect to the Ecclesiastical Commission, dated S Feb. iSSS, also 
 pointed out the various repairs which were essential. 
 
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 20 ST. MARY-ON -TllK-lllLL, CllKSTER. 
 
 Holme I'oicli," as it is called, was laid with all Masonic ccremoii}' b)* Lord Egerton of Tatton 
 on Easter Monday, April i8, 1892. The sum of ;^200 was raised, and on the 10th Xov. 
 1892, the porch was formally dedicated to the service of God. The followin_t( inscription has 
 been placed in the quatrefoil window on the west side. 
 
 'I'his porch was rebuilt in the year of our l^ord 1S92 by the Freemasons of Cheshire, to the Glory of 
 God, and in memory of Randle Holme, of the city of Chester, arms-painter, herald and genealogist, born 
 1627, died 1700. He was one of the earliest known Cheshire Freemasons, and was baptized and buried in 
 this church, of which he was churchwarden from Easter, 1657, to Easter, 1659. As the author of the 
 Academy of Armory, 1688 (the first book ever printed in Chester), and as one of the collectors of the 
 Randle Holme MSS., now preserved in the British Museum, he (bearing with his grandfather, his father, 
 and his son, the distinctive name of Randle Holme) is thus worthily commemorated in his and their native 
 city, with whose history they were so closely identified, and whose antiquities they did so much to preserve.' 
 The corner-stone was laid with Masonic rites by the Right Worshipful the l^rovincial Grand Master (I^ord 
 Egerton of Tatton) on Easter Monday. Completed and dedicated by the \'ery Worshipful the Provincial 
 Grand Chaplain, in the presence of the Very Worshipful the Deputy Provincial Grand Master (Sir Horatio 
 Lloyd, Knt.), on St. Martin's Eve. 
 
 Above this inscription are the old Masons' arms, and below it the arms of Lord l^s^erton of 
 Tatton. In the other quatrefoil window on the east side are the arms granted to the first Randle 
 Molme by Richard St. George, Xorroy King of Arms, on his visitation of Cheshire in 161 3.'- 
 
 The present church consists of a nave and chancel, with side aisles and side chapels, and a 
 tower at the west end. The nave is separated from the aisles by three pointed arches, and from 
 the chancel by a high-pointed chancel arch. Each of the side chapels is separated from the 
 chancel and from the aisle by a wide obtusely pointed arch. There is a lofty clerestory- 
 containing ten windows on each side above the nave. The tower arch is very lofty and pointed, 
 and at the junction of the nave and tower is placed the font. There is a door at the west end 
 leading through the tower into the church, and one in each of the twcj aisles, the door on 
 the north side having " the Randle Holme porch " already described. 
 
 The nave has a very handsome timber roof beautifully carved. It is divided up into square 
 panels and on the bosses, about the middle, are the letters ^it.Jl.fl.S.Jl. in Old English black 
 letter. On another boss are the initials I.H.C. It is most probable that this handsome carved 
 roof is the old choir roof of Basingwerk Abbey, near Holywell, in Flintshire, which, as already 
 explained, was brought here on the dissolution of that Abbey in 1536 (see p. 2). The side 
 aisles have heavy open timber roofs, but are devoid of all ornament. There is a plaster roof 
 in the chancel. 
 
 The chapel at the end of the north aisle (as will subsequently be shown) was formerly 
 dedicated to St. Katherine, whilst that at the end of the south aisle was dedicated to the Holy 
 Trinity. This latter chapel was built by the Troutbeck family, of Dunham-on-the-Hill 
 and Chester, in the year 1433. The following inscription has recently been placed in 
 this chapel : — 
 
 To the memory of 
 
 \\ii,Li.\M Troutbeck, of Dunham, Esquire, 
 
 Chamberlain of Chester, 
 
 ' A full account of the Holme family, with spcci.il reference to the four Randle Holmes will lie given later on. 
 
 ' This glass was made by Messrs. .Shrijjley and Hunt, of Lancaster, and the money for its purchase was collected by Henry 
 Taylor, Esq., F.S.A., the Worshipful .Master of the Cestrian Lodge. These arms are given on page I.
 
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 THE MODERN STAINED GLASS. 21 
 
 (By whom this chantry was founded a.d. 1433.)' 
 
 Sir William Troutbeck, his Grandson, 
 
 Sergeant of the Bridge Gate, 
 
 and other members of the family 
 
 who here lie buried, 
 
 this tablet is placed by 
 
 The Reverend John Troutbeck, D.U., 
 
 Chaplain-in-ordinary to the Queen 
 
 and Minor Canon of Westminster. 
 
 Above is the coat of arms of Troutbeck, — azure, a wreatii of trouts interlaced, proper, — and 
 the date, 1892. 
 
 THE MODERN STAINED GLASS. 
 
 » Many of the windows are filled with stained glass. The east window of the chancel, of five 
 lights, depicting Christ commanding his disciples to go forth and teach all nations, was erected 
 to the memory of the Rev. William Henry Massie, who was Rector of St. Mary's from 1848 to 
 1856. Underneath is the following inscription : 
 
 In memory of William Henry Massie, Rector of this Parish, who died January 5, 1856. 
 
 The east window of the north aisle, of five lights, depicts the Israelites fighting against the 
 Amalekites, with large figures of Aaron and Hur holding up the arms of Moses. Underneath is 
 this inscription : 
 
 In memory of the officers and men of the 23 Reg. R.W. Fusiliers, who fell in the Crimea, from the 
 Victory of Alma to the Storming of Sebastopol, Sep. 1854 to Sep. 1855. 
 
 In the north aisle, the two most easterly windows on the north side, of four lights each, are 
 filled with stained glass in memory of the Oldfield family. The one over the Oldfield tomb has 
 the figures of the four Evangelists, and this inscription underneath : 
 
 To the glory of God, and in memory of Thomas Brame Oldfield, of Champion Hill, Surrey, who died 
 November xx, MDCCCXLVIIL, Aged lx." 
 
 The other window, the most easterly of the two, over the Gamul tomb, has the figures of 
 St. James, St. John, St. Peter, and St. Paul, and those of Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, and Daniel, 
 and this inscription underneath : 
 
 Thomas, son of Leftwich, and great-grandson of Philip Oldfield, died 1731, Thomas, son of the pre- 
 ceding Thomas Oldfield, died 1758, Thomas, .son of the last preceding Thomas Oldfield, died 1808, 
 Thomas, grandson of the last preceding, and son of Thomas Brame Oldfield, died 1858. 
 
 Underneath this inscription is the following one : 
 
 In gloriam Dei, In honorem S. Thomae Apostoli, In memoriam ThoniM carissimi Familia Oldfield, 
 Hoc. Mon. Pes. MDCCCLXI. 
 
 The east window of the south chapel, of four lights, is filled with stained glass, with this 
 inscription underneath : 
 
 ' There is a slight error here. As will subsequently be shown, this chantry chapel was built in the year 1433, but the 
 chantry itself was not endowed or founded till 1444 (sic pp. 31-2). 
 
 - Near this are two modern inscribed brasses to the Oldfield family, the inscriptions on which will be given in the account 
 of the monumental inscriptions in the church.
 
 22 ST. MARY-ON-THK-HILL, CHESTER. 
 
 Erected by a bereaved Mother in loving remembrance of Mary Lewis Barton, who died at Hadley 
 Parsonage, Salop, Feb'' 2°'', i860, aged 24, and of William Clegg, Lieutenant XL Reg" who died at Pietcr 
 ^L-iritzhurg, Natal, Febr'' 4'", 1865, aged 27. 
 
 In the upper part of this window, and in two of the south window.s in this aisle, all the frag- 
 ments of old stained glass which were found in the church are placed, and they are of special 
 interest as being the only examples of old stained glass now to be found in any of the Chester 
 churches. Each of these two south windows, of three lights each, has in the upper part four 
 small narrow lights, each filled with the mediaeval figure of a saint in old glass. In the upper 
 part of the east window are the arms of Brcrcton quartering Ipstones, and the briar and the 
 tun, a rebus on the name Brereton. There are also the emblems of the Passion, two hands, 
 two feet, and a pierced heart, a chalice, and some fragments of inscri[)tions. 
 
 The most easterly window on the south side of this chapel, of three lights, has stained 
 glass representing the descent of Moses from Mount Sinai with the tables of the law, and 
 is inscribed — 
 
 'I"o the honor of (lod, and in mcni. of John Hill. Esq., Attorney Cleneral of the Chester Circuit, died 
 April IV., MDCCCXLIX., and his eldest son, Thomas Wilkinson Hill, Esq., Barrister at Law, died Jan. 
 XXV., MDCCCLII. This window was erected by Henrietta Amelia, daughter and sister of the above. 
 
 The next window of three lights is filled with stained glass, with this inscription under- 
 neath : 
 
 Sacred to the memory of 'I'homas Mawdesley, M.A., Rector of this Parish, who died 2'' Sept'., 1833, 
 aged 75, and of Mary .\nne, his wife, who died 26'" .April, 1848, aged 89. Thomas, their son, M.A., 
 Incumbent of Chelford in this County, died 21" Jan-', 1S39, aged 50. Othuel, their son, Lieut. R.N., 
 killed on service in the Adriatic, 9"' Nov'", 181 2, aged 22. The old and the young are gone to their rest, 
 and they who remain are waiting for a joyful Reunion in and through the merits of our Lord Jesus Christ. 
 
 THE COMMUNION PLATE. 
 
 As already stated {see p. 5) on the 28th May, 1553, the churchwardens of St. Mary's 
 retained, amongst other things, for the services of the church, " a chalice with a paten of silver, 
 weighing ten ounces." In the inventory of the church goods made 20 May, 163 1 (jt^ p. 7), 
 there is no mention of any paten, but there was "a Comunion cu[jp of silver and [a] couer 
 of the same." It was this want of a paten which prompted the following gift, which is dul>- 
 entered in the Churchwardens' Accounts for 1637. 
 
 -Memorandum thatt sume [some] takeinge notice of the wantt of a siluer plate to serue the bread all 
 Comunions : the 29th of September, 1638, Mrs. Elinor Anderton, wife to Mr. Matthew Anderton, Esqr., 
 did bringe to Mr. Seddon, our then Curate, a little broade siluer Dish with two eares, to be bestowed on the 
 p'ish and [to] remaine in the church for the same vse for euer. 
 
 And again in 1639 there is this note : 
 
 Memorand : that Mrs. Ales Whittby, widdow, after the death of her late husband, Edward Whittby, 
 Esq., late Recorder of this Citty, did giue and bestowe vpon the Church a lonue silver plate, with a foote 
 vnder itt to serue the Comunion bread, and a square quishion with fringe & tassells of cloath att issue
 
 ■m- COMMUNION PLATE. ■§€+- 
 St. MARY-on-the-HILL, CHESTER.
 
 THE BELLS. 
 
 branched [i.e., doth of issue, embroidered] for the deske for the Comunion table, to remain for the 
 church vse for euer, and were given in Anno Dni, 1639.' 
 
 The next entry occurs in 1712, when it is recorded that ^25 i6s. was "paid Mr. Robisson, 
 goldsmith, for the siluer Flagon for the Sacram' as apeeres bj' his note." In the same year, the 
 same goldsmith was paid 3s. 6d. " for boylinge y" church plate," by which is probably meant 
 cleaning it. Once more, in 1758 it appears that the sum of £y 2s. 3d. was paid " for a silver 
 Challice and cover." 
 
 The present Communion plate belonging to St. Mar)''s Church, and now in use at St. 
 Mary's-without-the-Walls, consists of a silver flagon, two silver Communion cups with covers, 
 and two silver patens. The flagon is eighteen inches high, and the stand at the bottom is five 
 inches across. It has the names " Stephen Sone and William Witter, churchwardens, 1712." 
 This is the flagon purchased in that year for £2^ i6s. The oldest Communion cup is of 
 Elizabethan character, but its exact date has not been determined. It bears no inscription. 
 A copy of it, made to match it, is probably the one bought in 1758, above referred to. 
 
 The oldest of the two patens is the one given to the church in 1639 by Mrs. Alice Whitby, 
 and bears the inscription, " The gift of Mrs. Ales Whitbe to the Parish Church of St. Maries, 
 1639." The other paten bears the inscription, "The gift of Thomas Barlow,' of Upton, to 
 St. Mary's Church in Chester, 1683." There is nothing in the Churchwardens' Accounts 
 relating to this gift except an entry to the effect that Randle Holme was paid "for puttinge 
 Thomas Barlow's Leagisie downe vpon y"^ Table of Guifts." 
 
 As already stated, the above Communion plate is now at St. Mary's-without-the-Walls. 
 The plate now in use at St. Mar}''s (with the exception of a modern donation) came from 
 the now destroyed church of St. Bridget, and consists of a silver-gilt flagon, two silver chalices, 
 and four silver patens. The flagon has the following inscription on the bottom, " St. Bridget's, 
 Chester. Cha' Price, Sam'. Nickson, Churchwardens, 1810"; probably showing when it 
 was re-gilt, as it is of much older date. The oldest chalice has these names, " Thomas Bolland, 
 James Johnson, Churchwardens, 1720" ; and the other has " Benj" Scott, J. Williams, Church- 
 wardens, 1784." The two oldest patens are thus inscribed, " This and such an other with a guilt 
 Flaggon cup and cover are the gift of Mrs. Hannah Swan to St. Bridget's parish."-' The other 
 two patens are mcdern and bear this inscription : — 
 
 Two Patens Presented in deep gratitude by Mr. & Mrs. Fereday to the Church of St. Mar)'-on-the- 
 Hill, Chester, on its becoming the Parish Church of St. Bridget with St. Martin, 1891. 
 
 T//E BELLS. 
 
 From the earliest inventory of the church goods, taken 28th May, 1553 (p. 5), it appears that 
 there were at that time " five great bells in the steeple, and an anthem bell." There are frequent 
 references to these bells in the Churchwardens' Accounts, and to the provision of new bell-ropes, 
 
 ' It may here be noted that Mrs. Whitby had made a very' handsome gift to the church in 161S, as thus entered in 
 that year's Accounts : — 
 
 '• Mrs. Alice Whitby, wife to Edward Whitby, Esquire, and Recorder of the Cittie of Chester, gaue to the churche 
 of St. Maryes a pulpit clothe of crymson velvet of foure breades [breadths], the middle breades are embrawdered with 
 goulde and silke, and for it she had the ould pulpit clothe and bestoed it on the churche of .Saynte Olaue's [Olive's] in 
 the Citty of Chester.' 
 
 ^ Mr. Thomas Barlow, of Upton, was buried at St. Mary's, on the 7th September, 16S3. 
 
 ' Mrs. Hannah Swan, who was the widow of the Rev. Thomas Swan, for some years Rector of St. Bridget's, was buried 
 in that church on the 12th February, i696[-7].
 
 ST. MARY-ON-THE-HILL, CHESTER. 
 
 &c., and the carrying out of sundr)- repairs. Rut in 1597 it wouki appear that sonic of llie bells 
 were newly cast, as shown by the following entry : — 
 
 Rec. about tiie charges of the bells, of particular persons j 
 assessed vpon them, as appeareth by the particulars of^ 
 
 their names ) 
 
 It. for old timber 
 
 It. for old iron 
 
 Sommc totall receaved about this matter 
 
 xxvij" 
 
 xvij' iij'' 
 
 [^27 
 
 17s. 3d.J 
 
 
 xij- vj'' 
 
 
 ix- j" 
 
 xxviij" 
 
 xviij" x'' 
 
 [£2S 
 
 i8s. lod.] 
 
 x.xi.x'' 
 
 xiiij" xj'' 
 
 [i:29 
 
 14s. I id.] 
 
 
 xvj' 1'' 
 
 Paid by me about the same charge and allowed by the auditors ) 
 
 of the same parishe j 
 
 So that the parishe rests to me vpon this entry 
 
 In 1617 the "anthem bell" was recast at Congleton. I have been a good deal puzzled to 
 explain the meaning of the name of this bell, and to define its use, as I have not met with it 
 elsewhere, and cannot find it described anywhere. I can only conjecture that it is the same as 
 the "sacring bell," which was formerly rung at the elevation of the host, and was in some 
 churches suspended in a small bell-cot placed on the roof directly over the chancel arch.^ At 
 the Reformation these bells, if retained, were used for other purposes, as seems to have been the 
 case at St. Mary's, where the "anthem bell " had become so worn as to render it necessary to 
 recast it in 1617. 
 
 P'' for castinge the Antom bell and the brasse wayangc four- 
 score and ix'' and a halfe, and a brass for the fourth bell | 
 beinge caste with it, all vnder one, after ij'' a pound fori xv\ ['5^.] 
 
 castinge j 
 
 Spent vppon our selues goeinge to Congerton [Congleton] with-v 
 
 the Tanton bell and cominge whome [home] and beinge - iiij" vj'' [4s. 6d.] 
 
 there" ' 
 
 In 1623 the two largest bells had to be recast, and for that purpose were sent to Holt, not 
 far from Chester, to a bell-founder there named William Clivery or Clibbery.-' 
 
 P'' at the hovlte in castinge the tovve biggest great bells xvj' 
 
 P'' to M' I^ngeforde for henginge the belles and makcing v) iij'' xiij~ viij'' 
 
 newe wheles J [^£"3 13s. 8d.] 
 
 1"' to William Cliufrie [Clivery] bellfounder for castinge the 
 
 belles all newe' xij" [^^12] 
 
 A few years later, in 1632, the great bell of all was recast, and it was sent to the same bell- 
 founder. 
 
 P'' for takeinge downe the greate bell & spentt at borrowe- 
 
 inge the windles att the Minster, and for sendinge to Holtt 
 
 for the belfounder iiij' xj'' [4s. iid.] 
 
 ' This is the case at Prestburj' in Cheshire (see £as/ Cheshire, ij., p. 187). 
 
 - In this same year's accounts is an entry of a payment to Robert Ford, of Wigan, for " casting of lowe l)rasscs for the 
 greate bell." 
 
 ' There are not many references to ihis bell-founder to be met with. See my paper on the subject of Lancashire and 
 Cheshire Bell-founders, &c. , Transactions of the Historic Society, Lancashire ami Cheshire, 1S90. 
 
 ' The Congleton liell-founders would appear to have been consulted, but they did not come to terms with the church- 
 wardens who, however, treated them well, and " bestowed vppon Congleton Bellfoundcrs ijs." Another 2s. was also paid 
 " when we agreed with the Bellfounder" from Molt.
 
 THE BELLS. 25 
 
 P*" for carriage of the bell to the hoult and back againe xxij' [22s.] 
 
 P** to William Cliuery [Clivery] for castinge of the greate bell vj" [jC^] 
 
 P'' for a hundred & odd waight of newe mettall that was added 
 
 to the bell more than the waight was before' v" [-^s] 
 
 In the year 1657 Mr. Randle Holme, Junior (the third of that name), who was then one of 
 the churchwardens, set about the restoration of the tower of St. Mary's, which had been damaged 
 during the Civil War, and was also successful in obtaining a new peal of four bells for it which 
 were cast by the bell-founders at Wigan in Lancashire. He thus records his receipts and ex- 
 penditure in the Churchwardens' Accounts for that year. 
 
 Receiued m Contribution Money from seuerall cittyzens 
 
 towards the repaire of the steeple & bells, as appeares by n s a 
 
 their names, the sume of 17 19 8 
 
 Received by an assesm' leuyed on the parrishners for the same 
 
 use as appeareth by the names, the sume of 61 o 7 
 
 Payd to John fflecher for seting a roofe vpon ye Steeple, he 
 being at all charges of flaggeing it to carry away the water, 
 slateing it,to find all the tymber that will goe to it & work- 
 manship. And likewise he to be at the cost of hanging the 
 foure new bells, finding all the iron worke for them, & to 
 make good the brused clappers for w'*' he had from vs ... 26 10 o 
 
 Payd to Mr. Mathew Ellis &: Henry Grey for carrying of the 
 broken bell metal to \Vigan, staying there till the bells 
 were new cast & bringing them to the church againe 3 o o 
 
 Spent when we went to Wigan to see the bells cast, being foure 
 
 dayes out, horses &men i o o 
 
 Payd to Geffrey Scot,= the bell-founder, for casting of four 
 
 bells, with their brasses 25 o o 
 
 Spent in drinke amongst his workemen & giuen them in 
 
 Barrages' o 15 8 
 
 Spent on the Belfounder & his sdne in Chester, they being 
 here six dayes to see the bells hanged, and to chipp 
 them, to make them tuneable o 9 4 
 
 In the following year, 1658, the great bell was also re-cast at Wigan, Mr. Randle Holme 
 Junior, being still one of the churchwardens, and there are the following entries relating to it in 
 the Churchwardens' Accounts : — 
 
 Imprimis. — Spent when we agreed with the Bell-founder for " '^ " 
 
 casting of the great bell o 2 o 
 
 Payd to the bell-founder for casting of the great bell, he being 
 at all charges of takeing it downe out of the steeple, 
 carrying of it to \Vigan & backe againe, to hange it up 
 & fitting the irons and head-stock to it 12 o o 
 
 ' There is an entry in this year's Accounts " for hanging up the Anthom bell, being fallen down.'' 
 
 - Mr. Geoffrey .Scott succeeded Mr. John .Scott as a bell-founder at Wigan, but the exact relationship between them is not 
 very clear. {See my paper on Lancashire and Cheshire Bell-founders in the Transculions of the Historic Society of Lancashire 
 ami Cheshire, 1S90.) ■' 
 
 ■' "Barrages" were what we should now term 'allowances " or drinks to the workmen. It is an obsolete word, which 
 Irequently occurs in these Accounts. 
 
 E
 
 QdUcJ^j*^ — K^.JU'Jii^ cu^ ^ oil" cJ ViA^^C-^^^yq. 
 
 26 ST. MARY-ON-THE-HILL, CHESTER. 
 
 Spent on the Bclfoundcr & setierall of the gentlemen of the 
 
 parrish when they were about the consultation of the " * '' 
 
 tuneahlenesse of the Bells & in drinke to the ringers o 3 4 
 
 Some )car.s prior to this, the anthem bell had been broken, probably during the siege 
 of Chester, for in 1646 the following entry occurs : — 
 
 I"' for two dayes worke, takeinge downe the broaken Antham 
 Bell and alteringe the frame, and changeinge the head 
 & makeingc itt fitt for the bell that is now vpp, and for 
 
 placeinge & puttinge itt up & fastening it iij" iiij'' 
 
 ?■■ for carriage of the bell from the Pentice W^" Mr. Alderman 
 Holme gott for the p'ish, beinge one of Houghton chapel 
 
 bells iiij'' 
 
 In 1657, however, this bell had to be taken down and presumably restored to its original 
 use, as shown b>- the following entrj' in the Churchwardens' Accounts : — 
 
 Payd for takeing down the litde bell which Mr. Harper 
 demanded as belonging to the chapell & hospitall of 
 
 Boughton 004 
 
 On the 9th May, 1659, a public meeting of the parishioners of St. Mary's was held 
 to prevent abuses by the ringers, and to draw up regulations about the bells. It was decided 
 that the bell-ropes should be kept locked up, except that of the great bell, which the sexton was 
 to use for "tollinge of a passinge bell," and for ringing at five o'clock in the morning and 
 at ei^ht o'clock in the evening. If an)' of the parishioners wished the other bells to be rung, 
 they had to make arrangements with the ringers, and the churchwardens were to make their 
 own arrangements for ringing the bells on the fifth of November and other special occasions. 
 
 The bells at present existing in the tower of St. Mary's are, in the main, those which were 
 placed there in 1657, as above described. They are now six in number, and bear the following 
 inscriptions : — 
 
 1. Jesus be our spede. \ 
 
 2. Gloria in EXCELSIS Deo. f .\ncl on each Bell these letters :- 
 
 3. DULCEDINE LOCIS CANTAIiO TUO NOMINE. 1 q ^y^ q q^ ^ jj i ,5^7 ^\'". 
 
 4. jucunditate soni sonabo tlhi domine. 
 
 5. Cha= & Jn'^ Rudh.all, Fec\ Will" Orfokd & Jn" Grindlev, 
 
 Wardens, 1768. 
 
 6. This bell has the date only, 1 783. 
 
 SPECIAL INCIDENTS IN THE PAST HISTORY OF ST. MARY'S. 
 
 Before proceeding with the details of the history of the old church of St. Mary's, its 
 chantries and altars, its monumental effigies and monuments, &c., &c., attention may very 
 fittingly be directed to one or two special incidents which appear noteworthy. For some 
 reason or other, during medi.-eval times, the church was frequently used for such purely secular 
 
 ' The churchwardens for that year were George Chamberlain and Randle Holme, Junior, whose initials are on the bells. 
 - This is the mark of John .Scott, of Wigan, bell-founder, the predecessor of Geoffrey .Scott, by whom these bells were 
 cast.
 
 SPECIAL INCIDENTS OF INTEREST. 27 
 
 purposes as the holding of inquisitions post mortem, and inquisitions as to proof of age, &c. 
 Many instances of this ma)- be given, of which the following are examples^ : — 
 
 7. Henry VI. [1429]. Proof of age of Katharine, wife of William Walsh, daughter of Richard da 
 Hatton of Chester, taken in the Church of the Blessed Mary-on-the-Hill, Chester, before the 
 escheator. 
 
 19. Henry VI. [1441]. Proof of age of Robert de Lee taken in the Church of the Blessed Mary-on- 
 
 the-Hill, in the City of Chester, before the escheator. 
 
 20. Henry VI. [1442]. Proof of age of Hugh de Calveley. 
 
 29. Henry VI. [1451]. ,, ,, of John Starkey. 
 
 30. Henry VI. [1452]. „ ,, of Thomas, son and heir of Sir Peter Gerard, Knt. 
 33. Henry VI. [1455]. „ ,, of John, son and heir of Hugh Starkey. 
 
 18. Edward IV. [1478]. ,, ,, of Hugh, son and heir of John Starkey of Oulton. 
 17. Henry VII. [1502]. ,, ,, of Richard, son of Thomas Gerard of Cruewood. 
 .Vll taken in "the Church of St. Mary-on-the-Hill in the City of Chester.' 
 
 Other churches were occasionally used for these and similar purposes, an enquiry as to 
 proof of age of John, son of John Bruyn, being taken in the 5th Edward IV. [1465] in 
 Wistaston Church, and so late as the 9th Nov. 32 Henry VIII. [1540], an inquisition was 
 taken in Holy Trinity Church, Chester, relating to certain tanned hides belonging to a Chester 
 shoemaker.'' But St. Mary's seems to have been more frequently used for such purposes than 
 other parish churches, possibly on account of its proximity to the Castle of Chester, and to the 
 Exchequer and other Courts, which were held there. 
 
 Also, owing to its nearness to the Castle, the churchyard of St. Mary's was used for the 
 burial of those persons who were condemned to death at the Assizes held in the Castle, and 
 there are many entries in the Registers showing how common these executions were.^ 
 
 1628 — 9. James Thornet, a p'soner, buried 17th day of March. 
 
 1629. William Harding, a p''soner, buried 7th day of May. 
 
 1629. John Hill, p^soner, buried 7th day of July. 
 
 1 63 1. John Johnson, Joan Broome, and Katharine Crosse, three p'sonars that ware 
 
 executed, buried att the west end of the steeple' in churchyard 25th day of Aprill. 
 
 1 6 -53. Richard Lathom i , • r -n i- 1 , 1 ■ 1 • . , 
 
 f bemg 4 \sic\ p soners that were executed, buried m church- 
 Katherine Williams ; , ,. .... , , . , ^ 
 
 I yard on y south side the 4th day of May. 
 
 James Johnson ' 
 
 1637. Thomas Briscoe ^ 
 
 Ralph Wilkinson | 4 p'soners executed, i)uried at the west end, betwixt the 
 
 Ellen Weld I north porch and the steeple, the 14th day of Aprill. 
 
 Ellen Woodward -' 
 
 Some of these entries arc of special interest, as for instance : — 
 
 '1616. Tymothie Tatton, a p'soner, buried viij" die Julij. [In the margin, " p'ssed to death."] 
 
 '1627. Prisoner pressed, William Wilson, sepultus fuit v" die Aprilis. 
 
 1631. Thomas Laceby, a p''soner, prest to death, bur. in churchyard on the north side the 
 
 steeple the 23th day of Aprill. 
 
 ' The originals of these inquisitions are in the Record Office, London, amongst the Cheshire Records. 
 
 - Lancashire and Cheshire Records, Record Society, vol. vij., p. 2i5. 
 
 ' The existing Register only begins in 1628. 
 
 * The "steeple" was the common name for the tower at this time. 
 
 ^ These two entries are from the transcripts of the now missing Register, wliich transcripts are preserved in the Bishop's 
 Registry', Chester. 
 
 E 2
 
 28 ST. MARY-ON-THE-HILL, CHESTER. 
 
 These instances (and more nii-lit be given) of prisoners being " pressed to death " arc 
 examples of a terrible penalty now happil)' long since abolished. If a prisoner refused to plead 
 at all he saved whatever property he had from being forfeited to the Crown, but he had 
 to undergo a special form of punishment. He was stripped naked and laid on his back 
 in a cellar, with his arms and legs stretched out. A board was placed across his body, and on 
 this was piled up weights and stones "as much as he can bear and more," and these remained 
 on him until he either volunteered to plead or till death released him from his sufferings. On 
 the first day he was allowed " three morsels of barley without any drink," and on the second day, 
 " two drinks of stagnant (not running) water, without an}' bread " ; and as the judge said, when 
 he decreed this penalty, "this shall be his diet until he is dead." The duration of this punish- 
 ment depended on the strength of the prisoner, and in some cases it is known to have lasted 
 from a Saturday till the following Monday night, or more than forty-eight hours, during which 
 the wretched man's suffering must have been intense. 
 
 F?ut the most interesting of all these entries is the following, which occurs in the year 
 1656 :— 
 
 1656. Three witches hanged at Mich'as Assizes, buried in the corner by tiie Castle Ditch in Ciiurch 
 >'"■", 8'" ' of October. 
 
 As it was probable that the official report of the trial and conviction of these three 
 unfortunate persons might bo preserved amongst the Chester Records now in the Record Office, 
 London, a search made there was fortunately successful. The three "witches" were Anne 
 Thornton, of Eaton, near Chester ; Ellen, the wife of John Beech, of Rainow, near Macclesfield ; 
 and Anne, the wife of James Osboston, of the same place, and the following is the account of 
 the respective pleadings and trials- : — 
 
 TRIAL OF THE THREE IVITCHES AT CHESTER, 1636. 
 
 At the Session of Chester held in the Commonhall of Pleas in Chester, on Monday the last day 
 of March, 1656, before John Bradshawe, Serjeant att Lawe, Justice of Oliver, Lord Protector of the 
 Commonwealth of England, Scotland, and Ireland, and the Dominions thereunto belonging, of Chester, 
 and Thomas Fell, Esq., the other Justice of the said Lord Protector, of the said County. 
 
 The Jurors present that Ellen, the wife of John Beech, late of Raiwwe, in Cheshire, collier, on the 12th 
 September, 1651, and on divers other days as well before as after, at Ranowe, did exercise and practise the 
 '■ Invocacon and conjuracon " of evil and wicked spirits, "and consulted and covenanted with, entertayned, 
 imployed, ffedd and rewarded certayn evill and wicked spirits." 
 
 On the said 12th day of September the said Ellen Beech did exercise certain "Witchcrafts" upon 
 Elizabeth Cowper, late of Ranowe, spinster, whereby she, from the 12th till the 20th of September, afore- 
 said, did languish, and upon the said 20th day died. 
 
 Anne, the wife of James Osboston, late of Ranowe, in Cheshire, husbandman, on the 12th day 
 of September, 1651, practised certain wicked and divellish acts u[)on John Steenson, late of Ranowe, 
 husbandman, which caused his death on the 20th of September. 
 
 The said Anne Osboston on the 20th November, 1653, at Ranowe exercised "certayn artes and 
 Incantacons " on Barbara Pott, late wife of John Pott, of Ranowe, from the effects whereof she died on the 
 20th of January then next following. 
 
 ' There is app.iiently a cleriral error in this date, which is clearly enough written in the Register. The accounts of the 
 trials of these witches all agree that they were esecuted on the isth, and it is most probable that they would be buried very 
 shortly afterwards, so that the date should be the 15th, or possibly the iSth. 
 
 '^ Cheshire Plea Roll, Michaelmas, 1656, Public Record Office, London.
 
 TRIAL OF THE THREE WITCHES, 1656. 
 
 And again on the 17th day of July, 1655, the said Anne Osboston practised sorceries on one 
 John Pott, late of Ranowe, ycoman, from which time he languished until the 5th of August, when he 
 died. 
 
 On the 30th of November, 165 1, the said Anne Osboston used "enchantments" upon Anthony 
 Booth, late of Macclesfield, in the county of Chester, gent., thereby causing his death on the ist of .April 
 then next following. 
 
 And now at the Sessions held at Chester on Monday, 6th October, 1656, came the aforesaid Ellen 
 Beech and Anne Osboston in their proper persons by Richard Golborne, gent.. Constable of the Castle of 
 Chester, brought to the bar, and the indictment being seen by the Justices, they instantly demand how 
 the said Ellen Beech and Anne Osboston will acquit themselves of the premises above charged severally 
 against them. Whereupon they doe say severally for themselves that they are not guilty of the trespass or 
 murthers aforesaid and hereupon for their good or evil doe put themselves upon the country. .-\nd 
 John Bradshaw, Esq.,' who for the Lord Protector doth here on that behalf follow for the said Lord 
 Protector doth the like. The Jurors say that they were guilty of the aforesaid murders, and they were 
 sentenced to be hanged severally by their necks. 
 
 John Bradshaw, Esq.,' demands execution against them, and he had it at Boughton, in the county 
 aforesaid, upon Wednesday the 15th day of this instant October, about three of the clocke in the afternoone 
 of the same day. 
 
 The Jurors of divers hundreds of the said county at the Sessions held as Chester on Monday, Oct. 6'^ 
 1656, present upon their oath that Anne Thornton, late of Eyton in Cheshire, 'cvidow, on the 9"" day of Feb- 
 ruary, i655[-6], and on divers other days and times, as well before as since, at Eccleston, "not having 
 God before her eyes, but by the instigacon of the Divell beinge moved and seduced [did] with force and arms 
 wickedly, divellishly, and feloniously diverse \sic for devise] exercise and practise certayne divellish and 
 wicked actes and Incantacons called Witchcrafts, Inchauntments, Charmes, and Sorceries in and upon one 
 Daniell fifinchett, sonne of Raphe ffynchett, of Eccleston, yoman, beinge an infant of the age of three 
 dayes," whereby he, the said Daniel from the 9th day of February in the year aforesaid until the i ith day of 
 the same month, "did languish, upon which said nth day he the aforesaid Daniel by the said wicked and 
 devillish Actes soe by her the aforesaid Anne Thornton used, exercised and practised, as aforesaid, upon him 
 the said Daniel, dyed." " And soe the Jurors aforesaid upon their oath aforesaid, doe saye that the afore- 
 said Anne Thornton, upon the aforesaid nth day of February, at Eccleston, aforesaid, the aforesaid Daniel 
 ffinchett by the aforesaid wicked and divillish Acts in manner and forme aforesaid, feloniously, voluntarily, 
 and of her malice forethought, did kill and murder contrary to the forme of the statute in that case made 
 and provided, and against the public peace." 
 
 And now at the Sessions held at Chester as aforesaid came the said Anne Thornton in her proper 
 person by Richard Golborne, gent., Constable of the Castle of Chester, brought to the bar, and the 
 indictment being seen by the Justices, they instantly demand how the said Anne Thornton will acquit her- 
 self of the premises, whereunto the said Anne says that she is not guilty of the murder aforesaid, and here- 
 upon for her good or evil doth put herself upon the country. And John Bradshaw, Esq.,' who for the Lord 
 Protector doth here on that behalf follow for the said Lord Protector doth the like. The Jurors say that 
 Anne Thornton is guilty of the aforesaid murder, and that she hath no goods or chattels, lands or tenements 
 in the said county of Chester to the knowledge of the said jurors. Therefore it is considered by the Court 
 that the aforesaid Anne Thornton be hanged by her neck, which was done at Boughton upon Wednesday, 
 the isth of this instant October, about three of the clock in the afternoon of the same day, according to 
 the custome of the countie aforesaid. 
 
 1 This was John Bradshaw, of Congleton, Esq., the Attorney-General for the County Palatine of Chester, who, although 
 bearing the same names as the celebrated John Bradshaw, Esq. (the regicide), the Chief Justice of Chester, before whom these 
 trials were held, was no relation to him. Much confusion has arisen lietween these two persons.
 
 
 
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 30 ST. MARV-ON-THE-HILL, CHESTER. 
 
 One other entry deserves to be noted here, and that is the buria! of the man who had no 
 doubt helped most of these unfortunate persons out of the world. 
 
 1643. .Tohn Edwards, the Hangman, buried in north church yard 17th of November. 
 
 THE CHANTRIES AND ALTARS FORMERLY IN ST. MARTS CHURCH. 
 
 The chantries and altars in the church do not appear to have been very numerous. The 
 chantrv- chapel at the end of the north aisle was dedicated to St. Katlierine ; whilst that at the 
 end of the south aisle, as will subsequent!)^ be shown, was dedicated to The Holy Trinity ; and 
 at the altars in each of these chapels services were regularly held. In addition to these there 
 was an altar dedicated to St. Mary, and generally known as " the St. Mary's service " ; and 
 another dedicated to St. Stephen; whilst in the St. Katherine's chapel there was placed 
 an image of that saint. 
 
 These altars and services are occasional!)- referred to in old wills and other documents, 
 which are of much interest. Thus, in the will of Alatthew Ellis, made 5th February, 1 546-7,' 
 he desired to be " bur)ed in 3e)nt Maries church, within the ile [aisle] wheare I walke," " I also 
 geaue and bequethe vnto the meyntcninge of Seynt Maryes s'vice and Scy?it Katherines s'vice 
 one steer worth .\xs., or els xxs. of money equally to be devyded betweene theym." He leaves 
 small legacies to each of the following priests : to Sir Edmund Burton, who was tlie curate, 
 3s. 4d. ; to Sir Richard Stancliffe, 2s. ; and to Sir Henry Brown, a silver-gilt ring ; whilst I2d. 
 was left "to every preeste of Seynt Maryes." 
 
 A still earlier and more important will is that of Thomas Dedwood, of Chester, gentleman, 
 made on the 31st March, 1497.'- This will, which is in Latin, directs that his body was to be 
 buried in St. Mary's Church, and that a fit priest be found and endowed to celebrate at the altar 
 of St. Stephen, in the church of St. Mary aforesaid, for the space of seven years for the benefit of 
 his soul, and the souls of his father and others. " Item to the works of the church of St. Mary,^ 
 40s." " Item for three trentals of masses, to be celebrated in the aforesaid church, for 
 my soul, 30s." " Item to the three houses of Friars within the city of Chester, to each, 6s. 8d" 
 " Item to John Badde, chaplain, los. to pray for me." He mentions Cicely, his mother, 
 and Joan, his wife. The arms of " Dedwood, who lived in Castle Lane," were formerl)- in the 
 old glass in the east window of St. Mary's Church {see p. 34). 
 
 In 1520, in the will of William Milnes, made in that year, he refers to "the image of 
 the Lad)' Katherine, the Virgin," and to Sir William Bavand, priest and chaplain. 
 
 In the general Ecclesiastical Survey, taken 26 Henry 8 [1536], there is mention of a 
 chantry chapel within the church of the Blessed Mary of Chester, of which John Button was 
 then chaplain, and which was worth per annum ic6s. 8d. arising from certain lands and 
 tenements in the cit)- of Chester. This was most probably the Troutbeck chantry described 
 later on. 
 
 At the date of the Bishop's visitation in 1553-4, Sir Nicholas Sedgwick was the curate, 
 paid by the rector, and Sir Thomas Stretbarell was a priest paid by John Robinson, but who 
 
 ' Copied in the Enrolmenl Books at the Bishop's Registry, Chester, vol. i., p. 143. 
 
 » Harl. MS. 2131, f. 205. 
 
 ' This would show that some repairs or rebuilding was going on al .St. Mary's at this time.
 
 
 
 ,ii.-VA<rYv /V»,^a--i*MQ tjrf*W 
 
 ' ' THE CHANTR'iES AND ALTARS FORMERLY IN ST. M.AkV'S CHURCH. 31 
 
 the latter benefactor was there is at present no evidence. In 1561, in an account of tlie 
 Chantry lands in Cheshire, there is mention of " the chantry of the St. Mary hills^ in Chester 
 [in the possession] of Sir John Talbot, Knt.," and worth £^ 6s. 8d. per annum. 
 Two of the old chantry priests at St. Mary's are referred to as follows- : — 
 
 S"' John Tr.ifford was buryed at St. Marj'es in Chester aboute the laste yeare of Kynge Henrye the 
 eyghts Reyne [1546], and had a pencon of tenne pounds per annum. 
 
 S' Richard Stonclyffe was buryed at St. Maryes aforesayd in the seconde or thyrde yere of the 
 regne of Kynge Edward the syxte [1548-9], and had a pencon of . . . per annum. 
 
 The burial of the latter priest we know from other sources took place at St. Mary's on the 
 5th April, 1548.3 
 
 The Chantry chapel at the end of the south aisle was built by William Troutbeck, Esq., 
 and Joan his wife in the year 1433, and some little information is on record concerning it. The 
 original contract for its erection by Thomas Betes, mason, is a document of much interest, and )C\^.n^o^ fjet*), 
 one of a class of which very^ few are now extant. It is as follows* : — Iwo/Jtm 
 
 AGREEMENT BETWEEN WILLIAM TROUTBECK ESQ., AND THOMAS BETES, MASON, 
 for building a Chapel at St. Marfs Chester, 14JJ. 
 
 This endenture made bytwene William Troutebek, esqiuer, on that on[e] p'tie, and Thomas Betes, 
 mason, on that other p'tie ^beres wittenesse that the forsaid Thomas has made covenant and granted to the 
 said William that he shall make a Chapel in the chirche yord of Seynte Marie on the Hill, on the south 
 side of the chauncell of the chirche there, that is to wete [to wit] the est ende, the south side and the west 
 ende, contenynge the length of the chauncell there and xviij fote wide withinne the walles, and as high as 
 hit nedes resonably to be ; with v faire and clenely wroght wyndowes full of light, that is to say on[e] 
 gable wyndow in the est ende with iiij lightes, and iij wyndowes on the south side, ichone [each one] of 
 iij lightes, and on[e] in the weste ende, in the best wise to be devisei' ; and iiij botras [buttresses] on the 
 south side, with a grete arche in the weste ende ; and the chapelle to be battellet above, like to the little 
 closet withinne the castell of Chester, with a corbyl table longynge [i.e., belonging] thereto : and at ayther 
 end iij honest fynyals. 
 
 And the forsaid William shall pay to the forsaid Thomas .kx'' [p^2o] like as the worke goes forwarde, 
 and also give him a gowne, and alsoe the forsayd William shall fynde fre[e] stone, lyme, sonde, wat' [water] 
 rt-yndelasse and stuff for to scaffolde with, and such manere necessaries as the forsaid Thomas nedes, and 
 all manere of cariages that longen [i.e., belong] therto ; and the forsaid Thomas shall, by the ov'sight 
 [oversight] of ALaester John Asser,"^ make the chappell and all thynges that longen thereto (masoncraft)," 
 honestly. In wytnesse of the whech thynge to these p'sentes endentures the p'ties forsaid, aither anendes 
 other haven set to their sealx. 
 
 Gyven at Chester the Monday next before the feste of the natyvyte of Seint John the Baptist [June 
 24] in the yere of Kyng Henry the Sixt after the conquest xj [i433l- (:)U- SxiJ. §<n»<i - :)l*w.jw^ (/.►fttj.-ion.j 
 
 ' This chantry is also referred to in the Minister's Accounts of the Cheshire Chantries. Exchequer Records, 3 and 4 
 Edward 6, No. 8, membrane 2 
 
 - .Special Commissions l6th Elizabeth. Public Record Office, No. 3258, Diocese of Chester. Slipends and Pensions. 
 
 ' Harl. MS. 2177. Extracts from the earliest Register of St. Mary's, now lost. 
 
 ^ Printed in Ormerod's History of Clieslnre, new edition, vol. ij., p. 41, from the original in the possession of the Earl of 
 .Shrewsbury in 1807. I have added the words in square brackets and the notes, in order to make it more intelligiljle. 
 
 " This was probably a small window to be placed above " the grete arche in the west ende," subsequently mentioned, which 
 was to separate this new chapel from the south aisle. The roof of this chapel was probably higher than that of the south aisle, 
 very likely as high as the chancel roof. 
 
 ' This John Asser was appointed master mason for the county of Chester and for North Wales on the 1st Afarch, nth 
 Henry 6, 1433, on the resignation of John Asser, his father. A Roger Asser was Rector of St. Mary's from 1464 to 147 1. 
 ' This word is interlined in the original
 
 
 ST. MARY-ON-TIIE-HILL, CHESTER. 
 
 A few )-ears later, by a deed dated 23 Ilcni}- VI. [1444] ^ William Troutbeck and Joan his 
 wife conve>'cd certain lands in Chester, Woodchurch, Little Christleton, and Ledsham to 
 trustees, and by a deed dated 2^ September, 1444, Roger Holme, rector of Astbury, and John 
 Mascy, chaplain, reconveyed the same to them " to have and to hold to the said William and 
 Joan for their lives, with remainder to John Troutbeck, their son and the heirs of his body " to 
 provide " one fit and proper chaplain to celebrate divine service for the soul of the said William 
 in the church of St. Marj' on the hill, in a chapel called 'La Triiiitc ChapcUl built b)- the said 
 William and Joan, and to pay to the said chaplain yearly ;^5 6s. 8d." - 
 
 This is, curiously enough, the onlj- reference to the dedication of this chantry chapel, which 
 I have met with, and unlike St. Katherine's Chapel at the east end of the north aisle, the name 
 of the Trinity Chapel does not seem to have been preserved after the Reformation. It was 
 simply called " Troutbeck's Chapel " from the name of its founders. 
 
 Within this chapel a raised altar tomb was erected to the memory of William Troutbeck 
 and Joan his wife, with their effigies at full length, and various coats of arms around it, as fully 
 described in the account of the old monuments in the church {sec p. 38) There was also 
 in this chapel another very hand.some monument to their grandson, Sir William Troutbeck, Knt. 
 In one of the windows was an inscription desiring prayers for the souls of William Troutbeck 
 and Joan his wife, who built this chapel {see p. 36). 
 
 In the year 1661 this chapel fell down, and the monuments above referred to were all unfor- 
 tunately destroj-ed. It remained in ruins for over thirty years, but in 1691 it was conveyed by 
 the then Earl of Shrewsbur_\-, the direct descendant of the Troutbccks, to the parishioners of St. 
 Mary's for ever, and in 1693 they rebuilt it. 
 
 The deed conveying this chapel is as follows'* : — 
 
 "To all Xtian People to whome these presents shall conic, the Right Hon'''' Chades Earie of 
 Shrewsbury, &c., sendeth Greeting — Whereas the south chancell (commonly called Troutbeck's chappell) 
 parcell of the parish church of St. Maryes upon the Hill, in the citty of Chester is, and for divers yeares last 
 past hath byn decayed and out of repayre, and for that the same hath bynn reputed to belong unto the sayd 
 Earle, and his ancestor.s, the inhabitants of the sayd parish have neglected to repayre the same. Now knowe 
 yee that the sayd Earle, upon the earnest suite and request of the present minister' and churchwardens, and 
 the parishioners of the sayd parish of St. Mary on the Hill, in the citty of Chester, and for divers other good 
 causes and considerations him the sayd Earle thereunto moveing. and especially that the .sayd chancell may 
 be forthwith repayred, and for ever hereafter kept in good repayre by the churchwardens and inhabitants of 
 the sayd parish of St. Maryes upon the Hill and their successors, and the sayd Earle and his heires and 
 assignes for ever fully and clearley acquitted and discharged of, and from the repayre thereof, hath given, 
 graunted, released, and confirmed, and by these presents dothe freely and clearely give, graunt, release and 
 confirm unto John Wrench and John Cotgreave, churchwardens of the sayd parish and parish church, the 
 .sayd chappell, or parte of the sayd parish church (commonly called Troutbeck's chappell), and eveiy parte 
 and parcell thereof, with th'appertenances and all the right, title, interest, clayme, and demaund whatsoever 
 of him the sayd Eade, of in and to the same and every part thereof 
 
 ' This deed was amongst the .Shrewslxiry charlersin 1807 (see Ornierod, vol. ij., p. 41, note). 
 
 - Enrolled on the Cheshire Recognkance Rolls for that year. 
 
 " This is printed in Hemingway's Hisloiy oj Chester, vol. ij., p. 105, 1S31, anil it is there stated to be "an authenticated 
 copy" which had not previously been puliiishcd, and that "the original is carefully preserved in an iron chest in the church." 
 I regret to say it is not now amongst the St. Mary's Church papers, and I cannot learn what has become of it. Hemingway 
 states that .Sir Joseph Jekyll, chief justice of Chester, was instrumental in getting the Earl of Shrewsbury to give this chapel to 
 the parishioners. 
 
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 TMIN FROM MAHCHESTER CENTdtl, IU35 If It It your Intention to loin this Train, please reply not later than 
 the I4th, when Special Carriages will be attached. 
 
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 AGENDA. 
 
 i.--Tlif Grniul .tikI I'rnvinrial Gratu! Officers to sign Attendance Book. 
 
 2.— rill K'.W . I'lov. Cir.unl M.ihi.-r .iml Pun. di.uij Oltinis !,> i;iiii;r. and Prov. 
 Gr.iml Loiige lo lu- opened at Two o'clock. 
 
 3. — The R.W. Prov. (jrand Masii;i will address the lircihreit on the Order of 
 I'roceedings. 
 
 4. — The Hrethren will form in Procession to St. M.^ry's Church, where a shoit 
 service will be lield, and a collection will be maile on behalf of the Building Fund. 
 
 3. — The Foundation Stone will be laid by the Right Honourable Lord ligertoii, 
 K.W'.P.ri.M., with lull Masonic Honours. 
 
 (t. Thi; ceremony bcinj; concluded, the iir<-iliren will move from tlic ground to tlie 
 Castle, in reversed order, when the especial P.O. Lodge will be closed. 
 
 7. — lUo. George Browne, director of Ceremonies, will oRiciaie, .issisietl by Bro. 
 Jolin Lewis, D.D.C, and liro. Mcir. A.D.C. 
 
 
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 THE OLD HERALDIC STAINED GLASS AND OLD MONUMENTS. 33 
 
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 To have and to hould the sayd chappell or parte of the sayd parish church and every parte thereof, with 
 the appurtenances unto the sayd John Wrench and John Cotgreave and their successors (churchwardens of 
 the sayd parish and parish church for the tyme being) for ever, to the use, benefitt, and behoofe of the 
 inhabitants and parishioners of the sayd parish of St. Maryes upon the Hill for ever, as a free gift of him 
 the sayd Earle, and that freely, clearly, and absolutel)-, without any manner of lett, suite, trouble, disturb- 
 ance, or molestation of him the sayd Earle, or of his heires or assignes, or any of them, or of any other 
 p'son or p'sons whatsoever clayming or to clayme by from or under him them or any of them in any wise, 
 att and under the yearly rent of one peppercorne to be payd yearly to the sayd Earle, his heires and 
 assignes on the feast day of St. Michaell Th'arch-Angell (if lawfully demanded), in token only as an 
 acknowledgment for the above-mentioned guifte and graunt. 
 
 In witness whereof he the sayd Earle hath hereunto sett his hand and sealle, the fowerteenth day of 
 March, in the third yeare of the raigne of our Sovereign Lord and Lady William and Mary, by the Grace of 
 God over England, &c., King and Queene, Defenders of the ffayth, &c., Anno Dhi. 1690-91. Sti>/) I iS^-'vi-wi^v^^ 
 
 Hemingway in his History of Chester, writing of this chapel in 183 1, states that "one part 
 of the site of this chapel is a small neat vestry ; and on another, an enclosed angle, in which is 
 a modern font, which latterly replaced an ancient octagonal one formerly ornamented with 
 gilding and painting, but now thrown aside as useless^ ; here also is an excellent pannelled seat 
 for the convenience of women who come to be churched." ^w i. i /it- 
 
 THE OLD HERALDIC STAINED GLASS AND OLD MONUMENTS. 
 
 Prior to the Reformation the windows of St. Mary's contained a quantity of mediaeval stained 
 glass, mostly consisting of shields of arms, and figures either singly or in groups, with inscrip- 
 tions underneath. The shields of arms were those of well-known families, directly or indirect!}- 
 connected with the church and parish, members of which had in various ways benefited the 
 church either by donations of lands or money, or by founding chantries, &c. The figures were 
 either single figures placed to commemorate the clergy, or else consisted of groups of figures, 
 father and mother, sons and daughters, mostly depicted kneeling in prayer, and put in by sur- 
 viving relatives to the memory of the deceased. The inscriptions underneath the figures were 
 usually in Latin, desiring prayers for the souls of those whom they commemorated. In some 
 cases these figures were put in by those who wished to beautify the church by the insertion of 
 stained glass windows, and then the inscriptions, still usually in Latin, desired praj'ers " for the 
 good estate," or life, of the donor who had caused the stained glass to be made. 
 
 At the Reformation the inscriptions desiring prayers for the .souls of the dead and all 
 figures of saints were deemed to be inconsistent with the Protestant religion, and orders were 
 given for their destruction all over the country^ But local associations and family ties and" con- 
 nections were too strong to be ignored, and in a great many churches this old stained glass was 
 allowed to remain well on to the middle of the reign of Queen Elizabeth, and even down to 
 the time of the Civil War, when religious fanaticism destroyed most of what had so long been 
 permitted to remain. 
 
 The fullest account of the old stained glass in St. Mary's Is contained in one of the 
 
 ' The old oak cover of this octagonal font was discovered .some years since buried under one of the pews near the font. 
 The Rev. \V. H. Massic in 1854 Ijrought to liglu some rude painting on it, and a careful ilrauing of it appears in ihe Journal of 
 t/tc Cliester Airhaolojiial and Hiilorit Society, vol. j., p. 402. It represents the baptism of an infant, and dates l)ack to the end 
 of the 17th or the beginning of the i8th century.
 
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 34 ST. MARY-ON-THE-HILL, CHESTER. 
 
 iTianu.scripts belonging to the collection of the Randlc Holmes, now fortunately preserved in the 
 British Museum. In this manuscript {HarUtan MS. 2151, f 15), one of the Randle Holmes 
 appears to have collected all the notices of this stained glass, which he could find, illustrated with 
 rough sketches of the various shields of arms and of the figures formerly in the windows. This is 
 headed "St. Mary's in Chester, 1578," and no doubt starts with the notes of the glass in the 
 church at that date, probably made by Thomas Chaloner* and others. This account is as 
 follows- : — . 
 
 " In the Chancell [window] over the communion table these coates." 
 [l.] England [France and England quarterly.] 
 
 [2.] [Prince of Wales.] [The same with a label of three points Argent.] 
 [3.] Trontheck. [Argent, a fleur-de-lj^s between three Moors' heads couped Sable.] 
 [4 ] Vcnablcs. [Azure, two bars Argent, in the fcsse point a crescent of the last.] 
 [5.] [Hugh] Lupus [Earl of Chester] [Azure, a wolTs head erased Argent.] 
 [6.] Dedwood^ ivho lived in Castle Lane. [Sable, two bars Argent ; on a canton of the first 
 a garb between four nails (?) Or.]^ 
 
 " In the same great window eastward these three coates with the writting under." 
 [7.] Dauenport [Argent, a chevron between three cross-crosslets fitch6 Sable.] 
 [8.] [Devias?] [Sable, a chevron between three cross-crosslets, Argent.] 
 [9.] [Bostock.] [Argent, a fessc couped Ermines.] 
 
 (Pratr pro nmma 3oI)anm'<) Qnuriiport bujusi rrrlfsi.T ifrtoniS qui bnnr 
 ffiifiStiam fieri frrit iHQivvib/' Se*.^ go 
 
 {Translated.) Pray for the soul of John Davenport, rector of this church, who cau-sed this window to 
 be made, 1534. 
 
 [10.] [Haydock?] . . [.Argent, a cross Sable in de.xter chief a fleur-de-lys of the last.] 
 " In the same window at the bottom is this w-ritting." 
 
 (!r>ratr pro annua ^obaiims (L2:liIIa5ton" quontiam ifrtond biijiis rrrlfStar rt 
 pro animabiis .... parnitum t)m .... i^C€€€ .... 
 
 {Translated.) Pray for the soul of John Willaston, formerly rector of this church and for the souls 
 of . . . . his parents .... 14 . . . 
 
 " In another light in the same windowe this coate and writting under it." 
 [11] . . . . [Argent, a cross engrailed Sable and in de.xter chief a fleur-de-lys of the 
 last.] 
 
 ®ratr pro animabiis Sobanms arrbc rt SiobaiuuT moriij r)U6. . . . 
 
 (Traiisliited.) Pray for the souls of John Leche and Joan his wife .... 
 
 " In a window at north side of the coiiiunion table by the vestrj' doore these coates." 
 
 ' At this (Lite, 157S, ihe eldest of the four Kandle Holmes was only a child, h.-»ving been born alx)Ut 1571. 
 
 ' For the identification and blazon of these coats I am much indebted to my friend J. Paul Rylands, Esq., F.S..A. 
 
 ' Thomas Dcdwood was a l>enefactor to the church and by his will dated 31st March, 1497, left money for a priest to 
 celebrate at the altar of St. Stephen in the church for seven years, &c. (see p. 30). 
 
 * The tinctures of this coat are not given in Hail. AtS. 2151, but have been taken from the arms given in King's Fate 
 Royall, 1656. In the Hart. MS. the charges in the canton resemble acorns rather than nails. 
 
 ' The contracted Latin of the original has in all cases been extended. 
 
 '• John de Wylaston or Will.iston was rector of .St. Mar)-'s from 1403 to 1430, so that the date of the glass is probably 1430, 
 the date of his death.
 
 THE OLD HERALDIC STALNED GLASS AND OLD MONUMENTS. 35 
 
 [12] Hulse [Argent, three piles in point Sable.] 
 
 [13] Warberton [Argent, a chevron between three cormorants Sable.] 
 [14] Troutbcck [As No. 3, impaling Hulse as No. 12.] 
 
 [15] [Troutbeck as No. 3 impaling Argent on a bend Sable three covered cups of the 
 field.] Rixton. 
 
 "At the bottome of the s'' window this writting." 
 
 #ratr pro [amma] lAiraitii ^3fnrfIP quontjam lAtrtoris; \)\\\\v6 rrrlrsiuT . . . 
 
 {Translated.) Pray for the soul of Richard Penccll,' formerly rector of thi.s church .... 
 
 ' " In one of the high windowes in the chancell this coate." 
 
 [16]. [Brereton] [Quarterly 1st and 4th, Argent, two bars, Sable ; 2nd and 3rd. Argent 
 a chevron between three crescents Gules. Ipstones.] 
 
 " This figure in one of the higher windowes." 
 
 A man kneeling on a cushion to the left, with his hands clasped in prayer and a sword 
 on his side ; underneath this figure is the following inscription : — 
 
 Opiate pro bono sitatu iHorgan Brotigbton. ... 
 
 (Translated.) Pray for the good estate of Morgan Broughton .... 
 
 'On the window over against it on the other side the chancell this writting with figures over 
 
 it' 
 
 (S^ratf pro [bono statu] lAirarlii fiall qui banc frnrstrani fieri frnt . . . Qt-a -ir ^■(=^^- 
 
 (Translated.) Pray for [the good estate] of Richard Ball, who caused this window to be made . . . 
 
 " S*- Katherines Chappell in S' Marys Church in Chester 
 
 " In the east window on the top of it these coates & a': the bottome of the said windowe is 
 the writting vnder them vnder a man & woman with 4 sories & 2 daughters " 
 
 [17.] Brereton [Argent, two bars Sable, on the upper one a crescent of the field.] 
 [18.] [Brereton as No. 17 quartering Ipstones as in No. 16.] 
 
 #rate pro bono statu lAantilpbi ISrerrton rt Ctcrlir rt Sobanne urorum suisi 
 [5/(] ar pro animabus patrum rt matrum qui quiUam l^anulpbu<J bor opus bitrnim 
 fieri ffcit anno tiomini i%lJ3rriii. 
 
 (Translated.) Pray for the good estate of Randal Brereton and Cecily and Joan his wives and for the 
 souls of his father and mother which said Randal caused this glass work to be made in the year of our 
 Lord 1523. 
 
 " Above this writting is the figure of a man & his wives with 4 sones and 2 daughters." 
 
 [19.] .... [Quarterly 1st, Argent, a cross patee Sable, on a chief Or a lion passant ^oSL/fla^oSi. ^u 
 holding a cross-crosslet fitcheGules, ? Vawdrey. 2nd, Or a chief indented Gules .... ^^'ciw. ojJjim c^k 
 3rd, Quarterly Gules and Argent, four crescents counterchanged, Tatton. 4th, Argent, on a "^ Cxrvc -"jo^t/) fit 
 chevron, between three birds (cormorants ?) Sable, a mullet Or, Warburton ? Crest : on a wreath ff****^ SoJiei-. pt-K. 
 a moor-cock Or, wattled Gules.] 
 
 "Edward Vaudrey of Ridding, E.sq., died 17 Marc, 1622."^ 
 
 [20.] [Thelwall, Argent, a fesse Gules between three boars' heads couped Sable.] 
 
 ' Richard I'encell, or rensell, w.a.s rector from 1430 to 145S. 
 
 - I think this coat of arms and inscription refer to some monument, and not to any old heraldic stained glass. 
 
 F 2
 
 St (me. tvv o^wv iL-xtX. ►K /i-u: It/Alt. C' ti 
 
 l6 ST. MARY-ON-THE-HILL, CHESTER. ^^ 
 
 " In the highest uiiidow on the north .side in St. Kath. Chapell is this writting " [without 
 any drawing of any arms or figure]. 
 
 #ratr pro nnimaljus [i\irartiil CS^^lpnall/ quontinm mni'on'iS Crdtn'r ft 
 :3gnfti5 urorid rju6 nr libnorum suorum qui banr frnegtram firn frrit anno 
 
 {Translated.) Pray for tlic souls of [Richard] W'jrrall, fornitrly Mayor of Chester, and Agnes his 
 wife, and of their children, who caused this window to be- made in the year 152 i. 
 
 "Troutbeck's Chai)cll in St. Marys in Chester, 1578. 
 
 "This chapell now belongs to the Earle of Shrosbury. In the window at the east end are 
 these armcs. 
 
 [21.] [France and England quarterly with a label of three points Ermine.] 
 
 [22.] [Royal Arms. — F"rance and Elngland quarterly.] 
 
 [23.] [Prince of Wales — as No. 2.] 
 
 [24.] [Earls of Chester. Azure three garbs Or. | 
 
 [25.] [ Or, three vvater-bougets Sable.] t fxa^t J'fl^(Ufd'i..(^^<'*Cljit^ 
 
 [26.] Tro/Meck[ As "So. 3.] ' ^ ^ 
 
 [27.] [Rixton — Argent, on a bend Sable three covered cups of the field.] , •tt (k*^-^ ■»«</»«X fc^i^ •», 
 
 [28.] [Molyneux — Azure, a cross-moline quarter pierced Or.] 
 
 " In the higher south windowe Troutbecks coate with this writting vnder it." 
 
 ©ratr pro anunal)U5j 6uliflnu iTroutbrrlt aimigrri- Cfstrir ft Sloljannar 
 uiortd fjuei qui banr rapfllam ffrfiunt anno tjomiiu iHCCCCiiib. 
 
 {Translated.) Pray for the souls of William 'I'routbcck, Estjuire," of Chester, and Joan his wife, who 
 built this chapel in the year of our Lord 1424. 
 
 " In the two lower windowcs on the said south side arc these coates, viz., Trouthcck and 
 Rixtonr 
 
 Then follows the description of the two fine old tombs, with marble or alabaster effigies, 
 put up to the memory of the Troutbecks, the founders of this chapel, and their descendants. 
 Randle Holme describes them in these words, writing probably in the middle of the seven- 
 teenth century."-' 
 
 " At the side of the .south wall of the said Chapell under the high-most window is this 
 monument cut in alabaster, with these coates on the side of it. A man, all in armour save the 
 head, with his sword by his side and a collar of SSS about his neck. He is holding of his wife 
 by the hand, she being in a red gown being furred with ermine, her head tyre richly attyred (as 
 those days were) 2 Angells supporting her cushions imder her head, and at her feet a lamb. At 
 his feet is a lion couchant ; under his head an helmet mantled with the crest, being a Moors 
 head, the wreath composed of Trout fishes, the head of one over the taile of the other before it. 
 
 " At the head end of the tombe are these arms.' 
 
 The arms sketched are the coat of rroiitbeck and a curious shield which is not heraldically 
 correct, but wliich is meant for Stanley, Earl of Derby. It may be described as ffjllows : 
 
 ' He was Mayor in 1506. 
 
 ^ I think there is a word or two missing here, and that it should read Cameratii Cesln'ir (Chamberlain of Chester), an 
 office which was held by the Troulbecks for several generations. 
 
 ' There is a line drawn across the page in the original M.*-^., marking off the latter portion as distinct from the furnier, 
 which is dated 1578. 
 
 -/( 
 
 CcM^ L. HkC •
 
 THE OLD HERALDIC STALNfED GLASS AND OLD MONUMENTS. 37 
 
 per pale, dexter, Or 011 a chief indented Azure three plates for Lathoin ; sinister Argent on a 
 bend Azure three bucks' heads cabossed Or for Stanley ; on a chief over all Gules, three legs in 
 armour conjoined at the thighs and flexed in triangle Argent, garnished Or, for the lordship of 
 the Isk of Mail. 
 
 " On the side of the tomb these [four] coats [of arms]." ^ 
 
 " I. Argent a fleur-de-lys between three morions or moor's heads [couped] Sable yrrflutbeck\ impaled 
 with Azure a bend between si.x covered cups Or \Boteler of Bewsey co. Lane.]. 
 
 " 2. Azure a bend between six covered cups Or \Boteler\ impaled with Argent a fleur-de-lys between 
 three black moor's heads couped Sable \Troutbeck\. 
 
 "3. Argent two bars Sable \Brereton\. '-. (/»*wU- 
 
 "4. Argent a fleur-de-lys between three iiioor's heads couped Sable \^Trou/l>ei:k] impaled with Argent 
 three piles in point Sable [i'/z^/j'?]." 
 
 " Between every escochion is a saint carved, very curiously wrought." 
 
 A rude sketch of the tomb is affixed to this MS. {Harl. MS. 2 1 5 1 , f 16), but beyond showing 
 that it was a raised altar tomb with the two full length effigies lying side by side, the right hand 
 of the man grasping the left hand of the woman, the drawing does not add anything to the above 
 description. Most unfortunately not a single word of the inscription, which would be cut or 
 painted round the four edges of the tomb, is given, so that it is not easy to identify which of the 
 Troutbecks it is meant to commemorate. 
 
 "In the middle of this said Chappell is an other faire tombe, which is very curiously wrought, 
 that for the finenesse of the worke it did e.xceed any tombe or monument of that nature, as any 
 that our English churches can produce. Thus by one described before it was ruinated by the fall 
 of the Roofes and Arch of the church chancell and this chappell. 
 
 " It was a faire Tomb of one of ye Troutbecks, the man all in rich armour with a rich border 
 of pearle and stones about his head, on the helmett and on the front of his hclmett ; over his 
 forehead is engraved JESV NAZERENVS REX ; all the plate and edges of his armour 
 curiously wrought as it were imbrothery [embroidery], with a collar of SSS about his neck 
 holding one gauntlctt in his .... hand and the wife's hand in the other. Under his feet 
 a lion couchant, under his head an helmett mantled, haveing on it a wreath of trouts and 
 a moor's head proper. She hath her head richly attired with a vale over her head, white with a 
 blew gown and a short cercote [surcoat] of black ; with rings on her fingers ; at her feet a lamb 
 and 2 angells supporting the cushions under her head." 
 
 ■ " At the head [these arms] " Troulbeck and Rixton as before. " At the feet " Troutbeck impaling 
 Rixton and Rixton quartering Argent a fesse Gules, in chief three mullets Sable (?for Lancelyn of Poulton- 
 Lancelyn) impaling Argent a fesse ... for ... . On the north side (i) Argent two chevrons 
 Gules, on a canton of the last a mullet Or IVarbiirtoii ancient : (2) Argent two bars Azure Venables 
 ([uartering Or three water bougets Sable . . . . ; (3) Argent two bars Gules, on a canton of the last a 
 cross-cro.sslet fitche Or . .•..,. impaling Azure a lion rampant Argent . ^."^'. . ; (4) Azure cruisily 
 fitche a cinquefoil Or ... . "On the south side the Tombe" (1) Troutbecli impaling Hiilse, 
 (2) Troutbeck with a label of three points impaling quarterly i and 4 Lathoin, 2 and 3 Stanley, on a chief 
 over all the arms of the /ste of Man. (3) Venables impaling Troutbeck. (4) Rixton impaling I'routbeck. 
 
 In the original manuscript these arms are set down in an abbreviated w.ay much used by the lliird Randle I lohiie. 
 - These arms in the original manuscript are set down in the same abbreviated way as those on the monument already 
 described. It is only necessary to give the names of the well-known coats, which are the same as those on.the first tomb. 
 
 ■f^OLKA/y^jJLvv^. " Yi
 
 38 5T. MARY-0\-THE-HlLL, CHESTER. 
 
 " There was writtings about the top edges of both these monuments, but they were wholly 
 dccaj-ed and worn away." 
 
 In King's Vale Royal/ of England, printed in 1656, in "The Description of the City and 
 County Palatine of Chester, compiled by Mr. Webb, W of Arts," and, as shown by internal 
 evidence, drawn up about the year 1621, the following description of these two tombs is given in 
 the account of St. Mary's Church (p. 43) : — 
 
 " Upon the South side of the Chancel of this Church standeth a fair Chapel, which is reported to be 
 there erected by the Ancestors of a great and worshipful race of the Troutbecks, of great reputation in this 
 County of Chester, and of whose Lands many of the Gentlemen of the Shire have now no small portion, 
 though the chiefest of the same are now in the possession of the Right Honourable the Earl of Shrews- 
 bury. 
 
 " In which Chappel the bodies of some of them, and by all likelihood the Founders of the Chappel, lye 
 in a fair Vault in the middest of the Chappell, and for two of them two very fair Tombs of Alabaster, the one 
 over the said Vault, the other by the wall on the South side, at the upper end of the Ch.ippell, with the 
 Statues of them both, and their Wives, upon the said severall Tombs artificially pourtrayed, whereof one of 
 them is for S"' Henry Troutbeck,^ himself in his compleat armour, and his I^dy lying on his left hand, 
 his head upon the bulk of a Moor's head : and body \sic for the helmet] neatly wrought with a Wreath of 
 Trouts round about it : and the other is for Sir Adam Troutbedi' and his Lady, which sheweth that she 
 was a Countesse, her Statue lying upon his right hand and her collar of SS. finely adorning her bare neck, 
 his head supported like the others, and many Escuchions of their Arms, were fairly engraven about liolh 
 of their said Tombs, which might shew all their marriages and descents but that the same by length of time 
 are grown so dimme, as they cannot be well discerned."' 
 
 It is almost certain that the tomb in the middle of this chapel was erected to the memory of 
 William Troutbeck, Esq., who died in 1436, and Joan his wife, who built the chapel and endowed 
 the chantry,^ whilst the other on the south side commemorated his grandson. Sir William Trout- 
 beck, Knt., who died in 1459, and Dame Margaret (Stanley) his wife. 
 
 The windows on the north and south sides, or as Randle Holme describes them, " in the 
 body of the church," also contained heraldic stained glass. " In the window next St. Katherine's 
 Chancell or Chappell on the north side are these arms with figures of [a kneeling man and 
 woman and of] sons and daughters behind them." There is a sketch of the shield of arms, 
 quarterly Argent and Sable a cross patonce counterchanged for EATPf and sketches of a man Jafcm-. 
 kneeling with a sword on his right side, and a woman kneeling habited in furred gown. The 
 following inscription appears to belong to these figures : — 
 
 (Piatf ijro 1)0110 statu i\irarlii ^rosbrnor rt ^iftillac uvoriei rjuu qui Oor 
 opusi ffcit \sic\ [anno tioniini] iHQiTib. 
 
 (Translated.) Pray for the good estate of Richard Cirosvenor and Sybil his wife, who made this work 
 [in the year of our Lord] 1524. 
 
 " In the second window on the north side this writting but no arms." 
 
 (Dratr pro animabus ixanulpbi Unint ti (eiuabftl).T uvoiis rjus rt pro 
 
 ' This is a pure guess, no such person as Sir Henty Troutbeck being known to have existed at all. 
 
 - The identification of this tonil)as that of Sir Adam Troutl)eck, if such a person ever existed at the date of the tomb, is 
 only a guess like that of Sir Henrj- Troutbeck already alluded to. 
 
 ' As the shield of Troutbeck impaling .Stanley was on this tomb, it is probable that the marriage of Sir William Trout- 
 beck and Margaret Stanley had taken place before it was erected in 1436. This is confirmed by the label of three points being 
 on the arms of Troutbeck, showing that he was at that time an eldest son.
 
 THE OLD HERALDIC STALXED GLASS AND OLD MONUMENTS. 39 
 
 auima ?i)flr5i Qabiti. (Pratt rtiam pro tono statu tiomini BoOannis |)unt 
 rapfllani, i¥lattl)fi OjUis et ^Iiriff ujioris fjiisj, qui quitiam itlattl)ni5 Ijanr 
 frncEitram fieri ftrit aimo [Uomini] iBJ3)rb. 
 
 ( Tnins/ated.) Pray for the souls of Randle Hunt and Elizabeth his wife and for the soul of Ellis David. 
 Pray also for the good estate of Sir John Hunt, chaplain, [and] of Matthew Ellis and Alice his wife, the 
 which Matthew caused this window to be made in the year of our Lord, 1515. 
 
 " In another window these figures of men and women with their children." A rough sketch 
 shows the kneeling figure of a man with three sons behind him, the eldest having apparently 
 a kind of helmet on his head as if a soldier, and the kneeling figure of a woman with five 
 daughters behind her. The inscription underneath is only fragmentary. 
 
 , , , , l\. ^imt ft uror' fjiis fiT . ♦ . . (Sllig ft eorum filionim 
 ft filiariim .... 
 
 {Trans/ated.) [Pray for the souls of] R. Hunt and his wife, the daughter of ... . Ellis, and of their 
 sons and daughters .... 
 
 " In another north window is Mathew Ellis in a gown and an head piece or helmet on his 
 head and 4 sonnes after him, and his wife in a vaile and 5 daughters after her, but noe arms or 
 writting." 
 
 " And in an high window [/.(•, in the clerestory] in the middle He is written : 
 
 (Bl pour rbaritp prap for pe sioiile of i%tattl)elu ^IIiS anlj (Clnaljftl) ftisi 
 luiff. . . . 
 
 " In the west window by the north door are these arms," Argent a pale fusilly Sable [Saz'age'] 
 and Argent a griffin segreant Sable [.'' Bold]." 
 
 With these the account of the old stained glass formerly in St. Mary's ends, the rest of the 
 pages of this MS. {Harl. 215 ij devoted to that church, consisting of copies of old monumental 
 inscriptions, &c., which have been incorporated with others, obtained from various sources, in the 
 subsequent pages devoted to the description of the monumental inscriptions formerly existing 
 in the church, but now lost or destroyed. 
 
 In the chapel on the north side, formerly dedicated to St. Katherine, there still remain 
 two handsome monuments, which are of much interest. One was erected to the memory of 
 Thomas Gamul, Esq., Recorder of Chester, a member of a very old Chester family, who 
 died in 1613 ; and the other to the memory of Philip Oldfield, Esq., a distinguished Chester 
 lawyer, who died in 1616. Considering the proximity of the church to the castle and the 
 many vicissitudes it must have passed through, it is extraordinary that both these monuments 
 should be in such an excellent state of preservation as they are now. It is, however, stated 
 on a modern inscription placed near the Oldfield tomb, that on the surrender of the cit\- of 
 Chester to the Parliamentary forces in February 1646, Leftwich Oldfield, Esq., and Sir Francis 
 Gamul " procured an assurance that their respective family tombs in St. Mary's Church 
 should be preserved from injury, as the property they most valued. The result proved the 
 advantage of their forethought, as these two tombs are the only monuments of a like character 
 in Chester, which escaped demolition by the Puritans." 
 
 The Gamul tomb has full-length effigies of Thomas Gamul, Esq., Recorder of Chester, 
 who died on the loth August, 161 3, and of his wife Alice (Bavand), who died in August, 1640.
 
 fhaoa^i, tiiy^, c c(^i^ tv^-f^^.j S'r.i^.ljiT CuiMi^ cJ^<j:i , 
 
 40 ST. MARY-ON-THE-HILL, CHESTER. 
 
 He is habited in a long gown over his coat and trunk hose, his hands are joined together 
 in prayer and his liead is uncovered resting on cushions. He wears a small ruff round his neck 
 and has a pointed beard and moustache. His wife wears a large ruff and a very full pleated 
 dress, having a long cloak, without sleeves, hanging from her shoulders. She has her hair 
 turned back from the forehead under a jewelled head dress ; her head rests on two cushions, and 
 her hands are clasped in prayer. Their only surviving .son, Francis Gamul, afterwards Sir 
 Francis Gamul, Knt. and Bart., is shown kneeling on one knee at his mother's feet, his head 
 leaning on his right hand and an open prayer book on the other knee. He wears a broad 
 collar, a close-fitting jacket, and trunk hose. On the front of the monument, as shown in the 
 accompanying plate, are two shields of arms and the kneeling figures of three children, two 
 sons and one daughter, each of whom holds a skull, showing that they died in their 
 infancy.^ 
 
 The arms on the front of the monument are as follow : — 
 
 The shield towards the head of the monument has six coats: (i) Oi^ three mallets Sable, Gamul. (2) 
 Sable three leopards' heads Argent jessant a fleur-de-lys of the second, Ockley. (3) Argent a fesse 
 dancette^A m chief three escallops Argent, Etiedoii. (4) Gules ^ three boars' heads couped Argent, 
 Stapeley. (5) Azure a star of six points within the horns of a crescent Sable, MinsIaiU. (6) as (i). Over 
 all is a label of three points, and the crest is a trefoil slipped Or, winged Sable, issuing from a ducal 
 coronet Or. This is the coat of arms of Edmund Gamul, Esq., the father, differenced by the label of 
 three points, to show that it is used for the son, Thomas Gamul, Esq., the Recorder, who died in his 
 father's lifetime. 
 
 The shield towards the foot of the monument is the same coat of six quartcnngs, with the label of 
 
 three points, for Thomas Gamul, impaling the arms of his wife, Alice, daughter of Richard Bavand, 
 
 "Jir/B^ixxO ULx. of Chester, as follows: (i) Ermine^two bars Ciules in chief two boars' heads couped Sable, Bavand. (2) 
 
 fA>-,^va<- i/'.^i^tvCx Gules on a bend Or three lioncels passant Sable (3) Or^ on a cliief Gules three trefoils sli])ped 
 
 '}\'^bb. Argent, a crescent Gules for difference, Bamville of Chester. (4) as (i). The crest of Gamul as before 
 
 and that of Bavand, on a wreath a boar's head Or pierced in the mouth with an arrow Argent. 
 
 The following inscription is on the lower end of the tomb, now much worn and impossible 
 to read in places. The contracted Latin has been extended and corrected from the copy given 
 in King's Vale Royall and elsewhere. 
 
 OS.SIBUS ET MEMORlAi, 
 
 Thom^ Gamuelis, ornatissimi armigeri et juris consult! clarissimi, in quo eximia qua^dam ingenii 
 suavitas cum summa morum gravitate ancipiti palm:i contendebat : quique (proh dolor 1) in ipso retatis 
 dignitatisque suoe flore, ardentissima febre correptus, et prsereptus ; immaturo funere tristissinium toll 
 Cestriffi (cui per alitiuot annos prsefuerat) a memoria multiplicis suse scientife, admirabilis prudentire, 
 singularis fidei, spectatissimae probitatis et pietatis minime vulgaris, desiderium reliquit. 
 
 Alicia, uxor quondam beatissima, nunc moestissima vidua, parvum hoc non-parvi amoris monu- 
 mentum, multis cum lacrimis precibusque profusis, ponit simul consecratque. In quo ipsa posthac sua 
 quoque ossa recondi et permisceri cineribus tarn chari capitis nimis misere cupit : ut ab eo jam mortuo 
 nunquam sejungatur quicum vivo olim conjunctissime et jucundissime vixerat : Vixit autem ille annos 
 
 ' These were Thomas and Richard Gamul, who were living in 1603 but died young; and Alice Gamul, who died in 
 1606, and was buried at St. Oswald's. These figures have been incorrectly described as being three daughters, instead of 
 two sons and one daughter as clearly shown by the costumes. \\ cljb in the Vale Royall, by an obvious clerical error, speaks 
 of their holding "skeletons " in their hands instead of skulls and he states that in his time, 1620, the tomb was " compassed 
 with a strong piked grate of iron."
 
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 THE OLD HERALDIC STAINED GLASS AND OLD MONUMENTS. 41 
 
 XLII. obiit decimo die Augusti Anno a partu Virginis MDCXIII. Ubi nunc quatuor liberorum laetus 
 parens factus fuerat ; quoram tamen hodie unus tantum superstes est, isque minimus natu, nomine 
 Franciscus, puerulus optiinge spei ; cui ego quidem omnia bona in hoc uno veto exopto : sit Patri 
 simillimus. 
 
 Hunc tumulum tibi composui, charissime conjux : 
 
 Quo mea mista tuis molliter ossa cubent. 
 Dilexi vivum, volo defunctum comitari : 
 
 Nam, quos junxit amor, dissosciare nefas. 
 
 The following is a literal translation of the above inscription, with an attempt to represent 
 the Latin verses at the end in rhyme : — 
 
 FOR THE BONES AND TO THE MEMORY OF 
 
 Thomas Gamul, Esquire, a most distinguished man and a very illustrious lawyer, in whom a remark- 
 able sweetness of temperament was worthily matched by a consummate dignity of manner, and who (ah, 
 woe !) in the very flower of his age and high position was attacked, and too early snatched away by a most 
 violent fever. By his premature death he left to all Chester (over which he had for some years ruled) a 
 most sad feeling of loss from the recollection of his manifold knowledge, his remarkable foresight, his 
 conspicuous faithfulness, his tried goodness, and his most rare piety. 
 
 Alice, formerly his most happy wife, now his most sorrowful widow, with many a tear and prayer 
 poured forth, at once erects and dedicates this small memorial of her great love ; where too she, out of 
 the depths of her sorrow, wishes her own bones to be hereafter buried and mingled with the ashes of one 
 so dear to her, in order that she may never be separated from him now dead, with whom when once alive 
 she had lived in perfect union and happiness. He lived but 42 years. He died on the loth day of 
 August, in the year 1613, from the Virgin's maternity.' While here on earth he was the joyful parent 
 of four children, of whom, however, one only this day survives, and he the youngest, by name Francis, a 
 little boy of the highest promise; for whom I indeed ardently desire all blessings in this one wish : "May 
 he be in everything most like his Sire." 
 
 ^ This tomb, dear husband, have I raised for thee, 
 
 Where mixed with thine my bones may gently rest ; 
 My love in life, with thee in death I'd be, 
 'Tis wrong to break the union love has blessed.^ 
 
 Alice Gamul, the widow of Thomas Gamul, Esq., who erected this monument to his 
 memory, married for her second husband her first husband's successor in the Recordership, 
 Edward Whitby, Esq. He was buried in this tomb on the 25th April, 1639, and she was 
 buried there on the i8th August, 1640.' 
 
 On the east wall of this north chapel, above this monument is the following inscrip- 
 
 ' This expression "a partu Virginis" is a most unusiuil one, and difficult to translate. 
 - The literal translation is as follows : — 
 
 This tomb I have raised for thee, my dearest husband, 
 
 That here my bones mingled with thine may gently lie asleep. 
 
 I loved thee living, I wish to accompany thee dead. 
 
 For it is wrong to separate those whom love hath joined. 
 
 " For this translation, and much assistance with others, I am much indebted to an old friend, H. S. B. Price, Esq., M.A., 
 Lincoln's Inn, London. 
 
 .\ fuller account of her and her two husliands, with abstracts of their wills, &c., will be given later on in the account of 
 the (jamul family. 
 
 ^).
 
 42 ST. MARY-ON-THE-HILL, CHESTER. 
 
 tion to tlic memory of I''clinuiul (iamul, the father of the Recorder, who died in September, 
 1616, three years after tlic untimely death of his son : — 
 
 The bodies of the jvst are bvried in peace, 
 bvt their name Hveth for ever. — Ecch's 44. 
 
 Here Heth the body of Edmvnd 
 Gamvl, sometime maior of this Ci- 
 tie, whoe had 2 wives Elizabeth, 
 the davghter of Thomas Case by 
 whome hee had issve 3 sonnes and 3 
 d.ivghters & Elizabeth, the widdow 
 of Will : Goodman sometime maior of 
 this City, whoe died withovt issve. 
 whoe departed this life in the ye- 
 are of his age [79. 
 Anno Dom. 1616. Sept. 7].' 
 
 Webb in the I'a/c Roj'ir//, writing of this monument about 1621, says : 
 
 " In another Chapell on the North side of the Chancell there is the remembrance of another of 
 like Fame and Work [i.e. to Robert Brerewood, Alderman and thrice mayor of Chester previously referred 
 to] and a late Alderman of great and good account, of this City, and of the same time, for whom were to 
 be wished some monument answerable to his worth, there being no more than his Arms, Crest, and this 
 Inscription." And he continues: " But what needs a Monument, when .ns this Inscription above recited, 
 was but an addition to as fair and beautiful a Tomb, (erected in ihat very place for his eldest Son 
 T/io. GamuU, Esquire, late Recorder of this City and a learned Lawyer, deceased before his said Father) 
 as can be desired ? Or if that son had not yet been intombed, which were to be wished, when as his 
 vertues and reputations live still in a second son of his yet living, [William Gamul of Chester and Crabwall, 
 alderman and mayor of Chester], who both in his own time and since hath l)orn[e] the chief Magistracie 
 in this City with such general applause, as is not expedient for me to publish. And I well knowing his 
 modest disposition, dare not give liberty to my pen to do him all his rights, hut thus 1 return to his 
 Brothers Tomb again." 
 
 Over the above inscription to Edmund Gamul, Esq., is his coat of arms, quarterly of six, 
 
 and his crest, identical with those described on the tomb of his son, the Recorder (but without the 
 
 label), and on either side of this, two shields of arms, the one bearing Gamul impaling Argent 
 
 on a bend Gules coticed Sable, three buckles of the first for Case- and the other Gamul im- 
 
 js.W. paling Argent two bars Gules, for Mainwaring. 
 
 The Oldfielo monument also in this north chapel was erected to the memory of Philip 
 Oldfield, Esq.,^ a well-known Chester barrister (educated at Gray's Inn, London), who died at 
 Chester on the 15th December, 1616. It is a handsome monument and in a very excellent state 
 of preservation as shown in the accompanying illustration. His life-size effigy is placed on a 
 marble slab, habited in a long gown and wearing a ruff. He is leaning on his right side, the 
 right hand supporting the head, the elbow resting on a cushion, and he holds a roll in the left 
 
 ' The inscription finishes at "age," but the age and date of death are filled in from the Vale Royall, p. 44. 
 
 - As slated on the inscription the first wife of Edmund Gamul was Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas Case, of Chester, and the 
 second was Elizabeth, widow of William Cloodman, of Chester, and, as I have ascertained from other sources, the daughter of 
 John Thorpe, or Thrope, of Chester (sec the (Iamul pedigree /oj/fu). 
 
 ^ He was the eldest son of I'hilip Oldfield, of Middlewich, by his wife Elizabeth .Swinton, and was born about the year 
 1541.
 
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 THE OLD HERALDIC STAINED GLASS AND OLD MONUMENTS. "^43^*^ "^^ ^■'U.K^: 
 
 hand, whilst below him, on the side of the tomb, a skeleton is painted in the same attitude as the 
 figure immediately above it. The marble slab is represented as supported on the shoulders of 
 the kneeling figures of his four sons, their right hands resting on the hilts of their swords, and 
 bearing on their left arms shields on which were painted the arms of Oldfield, impaling those of 
 Wettenhall, Somerford, Mainwaring of Croxton, and Leftwich, respectively. At the head of the ^63 
 tomb are the kneeling figures of his two daughters, holding in front of them shields with the 
 arms of Wettenhall and Shakerly, respectively, impaling Oldfield. 
 
 This monument is thus described by Webb in writing about 162 1 (King's Vale Royall, 
 1656, p. 46) :— 
 
 " Neer to the same and close to the same wall [the north wall of the north chapel] was of late erected 
 a very fine Tombe of alabaster curiously adorned, a well-formed statue, lying upon the Table of it, turning 
 itself as it were side-wayes, his right hand supporting his head and his elbow leaning upon a fine Pillow, his 
 * three \iic for four] sons in their order, placed on the utter [outer] side of the Chest of the Tombe and his 
 two Daughters in the arched end thereof, the same fenced with an Iron grate ; and the Inscription over the 
 same, thus.'" 
 
 The inscription to his memory is as follows, the contracted words being extended : — 
 
 Philippo Oldfeld, Armigero ob navatani in construendis viis pontibusque operam in eruendis 
 antiquissimis Familiarum stematibus, bene de Comitatu hoc merito. Qui in primum matrimonium Helcnje 
 Gulielmi Berington de Bradwell heredi copulavit ex qua Thomam & Elizabethan! Johanm Wetenhall 
 enuptam genuit : Ad secunda vota convolans Helenam Griffith viduam, filiam Gulielmi Hanmer 
 armigeri du.xit, per quam tres filios [et] unam filiam procreavit quorum primogenitum Philippum Marise 
 unicas filia; et heredi Joannis Somerford de Somerford, armigeri : Michaelem Elenorae heredi Jacobi Man- 
 waringe de Croxton armigeri, Gulielmum Elizabethte heredi Roberti Leftwich de Leftwich armigeri, Margeriam 
 filiam Petro Shakerley, primogenito nepoti ex heredibus Galfridi Shakerley de Holme armigeri in matri- 
 monium felicissime elocavit. Jure consulto municipali clarissimo marito suo charissima Helena uxor relicta 
 sepulchrum hoc monumentum consecravit. Obiit 15 Dec, 16 16, fetatis sute 75. 
 
 Of this inscription the following translation may be given : — 
 
 To Philip Oldfeld, Esquire, who desen-ed well of his county by reason of the work done by him 
 in constructing roads and bridges, as well as in investigating the most ancient pedigrees of its families. 
 He for his first marriage wedded Helen, heiress of William Berington of Bradwell, by whom he begat 
 Thomas and Elizabeth, married to John Wetenhall. Betaking himself to a second choice, he married 
 Helen Griffith, widow, the daughter of William Hanmer, esquire, by whom he was the father of three sons 
 and one daughter. Philip, the eldest of these, he caused to be married to Mar)-, only daughter and heiress 
 of John Somerford, of Somerford, esquire; Michael to Eleanor, heiress of James Mainwaring, of Croxton, 
 esquire ; \\'illiam to Elizabeth, heiress of Robert Leftwich, of Leftwich, esquire ; and his daughter Margery 
 to Peter Shakerley, eldest grandson of Geoffrey Shakerley, of Holme, esquire : all most happily. To him 
 her husband, most distinguished as a lawyer and citizen, his dearest wife Helen, who survives him, has 
 dedicated this tomb as a memorial. He died 15th December, 1616, in the 75th year of his age. 
 
 The above Latin inscription is the same as that now on the monument, but the contracted 
 Latin has been carefully extended. Underneath it was added, " Peter Shakerley, Esq., eldest 
 son of Sir Geffr. Shakerley, Knt.. by Margaret, his first wife, refreshed this inscription in 
 memory" of the said Margaret, his great grandmother, 1724, and on another tablet below 
 was added. 
 
 In June 1788 this tombe & monument was repaired & 
 
 cleaned by ordt-r of the rev. Doctor Richard Jackson 
 
 G 2
 
 
 
 44 
 
 ST. MARY-O.N-THE-HILL, CHESTER. 
 
 prebendary of Chester, whose mother was wife of 
 Richard Jackson, Esq., of Bctchton House near Sandbach, 
 in this county, and who was the only daughter of 
 Wilham Oldfield, Esq., and Laetitia his wife, 
 and great great grandson of Phih'p Oldfield Esq and 
 Ellen his wife of Bradwall in this county. 
 
 Strangely enough, both of these latter inscriptions, which Dr. Ormcrod describes as existing in 
 1819, are no longer attached to the monument, having disappeared since that date in some of 
 the many restorations to which the church has been subjected. But in their place the following 
 has been carved on the ba.se of the tomb. 
 
 This tomb and monument were repaired and restored 
 in 1724, by Peter Shakerley, gent, grandson of the above Margaret Shakerley, 
 in 1788, by Richard Jackson, D.D., sth in descent from the above Thomas Oldfield, 
 in 1846 by Thomas Brame Oldfield, 5th in descent from the above William Oldfield. 
 
 There are iron railings in front of this monument, and on the standards in the middle and 
 at each corner arc three small escutcheons, on which coats of arms are painted. 
 
 Over this inscription arc the arms of Oldfield, Or on a bend 
 Gules three crosses patcc fitchcc, Argent, quartering Grosveuor. 
 Pulford, Pheasant, Eaton, and ^Stockton, and the crest, a dcmi- 
 wivcrn \\;ith wings expanded Argent, crincd Or, issuant from a 
 ducal coronet of the second. 
 
 The two windows near this tomb are filled with modern 
 stained glass, put up in 1848 and 1861, with inscriptions to recent 
 members of the Oldfield family, which have already been printed 
 on page 21. Two modern brasses bearing the following inscrip- 
 tions are also affixed to the wall near the Oldfield monument. 
 
 In memory of Leftwich Oldfield of Leftwich Hall in this county. 
 I le was a zealous Royalist during y'' Civil Wars and incurred iniprisonni' 
 and y' sequestr" of his estate by his faithful adherence to y'' Stuarts. 
 On y' surrender of this City to y'' parliamentary forces in Feb'' 1646, Sir 
 Erancis Gamul and Leftwich Oldfield procured an assurance that their 
 respective family tombs in St. Mary's Church, sh'' be preserved from 
 injury, as y'' property they most valued, y'' result proved y'' advantage of 
 their forethought, as y' two tombs beneath are y'' only monuments of a 
 like character in Chester w'''' escaped demolition by y'' Puritans. He 
 
 married Mary dau' of Colonel Thos. Croxton of Ravenscroft, in this county & died Aug' 6, 1669, aged 
 
 50 y" leaving a large family.' 
 
 The inscription on the other brass is — 
 
 In Memor)' of William Langston Oldfield, third son of Thomas Brame Oldfield, Esq., of Champion 
 Hill, Surrey, born 24lh April 1818, died 4th October, 1849. 
 
 .\RMS AND CREST OK OLIJI-IELI). 
 
 tCo^c 
 
 ' This inscription is evidently designed to read like the copy of an old one, but I can not find any trace of any such 
 inscription having ever existed in this church prior to the erection of this modem brass.
 
 MONUMENTAL INSCRIPTIONS NOW IN THE CHURCH. 45 
 
 MONUMENTAL INSCRIPTIONS NOW IN THE CHURCH. 
 
 The following is a complete transcript of all the monumental inscriptions now remaining in 
 St. Mary's Church, with the exception of those on the monuments of Thomas Gamul, Esq., 
 and Philip Oldfield, Esq., already described. The church formerly contained a great many 
 other monumental inscriptions, many of much interest, which have been lost or destroyed. An 
 account of as many of these as I have been able to recover from various sources will be given 
 later on. 
 
 On the east wall of the north aisle is a marble slab bearing a long Latin inscription to 
 the memory of Ralph Worslev, Esquire, who died in the year 1 573. The inscription, the 
 contracted Latin being extended where necessary, is as follows^: — 
 
 Hie subtus humatur Corpus Radulphi Worseley Armigeri ] Qui fuit Filius tertius Gulielmi Worseley 
 de ] Worseley Meyne in Comitatu Lancastrian Armigeri Ac | quondam Serviens, scilicet Pagettus Garderobse 
 
 I Robarum ac unus Dapiferorum Camerae invictissimi Principis | Henrici octavi, Dei gratia Anglic 
 Franciaj & Hibernia; | nuper Regis : Cui idem Re.x ob bonum & fidele servicium | circum Regiam suam 
 personam impensum, ex Regia sua | magnificentia ad terminum vitse donaverat OfScia | Satellitis Coronas 
 Custodiae leonum, leonarum & leopardorum | infra Turrim Londonensem ; Portatoris Magnce Garderobje 
 
 I Contrarotulatoris in Comitatibus Cestriae & Flint | Clerici Coronae Lancastrise et Esceator Comitatus | 
 Palatini Lancastriae aliasque Remunerationes. Hiis | accesserunt | Prsestantes animi dotes ccelitus ei Tributae 
 
 I Quibus insigniter. erat indutus, nempe Singularis | in Deum Pietas, Multifaria in Pauperes Benefi- 
 cientia | & mira in cunctos Charitas. Annos octoginta Natus & j ultra xxvij" die Decembris, Anno 
 Domini 1573, expiravit : j Relicta Sobole Alicia conjuge Thoma; Powell | Armigeri (qui hos sumptos fecit) If^i- •S*«-^-t52 h. 
 Katherina nupta Thomfe | Tutchet, Armigero et Avisia Thomas Yawdrey Generoso de Joanna j filia 
 Johannis Pike, Armigeri uxore sua progenitis | Nulla Coelum reparabile Gaza. 
 
 Of this inscription the following translation may be offered : — 
 
 Beneath this spot is buried the body of Ralph Worsley, Esquire, who was the third son of William 
 Worsley of Worsley Meyne, in the county of Lancaster, Esquire, and was formerly in the service as Page of 
 the Wardrobe,^ and one of the Stewards of the Chamber of the most mighty Prince, Henry the Eighth, 
 lately by God's grace, King of England, France and Ireland : to whom the same King on account of the 
 good and faithful service spent about his own Royal person, had out of his Royal bounty given, for the 
 term of his natural life, the offices of Sergeant of the Crown, of Warden' of the lions, lionesses and leopards 
 within the Tower of London, of Porter of the Great Wardrobe, of Controller" in the counties of Chester and 
 Flint, of Clerk of the Crown of Lancaster and of Escheator' in the County Palatine of Lancaster, while 
 rewards from other sources were added to these. 
 
 Pre-eminent mental gifts were bestowed upon him by Heaven, with which he was remarkably endowed, 
 as for e.xample, rare piety towards God, widely-ranging beneficence towards the poor, and wonderful charity 
 towards all men. Having lived more than eighty years, he died on the 27th day of December, in the year 
 of our Lord, 1573, leaving issue, Alice, wife of Thomas Powell,' Esquire (who has defrayed the cost hereof), 
 
 ' The original is in small capitals throughout, and the letter " u " is represented by " v." It is much faded. 
 '' I am not quite certain if these various offices are correctly translated, as it is not always easy to identify them. 
 ' The Escheator was the official before whom the various inquisitions /OJ/ mortem, &c., were taken. 
 ' This was Thomas Powell, of Hor^ley, near Holt, co. Denliigh, Esq. 
 
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 .. STf l&ARY-OJi-THE-HII^L, CHESTEJl., ,. 'A ,' r t, a *;,/ 
 
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 , Katherine, married to Thomas Tuchet,' Esquire, and Avice, married to Thomas \'a\vdrey,^ gentleman, his 
 ehiidren by his wife Joan, daughter of John Pike, Esquire. 
 
 " By no worldly treasure ean heaven be won." 
 
 On the wall near tiiis moiumieiU is a large .shield of arms with helmet, crest and mantling. 
 The arm.s are Argent a chevron, between three havvks^ Sable, beaked and belled Or and jessed 
 Gule.s, on the chevron a mullet Or for difference. Crest on a wreath, a hawk Sable, beaked and 
 belled Or and jes.sed Gules. This, which must be considered as the coat of VVorsley of Chester, 
 differs entirely from the arms of the Worsleys of Lancashire. 
 
 There is a memorandum in the earliest volume of the Churchwardens' Accounts, under the 
 year 1603, that with regard to the monument of Ralph Worsley, Esq., in as much as "the said 
 Rauffe in his life tymc had been a good Benefactor to this Parish : that the gravestone in St. 
 Katherine's chappell of this Church, now lyinge uppon the corps of the sayde Rauffe with his 
 Amies thereupon and under his inscription in the wall shall not hereafter be taken up or 
 removed, unlcsse yt be for some of the yssucs or offspringe of the said Rauffe." This was 
 entered in the book at the request of William Powell, gent., 6th .April, 1603. The shield of arms 
 above referred to is now fixed in the wall near the mural inscription, and is shown on the cut on 
 page 59. 
 
 A large and handsome mural monument, on the north wall of the north aisle to the memory 
 of the second Randle Holme.^ This monument, which has been elaborately painted and gilded, 
 is shown in the accompanying illustration. On cither side of the inscriptions are skulls and 
 cross-bones, &c., believed to be intended for emblems of I'reemasonry. The contracted Latin 
 of the original has been carefully extended. 
 
 ' Hoc monumeiitum in mcmoriam ponitur Ranulphi Holme aliquando aldcrmani et justiciarii pacis 
 hujus civitatis Cestrice majoris ejusdc-m anno mdcxi.iii. Qui quidem Ranulphus filius et heres fuit Ranulplii 
 Holme, aldermani ct justiciarii pacis ct majoris anno mdcxxxiii ejusdem civitatis CestriK praidictre ((jui 
 etiam fuit servus domini nostri Henrici principis filii primogeniti Jacobi Regis piaj memoria;, ac etiam 
 deputatus fuit pro officio armorum in comilatibus palatinis Cestria; et Lancastrice et vi comitatuum Nurd 
 Wallije) per Elizabetham uxorem ejus, filiam Thomse Alcock de civitate Cestria; et relictam Thomte 
 Chaloner, de eadem civitate, quandoque Ulster regis armorum pro Hiberniae regno. Ille fuit filius et heres 
 Thomas Holme de Cestrix civitate pra^dictx per Elizabetham uxorem ejus, filiam Johannis Devenett de 
 Kinderton, in comitatu Flynt, generosi. Filius fuit ille Oulielmi Holme, domini medietatis villa; de Tran- 
 inore per Margarettam uxorem ejus filiam Ricardi Caldy de civitate Cestri;e pra^dictas, [ille fuit]" filius et 
 heres Ciulielmi Holme, qui obiit anno i Henrici VOI. ; Tilius et heres Roberti Holme, qui obiit 14 Edwardi 
 I\'. ; filius et heres Thonue Holme qui vixit 24 Henrici VI. ; filius et heres Johannis Holme domini 
 mediatatis villoe de TranmoU, cjui obiit 4 Henrici \". ; filius et heres Roberti Holme, domini mediatatis 
 \\\\x de Tranmoll, jure u.xoris ejus Matildx filire et unius coheredum Richardi de Tranmoll, domini [de] 
 TranmoU, filii et heredis (julielmi de Tranmoll per Matildam filiam et uiiam coheredum Petri de Lynime, 
 filii Gilberti, domini de Lymme qui vixit tempore Edwardi I. 
 
 ' Thomas Tuchett, of Nether Whitley, Co. Chester, Esq. 
 
 - Thomas Vawdrey, of the RkUlings, in Bowtlon parish, co. Chester, genllemaii. 
 
 ■' These birds have been ilescrilied as choughs, but they are clearly meant for hawks as shown by the drawing of the bells 
 and jesses put on the birds when they were used for hawking. 
 
 ' The inscription to the memory of the first Randle Holme, who died in 1654, painted on a board which was in the church 
 in 181 7 is now missing. A copy of it will be found in the account of the inscriptions formerly in the church postea. A full 
 account of the Holme family will be given later on. 
 
 ' The Latinity of this inscription is very bad, being apparently a tr.in-'ation of an English epitaph into most wretched " dog 
 Latin." 
 
 " Rather than put a number of genitive cases, I have taken the words " ille fuit ' or " (|ui fuit " before each " filius," &c., 
 a-s understood.
 
 H MURAL MC1XTIMENT TO HANDLE HOLME (IL). h 
 
 . lY'S-ON-THE-TIILL, CHESTER.
 
 MONUMENTAL INSCRIPTIONS NOW IN THE CHURCH. 47 
 
 Ipse Ranulphus superdictus tempore vite ejus duxit in uxorem Catherinam filiam Matthei Ellis de Over- 
 legh in comitatu civitatis Cestrire generosi, per quam habuit 3 filios et 5 filias, post cujus mortem duxit in 
 uxorem Elizabethan!, filiam et heredem Thorns Dodd, de civitate Cestris, relictam Samuelis Martyn, 
 mercatoris ; ille in anno 63 retatis sua: obiit, die dominica 4 Sept. xi Caroli 2", annoque Domini ciddclix.' 
 
 Neere to this place lyeth interred the bodyes of Sarai, eldest dau'r of Henry Soley, minister of y*" 
 Gospell at Forton in y" county of Salop and late wife to Randle Holme, Sworne Serv' & Gentleman of his 
 Ma'ties Chamber in Extraordinary to Kinge Charles y'' Second, one of [the counjcill of y' citty of Chester, 
 and deputy to Garter principall Kinge of arms ; she had yssue by him Randle, Elizabeth, Kath. Rachell 
 and Sarai y' died an infant : she died y" s"" of April, anno 1665, aged 36 yeares ; and Katherine, sister of 
 y'' s'' Randle and late wife to Benj. Harpur, of London, gent., she died the vii of July an'o 1664, aged 34 
 yeares ; and alsoe William Holme, brother of the said Randle and 2'"' son of Randle Holme, alderman, 
 died the x.wi day of Aprill anno D'ni 1666 and y'' 35 yeare of his age ; and Rafe y'' yongest sonne of Randle 
 Holme, alderman, died y'' day of anno 1641, aged 4 yeares." 
 
 At the top of this monument is a large shield of arms, as shown in the illustration, ist and 4th Holme, 
 2 Tranmnll, 3 Lymme, with the Holme crest.^ On either side are two crests. Holme and (?) Traiimoll. 
 Lower down, just above the inscription, are two other coats. Holme impaling Ermine a lion rampant Azure 
 for Ellis and Holme impaling Argent on a fess Gules, between two barrulets wavy Sable, three crescents Or 
 for Dodd, referring to the two marriages of Randle Holme the second of those names. 
 
 On a mural monument placed on the pier of the arch at the east end of the north aisle is 
 this inscription to the memory of the third and fourth Randle Holme. 
 
 Here lyes the Body of Randle 
 
 Holme, gen' Sewer in extraordinary 
 
 to K : Charles y'' 2'' and deputy to y' Kings 
 
 at arms, who died 12"' March 1699 ; 
 
 And Randle Holme his son, deputy to Norroy 
 
 K : att arms, who died 30"' day of aug. 1707 
 
 He married Marg', daughter of Grififith Lloyd, 
 
 of Llanarmon in the County of Denbigh, gen' by 
 
 w'" he had issue Sara, Eliz. Kat. Randle, and Kat. who 
 
 died before their Father, and lye 
 
 here Interred 
 
 ' The following is a translation of this inscription ; — 
 
 This monument is placed to the memory of Randle Holme, formerly alderman and justice of the peace of this city of 
 Chester, mayor of the same in the year 1643. The which Randle was son and heir of Randle Holnle, alderman and justice of 
 the peace, and mayor in the year 1633, of this city of Chester aforesaid (who was also servant to our lord Prince Henry, eldest 
 son of King James, of pious memory, and was also a deputy for the office of arms in the counties palatine of Chester and Lan- 
 caster and the six counties of North Wales), by Elizabeth, his wife, daughter of Thomas Alcock, of the city of Chester, and the 
 relict of Thomas Chaloner, of the same city, and formerly Ulster king of arms for the kingdom of Ireland. He was the son and 
 heir of Thomas Holme, of the city of Chester aforesaid, by Elizabeth, his wife, daughter of John Devenett, of Kinderton, in the 
 county of Flint, gentleman. I le was the son of William Holme, lord of the half of the township of Tranmore, by Margaret, his 
 wife, daughter of Richard Caldy, of the city of Chester aforesaid. [He was] son and heir of Robert Holme, of Tranmore, alias 
 Tranmoll, aforesaid, by Jane, the daughter of Thomas Poole, of Poole, esquire, [who was] son and heir of William Holme, who 
 died in the first year of Henry VHI. [1509] ; son and heir of Robert Holme, who died 14 Edward IV. [1474] : son and heir of 
 Thomas Holme, who lived 24 Henry VI. [1446] ; son and heir of John Holme, lord of the half of the township of Tranmoll, 
 who died 4 Henry V. [1416] ; son and heir of Robert Holme, lord of the half of the township of Tranmoll, in right of his wife, 
 Matilda, daughter, and one of the coheirs of Richard de Tranmoll, lord of Tranmoll ; son and heir of William de Tranmoll, by 
 Matilda, the daughter and one of the coheirs of Peter de Lymme ; son of Gilbert, lord of Lymme, who lived in the time of 
 Edward I. [1272-1307]. 
 
 This Randle, aforesaid, in his lifetime married Catherine, d.aughter of Matthew Ellis, of Overlegh, in the county of the city 
 of Chester, gentleman, by whom he had three sons and five daughters, after whose death he married Elizabeth, daughter and 
 heir of Thomas Dodd, of the city of Chester, the relict of .Samuel Martyn, merchant : he died in the sixty-third i>t his age, on 
 .Sunday, 4th September, 11 Charles II., in the year of our Lord 1659. 
 
 - The latter part of this inscription is now very much worn and nearly illegible. The dates have never been filled in. 
 
 ^ The coat of Tranmoll or Tranmere is Argent a cross engrailed Gules, over all a bend Azure and that of Lymme is Gules 
 a pale fusilly Argent. The ancestors of Randle Ibiliue married the heiresses of each of these families.
 
 
 48 ST. MARY-ON-THE-HILL, CHESTER. 
 
 At the top is a shield of arms, llolnu quartering Tra 111110/ / and /.yiiiine, with an escutcheon of pretence 
 Tenny (or brown) a chevron Or between three fishts naiant Argent [? Sok}^ and underneath the inscription 
 the same coat with another escutcheon of pretence Sable a chevron Or between three antelopes' heads of 
 the second \_Lloyd of l.lanarmon]. 
 
 On a wooden tablet, formerly in the Overlegh pew, but now fixed on the north wail of the north aisle. 
 
 Here lie Interr'd Matheiv Ellis of Over-leigh in y'' County 
 
 of y'' City of Chester ; one of y"" (ientlemen of y'' Body Guard to King 
 
 Henry 8 ; Son of Ellis ap Dio ap Griffith Successor to Kenrick Sais A 
 
 British Nobleman & linealy Descended from Tudor Trevor Earl of 
 
 Hereford. He died 20 Apr. 1574; Alice his Wife, died 1547. His Son 
 
 Wathew Ellis, of Over-Leigh, Gent. Died 1575, whose \Vife, Eliz. 
 hrr u.rwj)Sv. Si^ W^At.<i Daughter of Thomas Browne of Nether-Legh, Gent, died 1570, Having 
 
 X^u^XO J«^ i/^If, i-f. jgg^g Julian, who was Married to Thomas Cowper of Chester, Esq'' 
 
 *""■ ^ Margery, & Mathew Ellis of Over-Legh, Gent, he died 31 July 1613: 
 
 his Wife Alice Daughter to Rich'' Birkenhead, of Manley, Esq'' died 
 
 6 July 1640 having issue Katherine, wife to Randle Holme of Chester 
 
 Gent: And Mathew Ellis of Over-Legh, Gent, who died 3 Nov. 1663 
 
 his Wife Elizabeth Daughter to'William Hulton of Baddiley, (ient. t (jyul/tlm. '^wi ^i^^ta 
 
 died 4 Nov. 167 1, their Son Mathew Ellis, Gent., married Anne Daughter 
 
 to John IHrkcnhead of Backford, Esq'', he died 17 Feb. 1685, She died 
 4 August 1689. 
 Beati sunt Mortui Qui in Domino Moriuntur. 
 
 Above this inscription is the coat of arms oi Ellis, Ermine a lion rampant .\zure, between the following 
 crests for Ellis and Cowper, a female affrontde proper, couped at the waist, habited Gules, crined Or, and a 
 demi-wolf Argent, issuant from a mural crown Gules, and holding in its paws a garb Or. 
 
 'Underneath the inscription are the arms of Cowper with three quarterings and these words: — • 
 
 William Cowper, of Over-Legh, Esq'', in Respect to these. His 
 
 Ancestors and Relations, Caused this Decayed Memorial 
 
 to be Restored, Anno Dni, 1739. 
 
 He died 12th of October, 1767. .\ged 66. 
 
 On a small brass plate fixed on the north side of On a flat stone at the east end of the luirth aisle :- 
 
 the Chancel arch, this inscription, all in capitals : — Underneath 
 
 At the top a nicely engraved coat of arms, with are interred the remains of 
 
 shield, helmet, crest, and mantling. The arms are Su.sann.\ 
 
 on a fess engrailed between three stags' heads, three '^''"'^ ^^ J""'^ "'^^ °f ""* ""''>' 
 
 . ^. u .c j-cr Tii_ She departed this life 30 August 1837 
 
 huntmg horns, a crescent for difference. The crest '^ \ a „„„,o 
 
 is an arm erect holding in the hand a tassel. 
 
 Aged 39 years. 
 
 On a small white marble stone formerly on the floor 
 Here Lyeth the Body ^f the north chapel :— 
 
 of Rowland Waring gen. John Hill Esq' 
 
 tr A A MI ■■■ r died April 4"' 1849 
 
 Hee dyed May xni 1601;. , j 
 
 ^ ■' ^^ Aged 75.
 
 
 MONUMENTAL INSCRIPTIONS NOW IN THE CHURCH. 
 
 49 
 
 On an old brass formerly in the north aisle, all 
 in capitals : — 
 
 Here lyeth the body of William Brock' of Vp- 
 
 ton in the county of Chester esq'', who by Anne 
 
 his wife, daughter and co-heyre to Robert Mo- 
 
 hune of Baynton in the county of Dorcet esq' 
 
 had yssue 4 sonnes and 7 daughters Hee dyed 
 
 on the 4'" day of April 1640 ; & Here also 
 
 liethe the body of Edward Brock his vnkell 
 
 who died on the 3'' day of October 1639. 
 
 A shield of arms [Gules], on a chief [Argent] a 
 lion passant [of the first and ducally crowned Or] 
 for Brock, impaling [Gules] a maunch [Ermine] the 
 hand grasping a fleur-de-lis [Or] within a bordure 
 [Argent] for Mohun — the colours not indicated. 
 
 On a large slab at the east end of the nave, 
 on the north pillar of the chancel arch : — 
 
 Above is the coat of arms of Brock within a 
 
 lozenge. 
 
 To the Memory of 
 
 M'^ Susannah Brock 
 
 who died March y"" 20"' 1766 
 
 She was daughter to William Brock Esq'' 
 
 of Upton in this County,' 
 
 And the last of that Ancient Family. 
 
 This Monument was erected by her Nephew \- 
 
 Nieces 
 
 the Son and Daughters of John Egerton Esq'' 
 
 of Broxton in this County. 
 
 OL. 
 
 On the edge of a pew now in the south chapel : — 
 
 +In the vault beneath lie the remains of Robert 
 ffoulkes of Boughton-Hall, buried Oct'' 1787 and 
 his ancestors;falso Susanna his wife I797;^Susanna 
 his daughter 1825,-and Mary the wife of W" Currie 
 M:D: 1813-whose daughters Elizabeth and Jane 
 erected this seat for the use of the parish X-D: 1850. 
 
 To the memory of 
 
 WiLLLAM Currie M.D, 
 
 Late of Boughton Hall in this county 
 
 third son of William Currie Carlyle Esq'' 
 
 of Cleughheads and Bridekirk in the county of 
 
 Dumfries. 
 
 Eminently skilled in the theory of medicine 
 
 (juick in discernment, sound in judgment and kind 
 
 in manner, 
 
 he enjoyed during more than fifty years practice 
 
 the confidence of all classes of society. 
 
 To those qualities which gave dignity to the man 
 
 the Holy Spirit added 
 
 the higher graces which become the Christian. 
 
 He was humane, benevolent and charitable 
 
 Revered by all who were acquainted with him, 
 
 and inexpressibly dear to those of his own family. 
 
 From the study of the Holy Scriptures 
 
 he drew the principles which regulated his life 
 
 and the peace which marked its decline. 
 
 He was born July 17"' 1749 and died Aug. 19'" 
 
 1834 
 
 Aged 85.'^ 
 
 The three whose names are here recorded 
 
 lived in love and died in faith 
 
 Looking to no other ground of hope 
 
 but the merits of Christ made theirs through faith. 
 
 Below this inscription are three shields of arms 
 as follows : — Three lions passant in pale, crest a 
 demi-lion rampant, grasping in both paws a mullet. 
 A saltire, on an escutcheon of pretence three lions 
 passant in pale. A saltire, a mullet in chief for 
 diiference. The crest is broken off, the claws of 
 a bird (? a hawk) only being left. 
 
 On a tablet in the north chapel : — 
 
 Sacred to the memory of 
 
 the Revd William Currie, M.A. 
 
 second son of the late W'". Currie Esq'' 
 
 of Boughton Hall in this County 
 
 who died Feb^ la'" 1844 
 
 On a large mural tablet on the north side of Aged 53 years, 
 the chancel, within the communion rails, all in Underneath are the arms and crest of Currie. 
 capitals : — 
 
 ' For other inscriplions lo the Urock laniily SiC Uii; account of the inscriptions formerly in the church, but now lost. 
 See also the account of the Urock family postca. 
 
 - For the remainder of this inscription ^ic next page. •
 
 so 
 
 ST. MARY-ON-THE-IIII.L. ( H1:ST1-:R. 
 
 On a mural tablet on the south side of the south 
 chapel : — 
 
 In the \'ault beneath lie tlie Remains of 
 
 Anna Maria Currie, 
 
 who died Aug. the 30th, 1845, aged 57, 
 
 Relict of Lieut-Colonel Edward Currie, 
 
 who served with much distinction on the personal 
 
 Staff 
 of the late General Lord Hill, C.C.H. throughout 
 
 the 
 Peninsula Campaigns and fell on the field of 
 Waterloo 
 
 where he was employed as an assistant Adjutant 
 
 General 
 in the army under the command of Field Marshal 
 
 His Grace the Duke of Wellington, K.G., &c. 
 This humble tribute to the Memory of their 
 lamented 
 Parents is inscribed by their surviving Chil Iren. 
 John Robert Currie late Cai)t" 95"' Regt., Son of 
 the above 
 died December the seventh, 1845, ^S*-'d 38. 
 Arms, in a lo/.enge, a chevron ICrmine between 
 three lo^ienges, impalin;,' a saltire, in chief a rose. 
 
 On either side of the tablet to \\'illiam Currie, 
 To the memory of 
 Mary 
 daughter of 
 RoB^ FouLKES, Esq"* 
 of Boughton 
 and wife of 
 Wu.L^' Currie, M.D. 
 a true Christian 
 a devoted wife 
 an exemplary 
 mother 
 Born Nov. 5th, 1745 
 Died Dec. 30th, 181 2 
 aged 67. 
 
 On a tablet at the east end of the north aisle, 
 
 above the Randle Holme stone monument : — 
 
 Near this place lieth the Body of 
 
 Ann Evers, who died Jan'' 21*' 1782 Aged 67 
 
 Also the Body of James Evers 
 
 died May 26"" 1790 Aged 85 Years 
 
 Also the Body of James Evers Grandson 
 
 to the above James and Ann Evers 
 
 who died Dec'"' 13"' 1795 Aged 3 Years 
 
 Also the Body of Ann Evers Grandaughter 
 
 to the above died Jan'' 20"' 1802 Aged n Years 
 
 Also the Body of The' Baxter Evers Grandson 
 
 to the above died Feb'''' 10"' 1802 Aged 5 Years 
 
 .\lso in hope of a Joyful Resurrection the Body 
 
 of Ann Evers wife of Peter Evers and Mother 
 
 of the above Children who departed this Life 
 
 August 29"" 1825 Aged 70 
 
 Also the Body of Peter Evers, died 
 
 March 13"' 1831 Aged 73. 
 
 M.D. (see previous page), and forming part of it : 
 
 'I'o the memory of 
 
 Susan 
 
 daughter of 
 
 Will" Currie, M.D. 
 
 & Marv his wife 
 
 in the midst of 
 
 bodily weakness 
 
 she lived 
 
 the life of faith 
 
 and died in peace 
 
 Born April 25th, 1775 
 
 Died Oct. 9th, 1828 
 
 aged 53. 
 
 On a stone tablet on the north wall of the north 
 
 aisle : — 
 
 In Memory of 
 
 Thomas Shuttleworth 
 
 who died March 10'" 1838 
 
 Aged 62 years 
 
 Also of Ellen Chapman 
 
 the beloved wife of Edwin Weigh 
 
 and only daughter of the above 
 
 who died Feb' 18'" 1841 
 
 Aged 20 )ears. 
 
 Our days on earth are as a shadow. 
 
 Also of Sarah 
 
 wife of the above 
 
 Thomas Shuttleworth 
 
 who ditd Jan'' 12"' 1854 
 
 Aged 66 years. 
 
 J "^<Xa/-<. cAp- OL^^^il c^^JLAyH CilxA'^ t~>_ CML/n. £ Ol^ <- , 
 
 tvT/Z^LJtrWtA, CVt/t/0, C/*^fc< jo CL,<y^^J^i^ crf^^JL-^oM/.
 
 
 
 MONUMENTAL INSCRIPTIOxNS NOW IN THE CHURCH. 
 
 51 
 
 In the north aisle, on the north wall, below a 
 tablet to the Shuttleworth family, on a white mar- 
 ble tablet, in capitals : — 
 
 In memoriam 
 
 viri reverendi 
 
 Stephani Hen'rici Fawcett LL D. 
 
 hujusce ecclesia; olim praelectoris, 
 
 qui die Januarii xxvi a.d. mdcccxi. 
 
 astatis suae xxxiii 
 
 vitam efflavit 
 
 item Catherin.« uxoris ejus 
 
 quae obiit mdcccxlv 
 
 setat. Lxi. 
 
 On a stone tablet at the west end of the north 
 aisle : — 
 
 Mary Egan 
 widow died the 25"' 
 of December T785. 
 
 On a small white mural monument in the south 
 chapel, near the window containing stained glass 
 to the memory of the Mawdesley family {see p. 22). 
 In loving remembrance of 
 
 Robert Mawdesley 
 
 late Captain 51*' Regiment 
 
 died July 4"' 1859. 
 
 Mary Ann Mawdesley, 
 
 died January 30"' 1873. 
 
 Frances Elizabeth Mawdesley' 
 
 died May 22'' 1891. 
 
 On a small black slab, now loose, in the north 
 
 chapi-1, but formerly placed on the outside of the 
 
 church, near the north porch : — 
 
 Sacred 
 
 to the Memory of 
 
 Thomas Boote 
 
 who died in Jamaica 
 
 in the West Indies 
 
 on the 16"' Nov. 1821 
 
 aged 27. 
 
 On a white marble slab, formerly on the floor ^^{^ Qf^ ^^^.^^^ 
 of the south aisle, much worn : - ^ \-]i^\^V>..i^JSi 
 
 John Gi.ecg of Irbie Hall in this ^^ <}- '^^"^'^'--^ <uJ 
 
 County Esq died 6 Feb. 1804:^ 
 
 Aged 72. 
 
 Betty Baskervvle Glegg 
 
 his Wife died 9 July 1810 
 
 Aged 77. 
 
 
 On an oval mural tablet high up on the wall 
 of the south aisle : — 
 
 In this Chancel lieth 
 
 the Body of 
 
 Roger Wilbraham 
 
 late of Dorfold in the County 
 
 of Chester Esq'' who Departed 
 
 this Life on the 24"' day of January 
 
 1768 in the 52'' Year of his Age. 
 
 In the south aisle on the south wall, at the west 
 end, near the south door : — 
 
 Near this Place 
 
 Lieth the Body 
 
 of Lieu' James Thomson 
 
 who departed this life 
 
 the 13th of May 1786 
 
 Aged 73. 
 
 On a small white marble tablet on the north 
 side of the chancel arch : — 
 
 Sacred to the Memory of 
 
 Edward Nash Esq'"'' 
 
 second Son 
 
 of the late Richard Nash Esq" 
 
 of Walberton in Sussex, 
 
 who died at Chester Castle, 
 
 on the 28'" of November 1808; 
 
 Aged 61 Years. 
 
 His Remains are deposited 
 in the Middle Aisle of this Church 
 
 ' I am informeil this should lie more conectly Frances Elizabeth Maiihia Mawdesley. 
 
 - In the register his burial is entered on the Illh Feb. 1804, and his as;e is given as 74. His wife's burial was on the 
 l.jlh July, 1810, her age 77. 
 
 H 2
 
 52 
 
 ST. MARY-ON-THE-lIIl.I.. CHESTER. 
 
 On the mural tablet fixed on the south pillar 
 of the chancel arch facing the nave at the cast 
 end. At the top is a coat of arms and crest. 
 
 To the pious Memory 
 
 of Mr. John Snow 
 
 Alderman of Chester, 
 
 Whose Faith and Piety to God, 
 
 Candour to Men, 
 
 Temperance Patience & Honesty 
 
 I)eser\'e a long Commemoration. 
 
 A generous Benevolence 
 
 And Sweetness of Temper 
 
 Appeared in all his Actions ; 
 
 But chiefly in his tender care 
 
 And Aflfection for his Orphan Sisters. 
 
 They 
 
 Sarah, Isabella & Elizabeth 
 
 Erected this Monument, 
 
 the smallest Expression 
 
 of their Grief and Gratitude. 
 
 He Dy'd Oct 2 1749, Ag'd 43 
 
 On a mural tablet fixed on the south i)illar of 
 the arch separating the south chapel from the 
 south aisle : — 
 
 Quiescunt hie reliquiae 
 
 lOHAN^ COTC.RKAVF. Civit 
 
 Cestr' Cervisiarij qui 
 
 post vitam pietate 
 
 justitia et caritate 
 
 peractam in pace Obijt 
 
 i"'° die Martij 1724 
 
 .^tatis 80. 
 
 Simul conduntur Cineres Elizabeth 
 
 Conjugis charissimse, qus placidam 
 
 Expiravit Animan 27" Nov. 1735. 
 
 /blUi 87." 
 
 Above is a shield of arms, Sable a fesse dancette 
 Ermine, between three hunting-horns stringed Or 
 for Cofgreave. Crest, a bird Azure rising out of a 
 ducal crown Or, but now broken oflF. 
 
 On the south wall of the south aisle, a mural 
 
 tablet : — 
 
 A memorial 
 
 of Gratitude and Affection 
 
 to a Revered Father 
 
 whose remains are interred in a Vault near this 
 
 Pkter Snow Esq' of Lache Hall in this County 
 
 died April 27th 1807 Aged 63. 
 
 Also to a Beloved Husband 
 
 Edward Shakfiei.d Simon Snow Esq' 
 
 who clc))arted this life at Lache Hall June 27th 
 
 1843 Aged 54. 
 
 His Christian Patience & Resignation during a 
 
 protracted Illness 
 of 14 years gained him the Love of all who knew 
 
 him, particularly that 
 
 of his Wife who erects this in commemoration of 
 
 his kind and benevolent 
 
 Disposition 
 
 Also of Mary wife of the above E. S. S. 
 
 Snow Esq' 
 
 who died at Bath February 23rd 1866 in her 72'"' 
 
 year. 
 
 " If we sufler with Christ we shall also reign 
 with Him." ^ 
 
 On a tablet on the south side of the chancel, high 
 u]) on the wall, rather worn : — 
 
 Underneath lie the Remains 
 
 of the Rev'' 
 MiDDLETON Jones, LL.B. 
 
 late of Cribarth 
 
 in the County of Brecon, 
 
 formerly Rector of this Parish 
 
 who died 
 
 the 9'" November, 1775 
 
 Aged 47. 
 
 Above is a shield of arms, of which a chevron 
 Sable can now only be made out. 
 
 ' (Translaled.) Here lie the remains of John Cotgre.ive, of the city of Chester, brewer, who, after a life of piety, justice, 
 and charily, died in jieace 1st March, i724[-5]. aged So. In the same place are dei>()sited the ashes of Elizabeth, his most 
 beloved wife, who died [literally, breathed out her placid soul] nn the 27th November, 1735, aged 87.
 
 [ /
 
 
 [1422] TlTK SPENCg-CoTOBEAVE FRAUDS. 
 
 About 1S48 one WiUiam Sidney Spence, writing 
 from Priory Place, Birkenhead— which, however, 
 was not his residence— Lent a number of letters of 
 the same ffeneral tenour to psrsona who might, he 
 thought, like to have their pedigrees enlarged. 
 One of these is printed in "Notes and Queries" 
 of 11 STarch, 1854 (Ist Series, ix., 221), by which 
 time the writer was dead. It began : — 
 
 "Having been engaged by Miss Cotgreave of 
 Netherlegh House, near Ciiester, to inspect and 
 arrange the title deeds and other documents 
 which belonged to her father the late Sir John 
 ,, Cotgreave, I find a very ancient pedigree of the ! 
 «( Cotgreavea de Hargrave in that county, which i 
 ,j. family bucarne extinct in the direct male line in ! 
 n the year 1724, but wlich was represented th-ough 
 J. females by the above Sir J. C. It is t!ie work of 
 the great Camden, anno. 1598, from documents in 
 ^ tlie possession of the Cotgreave family, and con- 
 .Lo'iaine the descents of five generations of" — the 
 jVfcuiily of the person to whom the letter was 
 •' Bddrissed. 
 
 TiiO letter then went on to offer extracts, on 
 •wndiiion of remnneration, adding: "Misa Cot- 
 ; greavo will allow me to make the extracts and 
 ■ has kindly consented to attest the same." 
 J V specimen of the pedigrees he returned to 
 1 (ifients, attested by Miss Cotgreave, has been 
 J published in the prcjfent series of the " Sheaf." 
 
 Other writers in "Notes and Queries" (ix., 275; 
 ' X., 255) added their experiences ; the formulas 
 varied a little from time to time, but several 
 desf^nts and quarterings were always offered. 
 
 The matter came up again in the same 
 periodical in 18G0 {2nd Series, ix. 61, &c., x. 106), 
 when some further particulars were given ; also in 
 ISG2 (3rd Ser. i. 8, &c.). 
 
 The following statement was made by S. T. : — 
 "The late Sir John Cotgreave (formerly a Mr. 
 Johnson, who assumed his more aristocratic sur- 
 name by virtue of being descended from the 
 family) was knighted as Mayor of Chester in 1S16, 
 ' on the marriage of the Princess Charlotte. ' He 
 ^matriud twice: by his first wife (Miss Cross) he 
 ( had no issue, but by his second, a dressmaker, 
 ■ ^ Miss Harnett Spence, he had children both 
 before and after marriage. Sir John died 1836 ; 
 his widow survived till 1848. William .'Sidney 
 Spence was her brother. I have not discovered, 
 nor is it material, whether Lady Cotgreave con- 
 nived at or derived benefit by the forgeries of her 
 brother, or attested them as he asserted ; it is 
 clear, however, that his pedigrees before 1848 
 (when she died) are verified by the signature of 
 , 'Harriet' Cotgreave, and those subsequently by 
 j'-EUen ' Cotgreave, the Miss C. whose attestation 
 he offered in all cases after his sister's death." 
 
 Spence sejms to have died about 1853. 
 >. , ' ■ - J. B.
 
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 'J^ 'fi A^O o^ %rCiit Jec J^cN-^ti Q-J-^>i Ck^ie, (STo 
 
 
 MONUMENTAL INSCRIPTIONS NOW IX THE CHURCH. 
 
 53 
 
 At the west end of the north aisle, on a tablet let 
 into the wall, near the font, in capitals : — 
 Sacred to the memory of 
 William Newell Alderman of this city 
 died 2"'' April 183 1 aged 64 
 
 Sarah wife of the above 
 
 died 17"' June 183.3 aged 64 
 
 And of their children. 
 
 John, died 25"' April 1797 aged 2 
 
 -Mira, died 27 June 1807 aged 9 
 
 Mary, died 24"" March 1823 aged 22 
 
 Harriett, died 10"' April 1824 aged 21 
 
 Frances, died 19'" June 1833 aged 25 
 
 Sarah, died 21" Feb. 1840 aged 44 
 
 William, died 25'" April 1848 aged 43 
 
 Ann, died 26"' August 1866 aged 71 
 
 Margaret, widow of John Hassall 
 
 died 31" December 1870 aged 71 
 
 and of 
 
 Emma, died 30"' Dec'' 1886 aged 76. 
 
 On a mural tablet at the west end of the south 
 aisle : — 
 
 Underneath 
 
 lie the remains of Sarah wife of 
 
 Edward Moss (of this City Miller) 
 
 who died Aug" 29"' 1823 aged 40 years 
 
 also Thomas, son of the above 
 
 Edward Moss, who died June 19"' 1S25 
 
 aged 2 weeks 
 
 Also Thomas, son of the above 
 
 Edward Moss who died Dec'"' 9"' 1834 
 
 aged 3 weeks 
 
 Also Sarah, daughter of the above 
 
 Edward Moss who died Dec'"' 23'^'' 1835 
 
 aged 9 weeks 
 
 Also William son of the above 
 
 Edward Moss, who died March 24"' 1837 
 
 aged 29 years 
 
 Also Sarah 2"'' wife of the above 
 
 Edward Moss, who died March 13"' 1838 
 
 aged 37 years 
 
 Also in this church yard lie the 
 
 Remains of the above Edward Moss 
 
 who died April 5"' 1848 aged 67 years. 
 
 On a mural monument of white marble at the 
 West end of the south aisle, the inscription in old 
 English black letter : — 
 
 In Loving Memory of 
 
 H.\RRV Randle Knowles Ford 
 
 2""' Lieut. 16'" foot, Bedfordshire Reg" 
 
 who died of fever 
 
 at Rawal Pindi, India, 
 
 June 3'''' 1 89 1. Aged 21 years. 
 
 Eldest son of 
 
 Lieut. Col. John Ford, R.A. 
 
 and grandson of the late 
 
 Rev. F. Ford, Rector of St. Peter's. 
 
 [Phil. ic. 3V.] 
 Erected by his sorrowing relations. 
 
 Arms and Crest of Ford, party per fesse Argent 
 and Ermine a lion rampant. Crest, a lion's head 
 erased. 
 
 In the Troutbeck or south ciiapel, high up on 
 the wall, on a mural tablet : — 
 
 Sacred to the Memory of 
 
 Watkin Thelwall Esq"' late Major 
 
 in the Bengal Artillery in the East Indies 
 
 and second Son of the late 
 
 Daviu Thelwall Esq'' of Blane Yale 
 
 in the County of Denbigh who departed 
 
 this Life 6'" October 1814 
 
 in his 76"' Year. 
 
 Pie was a truly just Man Sincere in his 
 
 Friendship Kind and Benevolent to the Poor 
 
 much Esteemed while Living and in Death 
 
 ever to be Lamented by his Surviving Widow 
 
 who Caused this Monument to be Erected. 
 
 In the same Vault are deposited the Remains of 
 
 Elizabeth wife of the above named 
 
 Watkin Thelwall. She died 26'" August 
 
 1816 in the 71" Year of her Age. 
 
 On a flat tombstone formerly near the altar 
 steps : — 
 
 Hugh Whishaw died 24"' of January 
 
 1749- 
 
 Hugh Whishaw' died 4"' of January 
 
 1780. 
 
 For .in earlier inscription rel.-iting to this family w account of tlie inscriptions formerly in this church, but now lost.
 
 !;4 
 
 ST. MARV-OX-TIIK-HII.I.. CHESTER. 
 
 In the Troutbeck Chapel, painted on a board : — 
 
 Above is a shield of arms, paly of nine Sable 
 
 and Or on a bend Azure, three garbs Or ; crest a 
 
 lion statant, for Duke and the motto Chrislo Duce 
 
 el Aiisf>ice Chrislv. 
 
 Near to this Pillar, are deposited 
 
 the Remains of Thom.vs Duke Esq ; 
 
 the Senior Alderman and Justice 
 
 of the Peace of this City, and 
 
 Mayor thereof a.d. 1740. 
 
 Just and Upright, 
 
 Meek and Charitable,^ 
 
 He lived esteemed 
 
 And died lamented, 
 
 on the 27'" day of November 1764 
 
 Aged 76. 
 
 On a mural tablet in the south chapel, placed 
 very high : — 
 
 Sacred to the Memory of M.\rv Evtox Youngest 
 
 Daughter 
 of Charles Evton of Pentre Maddock in the 
 
 County 
 of Salop Esq' by Mary his Wife who died the 16"' 
 
 of May 1764 
 
 Also Mary his Wife who died the 16'" of January 
 
 1766 
 
 Also Marv Thomas only Daughter of Capt. 
 
 Wii.i.iAM Thomas 
 
 of this City by Jane his Wife Eldest Daughter of 
 
 Charles Eyton 
 
 who died the 21" December 1 766, aged 3 Years and 
 
 Eleven Months 
 
 Al.so Capt" Wn.i.iAM Thomas who died the 28"' 
 
 October 1769. 
 
 This Monument is placed here as a small 
 
 Testimony of the 
 
 Affection of M" Jane Thomas the only Surviving 
 
 Daughter 
 
 of Charles Evton Esq' being the last of that 
 
 Ancient Family. 
 
 Also the above nani'd M" Jane Thomas who died 
 
 the 15"' of Ajiril 1795 ^%^^ 1- Vears. 
 
 Hester Pulford Cousin of the above Janf. 
 
 Thomas 
 
 Died March 23rd 1803 Aged 82 Years. 
 
 Below this inscription is a shield of arms. 
 
 A mural tablet on the south wall of the south 
 
 aisle : — 
 
 Sacred 
 
 to the Memory of 
 
 Robert Topham 
 
 of this City 
 
 whose valuable life was closed 
 
 on the 9"' December 1834 
 
 in the 32'"' year of his age. 
 
 On a mural tablet on the south wall nf the south 
 
 aisle : — 
 
 Underneath 
 
 is deposited all that was mortal of 
 
 Eliza nETH 
 
 the exemplary wife of John Walker 
 
 of this city .X.ssav-Master 
 
 She died vi of June mdcccxxiv 
 
 aged xxxvii years 
 
 She excelled in all the relative duties of life and 
 
 never pained her friends until she died. 
 
 Two of her infant children sleep in the same vault. 
 
 On a white slab now in the Tower. Above the 
 
 i nscription was the coat of arms of Cotton, now gone. 
 
 To the Memory of 
 
 Peter Cotton late of this City, Gent' 
 
 Descended from the ancient Family 
 
 of Cotton of Cotton in Cheshire 
 
 \\\\o happily completed a single sober 
 
 I.V Religious Life, 
 
 with eminent Charity 
 
 Giving by his Will 
 
 . ^ 
 For buying of Medicines for the Poor of this 
 
 City 100 
 
 For bu\ ing of pious Books for their use 50 
 
 To the Blue-coat School in this City 200 
 
 To y"" School of ^Vitton ;^5o & to y' Minister 
 
 there ^50 1 00 
 
 To the Poor of Northwich & Witton 50 
 
 I'o the Poor of the Parish of St. Mary ;^20 
 
 & to the Poor of each of the other 
 
 eight Parishes in this City ^10 100 
 
 He died Febr. 16 Anno Dom 1715-6 ^^t 42. 
 
 ' His liurial is thus entered in the Register: " Teler Cotton, an .\ttorney, Gent., Dyed an Mr- Tho. Kirkes house in 
 Castell Lane & Kuryed y'' 19"" Day of p-ebry. 1715-16."
 
 MONUMENTAL INSCRIPTIONS NOW IN THE CHURCH. 
 
 55 
 
 On a small mural tablet, now placed in the 
 
 Tower : — 
 
 Near 
 
 this Place lies Interred 
 
 in the hopes of a Glorious Immortality 
 
 the mortal part of 
 
 M^ William Dawson 
 
 late of the City of Chester Silk Mercer 
 
 who departed this Life 
 
 January i6"' 1807 
 
 Aged 54 Years. 
 
 On a small oval monument now in the Tower : 
 
 Underneath 
 
 lie the remains of 
 
 Colin Robinson' 
 
 who died March 16"' 1809. 
 
 On a small stone, now in the Tower :- 
 
 Vnderneath Lyeth y' Bo- 
 dy of Sarah Davghter 
 to Ralph Pickmore of 
 y* City Buch"' was Bur 
 ApriU y's'" 17 12. 
 
 On another oval monument in the Tower : 
 
 Near 
 
 this place lie the remains 
 
 of Isaac Huntington 
 
 who died April 7"" 1793 
 
 Aged 80 Years 
 
 Also Ann Le.\ch Daughter 
 
 of the above died January 
 
 9"" 1822. Aged 69. 
 
 On a mural monument now in the Tower : — 
 
 Near this rest 
 
 (in faithfull expectation of the Triumphant call) 
 
 the Remains of 
 
 Richard son of Peter Dewsburv, 
 
 Alderman 
 
 who died 18"* of August 1756 
 
 Aged 19 
 
 of Leticia his Daughter Wife of John Dennis 
 
 who died 13"' of January 1768 
 
 Aged 37 
 
 of the said Peter Dewsburv 
 
 who died 19"" of February 1773 
 
 Aged 72 
 
 of Leticia his W'idow 
 
 who died 29"' of December 1783 
 
 Aged 80. 
 
 and of John Dewsburv Dennis their grandson 
 
 who died 9'" of July 1786 
 
 Aged 21 
 
 Ruth the last of the Family 
 
 died 7'" of Oct' 1787 Aged 59. 
 
 The memory of the Just is blessed. 
 
 On a white stone monument also in the Tower : 
 
 Underneath 
 
 lie the remains of 
 
 Thomas Jones 
 
 Broker, late of this City, 
 
 who departed this life 
 July ii"' 1798 Aged 51 
 
 Also the remains of 
 
 Mary wife of the above 
 
 Thomas Jones 
 
 who departed this life 
 
 Ocf 2"" 1808 Aged 62. 
 
 On a small white tablet in the Tower, 
 
 capitals : — 
 
 In Memory of 
 
 Charles Farquhar 
 
 Died April 16"', 1875, Aged 34 years 
 
 James Hargreaves 
 
 Died March 20"' 1875 
 
 Aged 16 years and 3 months 
 
 of the Band i" Batt° 19'" Regiment 
 
 Erected as a token of Respect 
 
 by the men of the Band 
 
 1875- 
 
 He is called a •■ .SerycaiU ■>! Invalids ' al his wife's liurial in 1777
 
 Qi/U^*^~i.■i/l■-'^'^^■*^^'^^y 
 
 '^ l/<-(*iL/..W 
 
 56 
 
 ST. MARY-ON-THE-HILL, CHESTER. 
 
 MONUMENTS RECENTLY MOVED TO ST. MARY'S FROM ST. BRIDGET'S. 
 When St. Mary's became the parish church of the unitcil parishes of St. Bridget's and 
 St. Martin's, as already described, St. Bridget's church was pulled down, and all the mural 
 monuments which it contained were transferred to St. Marj-'s. These have all been placed in the 
 .south chapel, and the letters S.B. have been cut on each of them, so as to show whence they 
 came. A small white marble tablet bearing the following notice has also been placed near 
 them : — 
 
 The Monuments 
 
 marked S.B. were brought here 
 
 from S. Bridgets church. 
 
 A faculty to pull down 
 
 that church and make this the 
 
 parish church, was decreed 
 
 June 1 1"' 1 89 1. 
 
 On a white marble mural monument : — 
 Sacred 
 to the memory of 
 
 Eliz-.^ M.\ria 
 
 the beloved wife of 
 
 the Rev". Wu-Liam Gibson 
 
 rector of this parish,' 
 
 and daughter of 
 
 the right reverend J. B. Sumner, D.D. 
 
 Lord Bishop of this diocese. 
 
 She died in the island of Madeira 
 
 on the 29"" May 1836 
 
 in the 29"" year of her age. 
 
 A white mural monument having an alabaster 
 urn set in a black recess. This inscription under- 
 neath : — 
 
 Marv Nelson 
 
 died Jan^ .x.xiv. mdccxcv. 
 
 Her husband the Rev" W" Nelson 
 
 erected this monument 
 
 as a tribute of respect 
 
 to her memory. 
 
 Underneath this another inscription, but on the 
 same monument : — 
 
 This tablet is placed 
 
 as a tribute of respect to the memory 
 
 of 
 
 the Rev" William Nelson 
 
 (late rector of this parish') who died 
 
 xxi" September mdcccx 
 
 by his nephew & niece Nelson & Jane Batty. 
 
 On a white mural monument : — 
 
 Near this Monument 
 
 lie entombed the Remains of 
 
 Richard Barker of I.lindir 
 
 in the County of Denbigh Esq"^ 
 
 (formerly of this Parish') 
 
 who died 21*' October 18 18 
 
 Aged 72. 
 
 Also of Marv his Wife 
 
 who died 20"' March 1839 
 
 Aged 87. 
 
 On a white mural tablet : — 
 
 In memory of 
 
 I'HUJi' HuMHERSTON of this City Esquire 
 
 who died the 20"" of July 1844 
 
 Aged 73 Years. 
 
 And of his Children Catherine Maria 
 
 and Marv who died Infants. 
 
 Hester, who died the 26"' of December 1826 
 
 Aged 20 Years. 
 
 Sophia, wife of W. Eccles of Davenham 
 
 Esquire, w-ho died the 28"' of May 1839 
 
 Aged 30 Years. 
 
 Frances, widow of the Rev'' Robert Y.\rker 
 
 Vicar of Nesion, who died the 4"' of January 1855, 
 
 Aged 54 Years. 
 
 Catherine, wife of the Rev" George Pearson, 
 
 Rector of Castle Camps, who died the 15"' of June 
 
 1859- 
 
 Aged 56 Years. 
 
 Also Catherina Maria, widow of 
 
 Philip Humberston Esquire 
 
 who died the 23"^ of August 1859 
 
 Aged 82 Years. 
 
 Above is a shield of arms — Humberslou impaling 
 Cotton, and the crest of Humberston. 
 
 That is of course the parish uf St. Bridget.
 
 MONUMENTAL INSCRIPTIONS NOW IN THE CHURCH. 
 
 57 
 
 /,< 
 
 On a large white mural monument : — 
 Near this place 
 lie interred the remains of 
 Francis Edge Barker of this city Esq' 
 who departed this life- 
 June lo"" 1827 
 aged 48. 
 and of Harriette his wife 
 who departed this life 
 Feb'' 1 7'" 1846 
 aged 65. 
 Also of Richard Barker Esq' of this city, 
 eldest son of the above, 
 who died on the 20"* of Dec'' 1877 
 aged 6g. 
 And of Sarah his wife 
 who died on the 12'" of Nov'' 1881 aged 69. 
 
 Also of 
 , Maria Glynne Barker, 
 
 youngest daughter of the above 
 
 Francis Edge and Harriette Barker, 
 
 who died on the 9"' of July 1887 
 
 aged 67. 
 
 On a white mural tablet : — 
 
 Near this rest the Remains of 
 
 Priscilla Lawrenson, 
 
 who died the 29'" of March 1784 
 
 aged 82 Years. 
 
 Also the Remains of 
 
 Lawrence Lawrenson ; 
 
 Son of the said Priscilla Lawrenson 
 
 who died the 30'" of August 1788 
 
 aged 46 Years. 
 
 He was an Affectionate Husband, a tender Parent, 
 
 A sincere Friend, and an Honest Man. 
 
 Also Mary Relict of the above 
 
 Lawrence Lawrenson ; 
 
 who departed this Life February 13'" 1837 
 
 aged 70 Years. 
 
 Martha Lawrenson, Daughter of the 
 
 above Lawrence, died 6 Jan' 1848. 
 
 .\lso Elizabeth, wife of the above 'rno.\i.\s Shaw, 
 died August r" 1808, 
 
 aged 56 years. 
 
 Also of Thomas, son of the above Thomas & 
 
 Elizabeth Shaw 
 
 died February 22"' 1802, aged 28 years. 
 
 and John Mellor, of this city, died October 27'" 
 
 182 1, aged 52 years, 
 and of John, son of the above John Meli.or, 
 died February 28'" 1827 
 
 aged 31 years. 
 Also of Thomas Shaw Mellor, son of the first 
 named John Mellor 
 
 died July 26"' 1829, aged 34 years. 
 Likewise of Justina wife of the 
 first named John Mellor 
 died Nov'' 22'"' 1834, aged 65 years. 
 
 On a white mural monument : — 
 
 Sacred to the memory of 
 Thomas Sh.-vw, of this city, who died June 20" 
 1789, aged 50 years. 
 
 On a large white mural monument : — 
 
 In the church yard near this place 
 
 lie the remains of 
 
 Owen Foulkes of this city esquire 
 
 who departed this life the xi.x July mdcccxlv 
 
 aged LX.xvi years. 
 
 Also of Betty his wife 
 who departed this life the xiv May mdccclu 
 
 aged Lxvii years. 
 Above the inscription is a small coat of arms — 
 Gules three boars' heads in pale, couped Argent, 
 langued Azure, impaling party per chevron Argent 
 and Or three pheons Sable. Crest, a two-headed 
 eagle displayed Or. 
 
 Awhile mural monument with a black border : — 
 
 Eliz. Jordan 
 died Oct' 28'" 1782. 
 
 James Jordan 
 
 Father of the above 
 
 died Dec' 31'" 181 7 
 
 Aged 78 
 
 Also Abigail Jordan 
 
 wife of the above 
 
 James Jordan 
 
 who died April 19"' 1823 
 
 Aged 79 Years.
 
 58 
 
 ST. MARY-OX-THK-IIII.L, CHESTER. 
 
 On a white mural monument : — 
 
 To the memory 
 
 of their lamented mother 
 
 Mary, during L years the wife of 
 
 CiEOROf: H.ASTINCS 
 
 who, after severe and protracted suffering 
 
 was taken peacefully and gently to her 
 
 heavenly home on the iii December mdcccxli 
 
 in the lxxvii year of her age. 
 
 This tablet 
 
 is erected by her grateful and afflicted 
 
 son and daughter 
 
 who, while they mourn their irreparable loss 
 
 find comfort in the thought of her unspeakable gain. 
 
 Also the above George Hastings, who died 
 
 Dec'' xxi MDCCCXLvn in the xc year of his age. 
 
 On a modern brass plate : — 
 
 Erected 
 
 by their parents in Memory of 
 
 Elizabeth .\nnie : 
 
 daughter of Peter Thomas and Barbara Kelly : 
 
 who died 22'"' Oct : i868 : aged 3 years : 
 
 on board H.M. Ship Malabar: 
 
 entering the straits between Aboo Eylc and Jibbel 
 
 Zoogur 
 
 and of 
 
 Catherine Sarah : 
 
 who died 8"' May : 1864 : aged 5 days 
 
 at Jubbulpore. 
 
 The following inscription on the modern stone Font, with marble columns, removed (vnm 
 St. Bridget's and placed under the tower arch may here be given : — 
 
 In memory of W. P. Hutton late rector 
 
 of this Parish," who died Aug. i, 1855, and of Ellen 
 
 his wife, who died P'eb. 8, 1864. 
 
 INSCRIPTIONS IN THE CHURCHYARD. 
 
 The old churchyard at St. Mary's is full of graves, and it is difficult to make any selection 
 of inscriptions of sufficient public interest to warrant their being printed here.'- The following, 
 however, may be given '': — 
 
 On a flat tombstone at the south-west corner 
 near the Tower : — 
 
 At the west end of the churchyard, on a flat 
 tombstone : — 
 
 Sacred 
 to the Memory of 
 
 WlLLI.\M ThRE-APGOLD 
 
 of Bullsbury Mill Essex 
 Aged 75 Years (of the Foster 
 
 Family Margaret Rooding 
 
 Hall) & one of the oldest free 
 
 Burgesses of Maldon, who 
 
 departed this Life Sept' i"' 
 
 1826. 
 
 Sacred 
 
 to the Memory of 
 
 Alicia O'Brien 
 
 widow of Christopher James 
 
 O'Brien late l.ieu'-Colonel 
 
 of the Clare Militia 
 
 who departed this life 
 
 October 13"' 1842 Aged 71. 
 
 ' Th.at is .St. Bridget's parish. 
 
 - As might be c-.vpccted a great iiiaiiv nf the luinlisldiics relate to the inin-ciimniissioiied ollicers ami nun ul the various 
 regiments who died whilst stationed at the adj.icent Castle. 
 
 " Many of the tomtistimes now |)laced in the churchyard, near the church, are plain as if they had been turned over and 
 the inscriptions put face downwards. '] liese may possibly have been turned out of the church at the various restorations.
 
 INSCRIPTIONS IN THE CHURCHYARD. 
 
 59 
 
 On a flat tombstone on the north side : — 
 
 Underneath 
 
 licth the Remains of 
 
 William Owens who served 
 
 his King and Country Faithfully 
 
 as a Non-commissioned Officer 
 
 1 6 Years in the Royal Welch 
 
 Fusiliers who departed this 
 
 life Nov'"' the ii'" 1834 
 
 Aged 47 Years. 
 
 Here lies a true Soldier whom all must applaud, 
 Many hardships he suffered at home & abroad, 
 But the hardest Engagement he ever was in 
 Was the Battle of self in Conquest of Sin. 
 
 On the south side of the churchyard is a SUN-DIAL put on the top of a pillar, which has 
 the appearance of being the cut-down shaft of an old stone cross, the base of which is well 
 preserved. It does not bear any motto but has the names of Samuel Price, Randle Sorton 
 Churchwardens, and the date 1739 with the maker's name S. Davies (?) Fecit. 
 
 174^3 
 
 C{/yjUJ-l)CalijJLiXi, -TO to G 
 
 0(0 
 00^ 
 
 Co\T OF ARMS OF RALPH WORSLEY, ESQ., I573. 
 See page 46. ) 
 
 I 2 
 
 J'p^XX,. QUERIES. it(\\. 
 [119] The SiJndial in St. Maby's Chuech- 
 yAED, Chester. , 
 
 I have been looking at the simdial on the 
 south side of old St. Mary's Church. I read on 
 the dial plate : — 
 
 Samuel Price, 
 
 Eandle Soeton, 
 
 Chdech "Wardens. 
 
 1739. 
 P. Daniel, Fecit. 
 The shaft is of white sandstone, sfjuare at 
 the base, tapering, the angles chamfered, 
 forming an octagon in section. It has been at 
 one time painted. The base is red sandstone, 
 and octagonal ; the upper surface much ■woi-n, 
 so much so as to expose an inch or more of the 
 lead in which the shaft is bedded. Now the 
 shaft and base are evidently older than the 
 18th century work of the dial plate ; in fact 
 they are Perpendicular in character, and in 
 harmony with much of the stone work of the 
 church, so much so that I have come to the 
 conclusion that it is the decapitated churchyard 
 cross, subsequently utilised for a simdial. Of 
 this we have many examples. In Owen's 
 " Stone Crosses of the Vale of Clwydd," two 
 instances are given of the cut-down church- 
 yard cross doing duty as a stand for a sundial. , 
 They occur at Llanarmon-in-Yale and Llanne- 
 fydd churchyards. ' 
 
 Was the engraver, P. Daniel, a local man ? 
 Chester. George W. Sheubsole. 
 
 [In the Churchwardens' Accounts for St. 
 Mai-y's parish, from the 31st May, 1739, to the 
 7th May, 1740, the only entry about the above 
 sundial is as follows : — 
 
 March ye 27th [1740] Pd Samll 
 Davis for vvTighting [*ic] ye Alter 
 
 Pcice and Dial in Ch : yard 10 8 
 
 P. Daniel's name is not mentioned in the 
 accoimts. — Ed.]
 
 
 60 
 
 ST. MARY-ON-THK-HILL, CHESTER. 
 
 MONUMENTAL LVSCK/PTfONS AND TABLETS FORMERLY /N THE 
 
 CHURCH. 
 
 The importance of St. Mary's Church in days gone by is shown b>- tlic number of persons 
 occupying good positions in the city who either lived in the parish or selected that church as their 
 place of burial. As will appear from the following pages, St. Mary's formerly possessed a large 
 number of monumental and other inscriptions, put up to those who were there interred, not one 
 of which is noio in existence ! Thanks, however, to the painstaking care of many Chester anti- 
 quaries, I am enabled to give copies of the inscriptions here, and so to hand down to posteritj' 
 much information relating to famil)' and personal historj', derived from these now lost inscrip- 
 tions, few of which have been printed before. It is not difficult to account for the loss of these 
 memorials, for as the stones became worn and more or less damaged and illegible the)' would 
 be removed from the church to make room for newer ones, whilst at the same time many 
 of the inscriptions would appear to have been painted on wooden tablets,' which would decay 
 more easily even than tho.se of stone. 
 
 The chief sources whence the following inscriptions have been derived will be found in the 
 notes attached to each, but it may here be mentioned that I have arranged them as far as 
 possible chronologically ; those relating to any one family however being kept together, whilst 
 the contracted Latin, generally very badly copied, has been e.xtendcd and careful translations 
 appended. 
 
 The earliest tombstone of which we have any record is the one placed to the memor)' 
 of Adam Hiukkniikad, who held various important offices in Chester, &c., in the early part 
 of the 16th century. He died in 1516. Randle Holme describes it as "a gravestone inlaj'cd 
 with bras.se" in the south aisle, "and having these armes and writting,"- the Latin having 
 been extended : — JU^u^^^w-io-Jv o^ Jtevwv.yriva/*<t~Jl.t-t3 "^* i^"fev^.^ u^«^ i*^^^ JUv.v.^/Mvv^t^^*^»^^ '• **vt4tW./4i4 
 
 Hie jacet Adam Birkenhead generosus et Alicia uxor ejus, qui quidem Adam duni vi.xit fuit Protono- 
 tarius et Clericus Corona domini Regis in comitatus Cestrire et Flint et Clericus Coronfe domini Regis apud 
 I^ncaster et Receptor Thomre comitis Derby dominiorum suorum de Hawarden et Mould in Marchias 
 Waliiae,' qui obiit none die mensis Aiigusti anno domini MDXVL Quorum animabus propicietur deus. 
 
 {Translated^ Here lies .\dam Birkenhead, gentleman, and Alice his wife,' the which .Vdam in his life 
 time was Prothonotary and Clerk of the Crown of the lord the King in the counties of (Jhcsterand Flint and 
 Clerk of the Crown of the lord the King at Lancaster, and receiver of Thomas, Earl of Derby, for his lord- 
 ships of Hawarden and Mold in the Marches of Wales, who died the 19th day of .August, in thi- year of 
 our Lord 15 16. On whose souls may God be merciful. 
 
 hi the margin of this MS. {Harl. MSS. 21 51) is a sketch of this " gravestone," showing a 
 large tombstone with shields of arms at the four corners, and a space in the lower portion of the stone 
 for the above inscription arranged in four or five lines. It is strange, however, that there is no 
 indication in this sketch of the inlaid figures in brass of .Adam Birkenhead and his wife which 
 would undoubtedly be placed there, and which arc described in the Wi/e Rojut// as "his and his 
 
 
 ' One or two of these painted wooden tablets arc still prcsened at St. Mark's, the inscriptions on which h.ive already 
 I een given in the account of the monumental inscriptions, &c. , row preser\cd in the church. More painted wooden tablets, 
 mostly the work of the Kandle Holmes, are preserved in .St. John's Church, Chester. 
 
 ■■' Harleian MSS. 2151. The inscription is also printed in King's \'ak lioyall, p. 47, in the account of Chester written by 
 Webb about 162 1. 
 
 ^ In the Vale Royall this appears as " domorum suarum de Ilawraldyn et in Vmmersh." It is difficult to account for this 
 discrepancy. > 
 
 ' This .Adam Birkenhead married Alice, the daughter and coheir of John Huxley, of lluxley, co. Chester, gentleman. t«*/'V'wfji^_
 
 MONUMENTAL INSCRIPTIONS FORiMERLY IN THE CHURCH. 61 
 
 wife's Pictures well cut in brass." The shields at the four corners appear to be (l) Birkenhead, three ' o^^J^ 
 
 garbs within a bordure'f (2) three hunting horns impaling six fleurs-de-lis, 3, 2, and i ; (3) a 
 
 quarterly coat not filled in ; and (4) Birkenhead. No colours are given. This large tombstone J»>-vv."C;^^/^<rv.-< - 
 
 is most probably the one referred to later on as " the stone," or " the marble stone," in the 
 
 south aisle. Nothing is now known of it. 
 
 A few years since I met with, in pri\-ate hands, the original grant of a burial-place in the 
 chancel of St. Mary's, granted b)' the .Abbot and Convent of St. Werburgh to a certain John 
 Birkenhead, gentleman, which is interesting enough to print here, in a translated form, as follows' : 
 
 GRANT OF A BURIAL-PLACE IN THE CHANCEL OF ST. MARYS IN 1523. 
 
 To all the faithful in Christ, who shall see this our present writing, Tho.m.\s, by divine permission, 
 Abbot of the Monastery of St. Werburgh .\t Chester, and the Convent of the same place, patrons 
 of the parish church of the Blessed Mary the Virgin upon the Hill in the city of Chester, (sends) greeting 
 in our Lord everlasting. Know ye that we, the said Abbot and Convent, with unanimous consent, have 
 granted and conceded to our beloved John Birkenhead, gentleman, three yards of land in length and two 
 yards of land in breadth, lying in the Chancel (iti cancellaro) of the said parish church, where Joan, late 
 the wife of the said John Birkenhead, is interred and now lies. To have and to hold the said land to the 
 said John, his heirs and assigns, for ever. And we, the said Abbot and Convent, appoint our beloved 
 Hugh Peck, our lawful attorney, to deliver seisin of the said land to the said John, in our name, to hold 
 to him and his heirs. In testimony of which we have placed our common seal to this our present writing. 
 
 Given in our Chapter House, the nth day of May, in the 17th year of King Henry the Eighth [1525]. 
 
 A large portion of the large and beautiful seal of the Abbey of St. Werburgh is still attached to this 
 deed. 
 
 There was also " on an old escutcheon [or painted wooden tablet] in the south aisle " this 
 inscription : — 
 
 ■ Under the stone in the South Isle lyeth burryed the bodyes of Adam Birkenhead gent and Alice his 
 wife, daughter and co-heire of John Huxley of Huxley, the said Adam dyed the nineteenth of August 15 16. 
 
 A shield of arms : Sable three garbs Or [? Argent] within a bordure * Argent [.5/>/t<f«/iffl(/] impaling « t~Y»-°^^ '*- /if~^ '*^. 
 Ermine on a bend cotised Gules, three crescents Or \Huxley\. '*'^ IP'--*'*- 
 
 " On the wall by Troutbecks Chapell " was this inscription painted on a board :•' 
 
 Under the marble stone in the South He lyeth buried the Body of Tho : Birkenhead of Chester gen., 
 2'' son to Henry Birkenhead of Backford Esq'', who died 12 of November 1644.' And Alice his wife, 
 d.iughter and heire to Tho: Roberts of Chester gen., who died i January i69i.'' They had issue Thomas 
 Birkenhead, who died 5 January 1685, and Elizabeth, who died 21 December 1694," and Henr)', died 
 young. 
 
 Above the inscription a shield of arms of four quarterings for Birkenhead, i & 4. Sable three garbs 
 
 ' I have also printed this translation in the Chester Archceological and Historic Society's Jourtial, vol. iii., 1890, p. 221. 
 
 '^ Additional MSS. No. 29781 (British Museum) and Sto7ve MS. 648, a very valuable manuscript recently purchased by 
 the British Museum. This latter manuscript was apparently written by Francis Bassano, a well-known Chester herald, who 
 succeeded the last Randle Holme and died at Chester in 1747. It has his name and that of Mr. Orme, another herald 
 who succeeded him at Chester, on the fly-leaf. On page 4 begins the series of " Monumental Inscriptions in the Parish 
 Church of St. Mar)'s Chester," which it is clear from internal evidence was collected after 1721 and before 1735, as a Brock 
 inscription put up in that year is not noticed. 
 
 " This inscription is taken from Hart. MS. 2151, .Stou'e MS. 648, and Add. MS. 297S1 ; the slight variations which occur 
 being corrected from the Registers, &c. 
 
 ' " Thomas Birkhened gent buried in the south He vnd'' the marble stone 14"' day of Novcm' " 1644. (Register of St. 
 Mary's). 0A^ff>'<-*»^4>t^c,v'Cvta5 *lX>-<xV6v, ^^^1-C«— ^a^ , 4,/cM-^('^>-<^ (6tt^,-kx»^ t^ eAi>.tv. 
 
 -, << ^jris Alice Birkinhc.id widow was bur'' the 4"' d.iy of January" 1691-2. (Ihid.) 
 
 11 y\rK Klizalieth Birkinhead was burjed y*" 22 day of Decern' •■ " 1694. (/fiid.)
 
 K r^tw'iaf 'Kxa^wx.ma^ tj-lVr (?r..v*^, 4u^ ^li ^..r^ tt"^ 
 
 6^ ST. M.\R^■-()^■-^lIl■:-HlI.l.. ( iii-:.sti:r. 
 
 Or [? Argent] within a bordure Argent [Biri'enAead]. 2. Ermine on a bsnd cotised (iules, three crescents 
 Or [//ux/ej]. 3. Or a cinquefoil [? a rose] Gules within an orle of six trefoils Verl \Tlwniclif[(T\. On an 
 escutcheon of pretence Azure a chevron between three dolphins nowed Argent \lioberts\ s<ii^«^ fcy. 
 
 In the Vale Royall two inscriptions of early date are given as existing in 1621, one of which 
 does not occur elsewhere. The earliest of these was in the Troutbeck Chapel ; " near unto the 
 same Tomb that stands over the Vault, lyeth the body of a late Gentlewoman of that progenia 
 [?>., of the Troutbecks] with this remembrance in a brasse plate upon her stone : 
 
 Here lyeth Eglanbie, Daughter to William Troutbeck, and late wife to Rich. Leigh <jf Chester, who 
 dyed the nth of March, Anno Dom. 1596." 
 
 The other was in the north chapel ; " on the corner of the same Chappel, opposite to the former 
 {i.c., the Oldfield tomb] is fastened the Arms and Crest of a late godly disposed Lady, having 
 been Wife to an Esquire, and a Knight, both of great place and Revenue ; as b\- the memorial 
 in a fair Table of her Arms, appeares, thus : 
 
 K. Domina Mainwaring filia R. Hurle[s]ton de Civitate Cestr. Arm. nupta Will. Brereton de Hanford 
 Ar, et postea Ro. \sic for Ra.J Mainwaring de Peever, Equiti Obiit ii April 1518 \sic for 1618].'" 
 
 " This Lady in her life-time was a good benefactor to the City, and repaired some part of 
 the Wall where it was ruinous, and at her decease, gave many charitable gifts, which I willingly 
 would for example have mentioned in this place ; but having no perfect Instructions let this 
 [notice] suffice." 
 
 The following may also be quoted here.- " At the upper end of this Chappell [i.e., Trout- 
 beck's chapel] lyeth the body of a late famous Citizen Robert Brereiuood, Alderman, and thrice 
 Maior of this City, of whom I find no other Monument there, save onely his coat. Crest and 
 streamer advanced over him ; the words whereof are Lahore, prudentia, equitate, which were well 
 fitted to him, in whom tho.se vertues were all eminent."^ A rough sketch of the coat of arms, 
 &c., of this Robert Brerewood, who died on the 29th May and was buried in St. Mary's on the 
 2 June 1601 * is given by Randle Holme in Harlcian MS. 2151, who writes "at the higher end 
 of the Chappell in the wall next to the chancell hangs the peaon, coat and crest of Robt. 
 Brerewood 3 tymes maior of Chester."" Sti^»^i W Sx^"^ '^^^-'^ <v.»Pm*^>*- 
 
 These inscriptions follow next in chronological order : — 
 M. Young obiit 13 die Octobris 1620.° 
 
 A shield of arms : Ermine a goat's head Sable, armed Or for Young. 
 
 E. Le gh obiit 14 die Martii 1620 [1620-1].° 
 A quartered shield of arms : (i) and (4) Or a lion rampant Gules \_Leigk, of the West Hall, High Leigh] 
 (2) Gules a pale lozeng^ Argent [Lymni]. (3) Gules a chevron between three lozenges Argent [Sale]. 
 
 - (Translated.) K[atherine] lady Mainwaring daughter of R[oger] Hurlesttm of the city of Chester Esq. married William 
 lirereton of Hanford [Ilandforthj Esq. and afterwards Randle Mainw.iring of Peover, Knight. .She died on the 2'"' April 
 1618. Her Funeral Certificate has been printed by the Record .Society, vol. vj., Cheshire Funeral Cerlificates, p. 140. It begins 
 as follows: — " Dame Kalhren Lady Manwaring dyed on the seacond daye of Aprill an" 1618 and lyeth interred in S' Mareys 
 Church within the Citty of Chester." This inscription is also given in the Stoive MS. 648, where the arms are given thus. 
 llurllon [or Hiirlestoii], (l) Argent a cross of four Ermine spots Sable, (2) Argent^two bends engrailed Sable, (3) Argent a {ViJat^iaM- . 
 chevron between three stonebows Sable, (4) as (l). " King's Vale Koy all, p. 43. C'^'J^ti-ULittrH. 
 
 • He then goes on to state that the best monument he has is the reputation of his learned son Edward Brerewood nf 
 Oxford and Gresham College in London, then recently deceased. A further account of the Brerewood family will lie given 
 later on in this book. ' Funeral Certificate (Record Society, vol. vj., Cheshire Funeral Certificates, p. 39). 
 
 '' The drawing given by Randle Holme may be thus described. On a tabard and on the sleeves thereof, Ermine, two 
 pallets vairy Or and Azure ; on a chief of the last a bezant between two garbs gold for Brerewood. Above the tabard and 
 resting upon it is an esquire's helm with a short plain tasselled mantling, thereon the crest, viz., On a wreath two swords in 
 saltire Gules, poraels Or, entiled with a ducal coronet of the last. ' These- two inscriptions are from the Slovje .M.S. 648
 
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 MONUMENTAL INSCRIPTIONS FORMERLY IN THE CHURCH. 
 
 lohn Cooke, glover, Sheriff of this Citty 1616, dyed the 14 day of December, 1625.' 
 A shield of arms for Cooke : Argent three stags, two and one Gules. 
 
 Lawrence Reading, gent., dyed the 8 day of July, Anno 1630.' 
 A shield of arms : Argent a chevron between three boars' heads erect and erased Sable, tusked Or, 
 for Reading. 
 
 ■' Thomas Swinton, of the Citty of Chester, gent., dyed upon the i8th day of November, 1637.' 
 A shield of arms : Argent a fess Gules between three boars' heads couped Sable, for Swinton. 
 
 ^Eleanor late wife unto Malhew Anderton, Esq. Dyed upon the 22nd day of August Anno 
 Dili 1639.' 
 
 A shield of arms of seven quarterings for Anderton: (i) Sable three shackbolts Argent, a crescent for 
 difference. (2) Vert three bugle horns Argent, stringed Or. (3) Azure a lion rampant Argent. (4) Azure ^*'H^ ^cTav^ . 
 
 a chevron between three covered cups Or. (5) Argent a cross ragule Gules. (6) Per fess Argent and Sable a ax^e-.-t«r-v C-aji--^.- tx 
 pale counterchanged three bears' heads Gules, muzzled Or. (7) Argent two bars Gules and on a canton c^-'OU^ |r^. 
 of the second a maunch Argent. Impaling Gamul, Or three mallets Sable, and the usual quarterings. 
 
 ^ Anne daughter of S'' Randle Mainwaring, of Peever, Knight, and late wife unto Robert Brerewood, 
 Esq., dyed the 23 day of December, Anno Dni, 1630.'' 
 
 Arms : Brereivood — Ermine two pallets vairy Or and Azure, on a chief Azure a bezant between two 
 garbs Or, impaling Mainwaring (i) Argent two bars Gules, (2) Azure three garbs Or, (3) as (2), (4) as (i). (\.- ^-bb 
 
 " On an old escutcheon formerly on the south side of the pulpit " : — 
 
 ' Katherine eldest Daughter to Malhew Ellis of Overlegh gentleman married Randle Holme y' younger 
 Sheriff of this Citty 1633, by whom she had issue three sonnes and five daughters, vidlzt Randle, William, 
 Raphe, Katherine, Elizabeth, who died yonge, Elizabeth again, Amy, Alice, Helen. She dyed upon the 
 15th Day of March Anno 1640 [1640-1]. 
 
 These inscriptions also occur: — 
 
 ' Mrs. Grissell Smith, Daughter to S'' Samuel Smith, of Dublin, in the Realme of Ireland, Knt, dyed upon 
 the 21 day of December, Anno 1640.^ 
 
 A shield of arms: Per chevron Azure and Gules, three leopards' heads erased Argent, spotted Sable. 
 
 ' Additional MS. 29781 (Brit. Mus. ). His will was proved at Chester in 1626, and is in the Probate Court there. 
 
 - Slowe MS. 648. The earliest Register of St. Mary's, which begins in 162S, thus records his burial : " Lawrence 
 Readinge, gent., buried nth day of July,'' 1630. His will, if he made any, is not now preserved at Chester. 
 
 ^ StoTi'C MS. 64S. 
 
 ' The entry in the Register is as follows: — "Thomas Swinton gent., buried in St. Katherine's He before the doore at 
 the feete of Mr! Readings stone the 21st day of Novem''," 1637. He was the son and heir of Richard Swinton, of Knutsford, 
 gent., by his wife Eleanor, daughter of Edmund Gamul, Esq. His Funeral Certificate has been printed by the Record Society, 
 Cheshire Funeral Ceitijicates, p. 175. 
 
 ' The entry in the Register is as follows: — "Mrs. Ellinor Anderton, wife of Mathew Anderton, Esq., buried in St. 
 Katherine's He under her sone Mr. Thomas Swinton's stone 26th day of August," 1639. 
 
 She was the daughter of Edmund (Jamul, Esq., who was buried at Chester in 1616 (see the Gamul pedigree /(7.r/tf«). 
 
 " Her Funeral Certificate has been printed by the Record Society, vol. vj., Cheshire Funeral Cerlijieates, p. 38. It begins 
 as follows : — " Mrs. Anne Brerewood cleparted this mortale life in Chester upon the 23 day of December, 1630, and was buried 
 in St. Maryes Church in Troutbecks Chapell there." 
 
 " .IJditional MS. 297S1. This inscription was existing in 1S19, and is given liy Ormerod in liis Hislory of Cheshire. 
 
 * In the Register the entry is " Mrs. Grissell Smith, buried vnder old Mr. Boothes' stone, in St. Katherine's He, the 22th 
 day of December," 1640. In the next year, l6;i, the following entry throws some light upon this lady's family: — '" Elizabeth, 
 an infant and daug''. of Thomas Salisburie, of Leadbrouke, E^q., buried in .St. Katherine s He, vpon it[s] Aunt, Mrs, Grissell 
 .Smith, Sth day of Aprill." 
 
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 64 ST. A1ARV-U.\-T1IK-111LL, CHKSTER. 
 
 
 ' Mrs. Jane, Daughter of Jcjhn Conway, of Bodrithin, Esq., late wife of I'tioiiias Salisbury, of fflint, 
 Esq., dyed the 11 day of September, 1640." 
 
 A shield of arms : Gules a lion ram[)ant, Argent crowned Or, l)eiween three crescents of the l.i>.l 
 [Salisbury] impaling Sable on a bend .\rgent iietweeii two bendlets, Ermine a rose Gule.s, between two aiinu- 
 lets Sable [Conway], 
 
 ^ Here in the middle He lyeth buried the Bodyes of Hugh Whickstead sometime Sheriffe and one of the 
 Coroners of this Citty of Chester and alsoe of Alice his wife which said Hugh dyed on the 8 day of Novem- 
 ber 1646 ' and the .said Alice dyed on the 20 day of January 1653. ' Alsoe of Hugh 2'' son of the said Hugh 
 and .Mice who dyed on the 27 day of March 1655." 
 
 A shield of arms : Argent, on a bend Azure, between two Cornish chouglis ]jroper, three garbs Of, a 
 crescent in chief [ IV/ticksted] impaling per bend sini.ster Ermine and Ermines a lion rampant Or, within a 
 bordure Gules [Trevor]. 
 
 The four following inscriptions relate to the family of 15rock, of Upton, in St. Mary's 
 parish : — 
 
 " William Brock, of Upton, in the County of Chester, Esq'', dyed on the 3rd day of Aprill, 1640^ 
 and Edward Brock, his uncle, dyed on the 3rd day of October, 1639.' 
 
 Here lyeth Interred the body of Anne, Daugh. and Co-heir to Robert Mohun, of Banton, Esq., and 
 late wife to Wm. Brocke, of Upton, in the County of Chester, Esq., by whom he had issue 11 children. 
 She dyed the 17 day of June, Anno 1660.'" 
 
 A quartered shield of arms: (1) Gules on a chief Argent a lion passant guardant of the lirst. Brock. 
 
 (2) Gules a fess dancette Ermine between three bugle horns stringed Or, a crescent for difference, Cotgreave. 
 
 ^ (3) Azure a spread eagle Argent [Ridware]. (4) Or a fess wavy Sable, in chief three martlets of the 
 
 CA«^ ^'»' / 6g '^^' [Rosi)i}^ra7'e]. (5) Gules two lions passant Argent, a label of three points Or (6) 
 
 A griffin segreant per fess Gules and Azure [Hargrevi]. (7) [Sable] a fess humette Argent a martlet for 
 difference [Bostock]. (8) Or a fess Azure [Ver>io?i]. (9) Quarterly, Grand Gules a bend Sable [Ma/hank]. 
 (10) Azure three garbs Or, Earl of Chester. (11) Azure a wolfs head erased -Argent, Hugh Lupus. {12) 
 Gules a chevron Argent frette Sable between three mullets Argent [Moulsto>i]. (13) Vert a bend engraileJ 
 
 \'A\\\mti[\Vettenhain]. (14) Argent on a chief (iules three bezants, a crescent for difference 
 
 (15) Eozenge Or and Azure a chevron Gules .... (16) (Jules a lion rampant .Argent 
 
 Imi)aling (i) Gules within a bordure Argent a hand proper holding a fleurde-lis Or, issuing out of a 
 maunch Ermine, Mohun. (2) Or a chevron between three lozenges Azure, on a chief Gules a spread eagle 
 Or (3) Sable a lion rampant Argent over all a bend Gules (4) as (i). 
 
 ' St(nve MS. 648. 
 
 ^ Thus entered in the Register : — " Mrs. Salishury wiiklow Imried vnder Readings stone atl the entrance of .St. Katherines 
 lie I 5th day of .September," 1640. 
 
 ' This inscription occnrs in Harl. MS. 2151 and in the Stmvc MS. 648. 
 
 ' There are no entries of burials in this year between the I7lh May, 1646, and the i6lh January, 1646-7, the Register 
 being defective. 
 
 ' •' Mrs. Alice Whicksted widd. buried in the midle He over ag" her ownc pue doore 22"' day of January," 1656-7. 
 
 " " Hugh Whicksted buried in Troulbecks Chappell, the 29th day of March," 1655. 
 
 • Stmvc MS. 648. 
 
 " "William Brocke, Esqr., buried in St. Katherine's He, under Mr. Vaudreys stone, 8th day of .\prill," 1640. (St. 
 Mary's Register.) 
 
 " " Edward Brocke gent, buried in .S|. K.atherines He vnder .Mr. Vaudreys stone 4th day of October," 1639. (Do., do.) 
 
 '" " Mrs. Brocke of Vpton was Buried in .St. Katherines yle vnder her owne slon on the x.\lh Day of June." 1660. (Do., 
 do.)
 
 [1829J BROtK MONTMEM AT GuAPrKSUALI.; 
 
 Flat etone in Griippenliail cuurcbyArd. 
 YNDEBTHIS j STONE-ILIETHIN 1 TKRED 
 THE BODY I OF WILLIAM | BROC'K :■ OF 
 r.RAD= I LEY WITHIN :• | APPLETON 
 ESO. I VIKE WHO ■■.■DE-= I PARTED THIS 
 j LIFE THETEN'TH | 1>AY OF MAY AND 1 
 WAS BVKIED THE | THIRTINTH DAY | 
 OF THE SAME] MONTH .ETATE 1 SVE51 
 ^ ANNO 1 DOMINI lfiT4 
 
 [i>ku!l and crossbones] Anos. 
 
 [Ornierod (Helsby's) ii. 82u calls the year 1671 
 and 8tataa thit WilliMia Brock was born in 1^22 ; 
 but the entry of tlie burial in the parish icsiater 
 reada:— "1G74, April 13. Win. Prock of Upton 
 and Bradley, Esq., in the Chance' -•■>• 'i-r.n'-'nhall 
 CUuioh."]
 
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 MONUMExNfTAL INSCRIPTIONS FORMERLY IN THE CHURCH. 65 
 
 ' Here lyeth the body of William Brock, of Upton, in the County of Chester, Esqr., who by Anne, his 
 wife. Daughter and Co-heir to Robert Mohune, of Baynton, in the County of Dorsett, Esqr., had issue 4 sons 
 and 7 daughters, he dyed the 4 day of April], 1640." And here alsoe lies the body of Edw" Brock, his uncle, 
 who dyed on the 3 day of October, 1639." Alsoe the body of Susanna, Daughter to Joseph Hockenhull, 
 of Shotwick, Esqr., wife to William Brocke, of Upton, Esqr., who was buried 2" February, 1699.' She had 
 issue 4 sons and two daughters. Alsoe the body of Edward the 4"' son to the above mentioned William 
 Brock, Esq., who was buryed May the 23'', 1713.' John Wilson, grandson to William Brock, Esqr., was 
 buryed September 6, 17 14." Here lyeth the Body of William Brock, Esqr., aged 73 years, who dyed the 
 lo'" of Jan"', 1 7 IS-' SK 
 
 'William Brock, of Upton, Esq., married Elizabeth daughter to S'' Robert Brerewood, of Chester, 
 Knt., by whom he had issue William, Randle, Anne, and Margaret. She dyed the 17th day of May, 1662.' 
 Katherine, daughter & heir to Edward Gregge, of Bradley, in Appleton in Cheshire, gent, his 2" wife 
 survived him.'° He dyed April, 1674, aged 55 years & was buried at Grapenhall." 
 
 A shield of arms: Gules on a chief Argent, a lion passant guardant of the first for Brock, impaling 
 Brerewood. 
 
 '- Here Lyeth the Body of 
 
 William Brock 
 
 the Eldest son of William Brock, 
 
 of Upton Gent 
 
 who was interred the 26 day 
 
 of March A" Dili 1715 '' 
 
 Aged 19 years 
 
 Here also lyeth the Body of 
 
 Thomas Brock 
 
 second son of y"' aforesaid 
 
 William Brock of Upton Gent 
 
 who was interred the 20"' Day 
 
 of May A° Dni 1707" 
 
 Aged 7 Years 
 
 Also y'' Body of Elizabeth Brock 
 
 Mother of y'' above named Children 
 
 who died Nov. y'' 5 1735 " 
 
 
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 I (i 
 
 This important inscription occurs both in the S/otve IMS. 648 and in Additional MS. 29781. Another inscription with a 
 ine shield of arms embodying the first portion of this, but differently worded is recorded in the Stoiae MS. as having been in the 
 ;hurch, and is printed on p. 64. 
 
 - "William Brocke Esqr. buried in St. Katherines He vnder Mr.Vaudreys stone 8th day of Aprill," 1640. (St. Mary's Register.) 
 'Edward Brocke gent buried in St. Katherines He vnder Mr. Vaudreys stone 4th day of October," 1639. (Do., do.) 
 • Shusannah ye wife to William Brock Esqr. of St. Oswels P-'ish was buryed y'' 2'" day of Feb." 1699-1700. (Do., do.) 
 
 ' " Mr. Edward Brock sonn to William Brock ofVpton, Esqr., was Buryed the 23 Day of May, 1713." (Do., do.) 
 
 " "Johnson to Mr. John Wilson of y'' Parish of Trinity was Buryed the 6th Day of Septembr, 1714." (Do., do.) 
 
 ' " William Brock of Upton, seni"'. Esq"', Buryed the 14th Day of January, I7l5[-l6]." 
 
 ' Stoive MS. 648. 
 
 " Elizabeth Brocke, wife of Mr. William Brocke, of Vpton, buried in St. Katherin yle vnder his owne Ston on the xxi"" 
 ly of May," 1662. (St. Mary's Register.) 
 
 '" This statement serves to correct the pedigree of Brock, of Upton, hitherto accepted. Sec under the account of the Local 
 imilies fostea. 
 
 " His burial is thus recorded in the Grappenhall Register : — 
 
 1674. May 13. William Brock, of Upton and Bradley, Esq'', buried in the chancel of Grappenhall church. 
 
 Mis tombstone bearing the following inscription, all in capitals, is still to be seen in Grappenhall churchyard :— Under this | 
 onL-/lioth in I terred the body | of William | Brockvof Brad»j lev within-V) Appleton Esq | uire whoTtle,! parted this | Life the 
 " tI ^^ °^ ^'^^ ^"'' ' ^^'^^ ''uried the | thirteenth day | of the same | month .-Elate | sve 54 anno | Domini | 1674. 
 
 The statement on the inscription at St. Mary's that he died .... Aprill is clearly a clerical error for May 
 
 '^ The inscription occurs in Add. MS. 29781. 
 
 '■' " William sonne to William Brock juni' Esq"' of Vpton was Buryed the 26"' Day of March. 1715." 
 
 " "Thomas son to William Brock juni'' Esq' of Vpton was Buryed the 20"" Day of May 1707." 
 
 '■■ " Elizabeth Relict to the late W'" Brock Esq' of further Northgate Street Bury'' y 8"' day of November," 1735. 
 
 K
 
 66 ST. MARY-ON-THE-HILL, CHESTER. 
 
 The following long Latin inscription to the memory of SiR ROBERT Brerewood, Knt., a 
 distinguished barrister and one of the Judges of the Court of King's Bench, w ho died in 1654, is 
 stated by Randlc Holme to have been placed "on the screene next to the pulpit on a large 
 table " or tablet, probably of wood, and having at the top two shields of arms, Brerewood impaling 
 L l^'b ir Mainwaring, and Brerewood impaling Lee. The transcript of this inscription is full of contrac- 
 tions, so that more than usual difficulty has been experienced in giving it in an extended form. 
 
 Hie jacet corpus Roberti Brerewood militis, unius Justiciariorum Placitorum coram ipso Rege 
 tenendorum assignatorum, filii et heredis Johannis Brerewood de civitate Cestriae generosi, (jui (luidam 
 Robertas Brerewood ad xtatem fere septem decern annorum, anno domini nostri 1605 admissus fuit in 
 Collegium .-Eneascenum' in Academia O.xoniensi el post duorum annorum moracionem ibidem ab 
 Academia prsedicta decedit et in mense Octobris anno domini 1607 admissus fuit in Hospitium .Medii 
 Templi London! et postea circa sive [spatium"] septem annorum proximum sequentium ibidem ad Barram 
 vocatus fuit et praeterea in initio mensis Decembris anno domini 1637 constitutus fuit unus Justiciariorum 
 domini Regis [in] comitatus Anglesey, Carnarvon et Merioneth et in Quadragesima tunc proximum 
 sequente vice sua fuit Lector infra Hospitium Medii Templi praedicti et praeterea in hebdomada post 
 festum Paschae anno domini nostri 1639 electus fuit in officium Recordatoris civitatis Cestriae praedictx et 
 praeterea [in] termino Trinitatis anno domini nostri 1640 ad generalem vocationem servientium ad legem 
 tunc habitam factus fuit serviens ad legem et postea [in] termino Hillarii anno domini nostri 1641 consti- 
 tutus fuit per litteras patentes dominae ReginK nostrae serviens dictae dominae Reginae ad legem et prjeterea 
 5'" die Decembris anno domini nostri 1643 factus fuit eques auratus et deinde per litteras patentes domini 
 Regis nostri Caroli gerentes datum 31" die Januarii anno 19" regni regis et in anno domini 1643 factus 
 fuit unus Justiciariorum Placitorum coram ipso Rege tenendorum assignatorum et juratus [fuit] in plena 
 curia termino Hillarii 6" die ffebruarii apud Oxoniam in officium prtedictum et obiit 8" die Septembris anno 
 1654 aetatis suae 67. 
 
 Ipse tempore suo duas uxores habuit viz., Annam Mainwaring filiam Ranulphi Mainwaring de Peever 
 in comitatu Cestriae militis, primam ejus uxorem, et Katherinam Lee filiam Ricardi Lee de Lee in comitatu 
 Cestriae militis, secundam ejus uxorem per quas uxores habuit et reliquit separales exitus filios et filias.'' 
 
 {Translated.) Here lies the body of Sir Robert Brerewood, Knight, one of the Justices of the Court 
 of King's Bench,' son and heir of John Brerewood of the city of Chester, gentleman, who — the same 
 Robert Brerewood — at about the age of 1 7 years, in the year of our Lord 1 605, entered at Brasenose College 
 in the University of Oxford, and after a stay there of two years left the said University, and in the month of 
 October in the year of the Lord 1607, was admitted to the Middle Temple Inn, London, and after being 
 there for just about the space of the next following seven years was called to the Bar, and further in the 
 beginning of the month of December in the year of the Lord 1637 was appointed one of our Lord the King's 
 Justices for the Counties of Anglesey, Carnarvon, and Merioneth, and in the Lent following was in his turn 
 Reader at the Middle Temple Inn, aforesaid, and further in the week after the festival of Easter in the year 
 of our Lord 1 639, was chosen to the office of Recorder of the said city of Chester, and further in Trinity 
 Term in the year of our Lord 1640, at the meeting then held of Sergeants-at-Law was made a Sergeant-at- 
 Liw, and afterwards in Hilary Term in the year of our Lord 1641 was, by Letters Patent of our Lady the 
 Queen, appointed Sergeant-at-I^w to our said Lady the Queen, and further on the 5th day of December in 
 the year of our Lord 1643 was Knighted, and then by Letters Patent of our Lord King Charles, bearing 
 date the 31st day of January in the 19th year of the King's reign, and in the year of the Lord 1643 {i.e., 
 1643-4], was appointed one of the Justices of the Court of King's Bench and was sworn in to his office 
 
 ' This is a very unusu.-il word as " Collegium .linei nasi " is the proiier expression. 
 
 '' If sive is right then some such word as sfatium has to be supplied. 
 
 ■" From the curious Latinity of this inscription it is not improb.-ible that it was composed by one of the Kandle Holmes. 
 
 ' That is of the I'leas assigned to be taken before the Iving himself, as distinct from • conimunia placita,' or Common I'lexs.
 
 MONUMENTAL INSCRIPTIONS FORMERLY IN THE CHURCH. 67 
 
 aforesaid in full Court in Hilary Term on the 6th day of February at Oxford, and died on the 8th day of 
 September in the year 1654, in the 67th year of his age. 
 
 In his time he had two wives : namely, Anne Mainwaring, daughter of Sir Randle Mainwaring, of 
 Peever, in the county of Chester, knight, as his first wife, and Katherine Lee, daughter of Sir Richard 
 Lee, of Lee, in the county of Chester, knight, as his second wife ; by which wives he had and left separate 
 issue both sons and daughters. 
 
 At the foot of the inscription was a shield of arms, Brerewood impaling Mainwaring. p-06. 
 
 The following very interesting inscription to the memory of a distinguished divine, 
 Christopher Pasley, D.D., is described as being "on an old board fixed to a pillar": — 
 
 ' In hopes of a glorious resurrection, neere unto this place, lyeth interred the body of Christopher 
 Pasley, Doctor in Divinity, who was first Chaplain in the house to the Lord Keeper of the great Seal of 
 England, aftenvards household Chaplain to the Hon'''*" House of Derby, sometime Tutor to the Earle of 
 
 Derby that now is, and late Rector of Hawarden in the County of fflint, dyed upon the [i]7th day of Sep- (p,uyvt^*i ^ ^ovj iKa^'^a. 
 tember. Anno Dhi 1658, being aged 63 years." Resurgam. xo U»<x^ i(,iq, 
 
 Neere whom lyeth the body of John son to William Coventry of Newhouse, in the county of Chester, 
 gent., grandchild to the said Doctor." 
 
 A shield of arms : Argent a fesse between three mullets pierced Sable on the fesse a crescent Or for 
 difference, for Pasley. Crest a mullet pierced Argent charged with a crescent Gules. Impaling Argent a p - / 
 
 bugle horn strung Sable, in chief a mullet Gules, in base a crescent of the last, for Crest a 6 
 
 bugle horn Argent strung Gules. 
 
 This inscription commemorates some members of the well-known family of Ravenscroft, 
 of Bretton, co. Flint, but not far from Chester. 
 
 ^ Here within Troutbecks Chappell lyeth Buryed the Bodyes of George Ravenscroft second son to 
 Robert Ravenscroft of Bretton Esq', who dyed the 28 of October 1657' .^tatis suae 35. Robert Ravens- 
 croft 4"" son to the said Robert Ravenscroft Esq. who dyed the tenth of ffeb. 1645' .-Etalis su?e 19. Phillip 
 Ravenscroft 6"" son to the said Robert Ravenscroft Esq. who dyed the 29 of Aprill 1645" -^^tatis suae 12. : '^** r^ 
 
 A shield of six quarterings for Ravenscroft: (i) Argent, a chevron Sable between three ravens' heads 
 erased proper \^Ravenscroft\. (2) Azure a lion rampant guardant amongst fieurs-de-lis Argent \HoUand\. (3) > ■ ^ 
 
 Argent, three bulls' heads couped Sable \Skevingion\ (4) Sable three garbs within a bordure Or \Brickhilf\. 
 (5) Argent on a bend Vert three spades of the first [5'je'«//(?«;^w]. (6) Azure a chevron between three 
 doljihins nowed [ .... \ ^^ju,_^^,JL. 'fiohtrYi , se^\(^<^ (>X t^-^Z. 
 
 ' Thi^ inscription occurs in Harl. MS. 2151, AM. MS. 29781, and Stowe MS. 64S. The first of these M.S.S. describes 
 it as hanging upon "the screene which divides the body of the church from St. Katherines He, the chancell and Troutbecks 
 chappell." 
 
 - The entrj' of his burial in the Register is as follows : — 
 
 " Dockter Parsley was Buried in St. Katherines yleon the xvij"' Day of September," 1658. 
 It would have been most difficult to have identified Christopher Pasley, D.D., under the title of "Dockter Parsley," had 
 this epitaph not been preseri-ed. 
 
 ' The entry of this child's burial is as follows : — 
 
 "John Sonne to Mr. William Coventrey was buried in St. Katherines yle on the first Day of November," 165S. 
 
 ' Stcnve MS. 648. 
 
 ° The entry in the Register is as follows : — " Captaine George Ravenscrofte buried in Troutbecks Chappell the 30"' day 
 of Octolier," 1657. 
 
 * " Mr. Robert Ravenscroft buried in Troutbeks Chappell the 12"' day of ffebruary," 1645-6. 
 
 ' " Mr. Phillip Ravenscroft buried in Troutbeckes Chappell vpon his .Aunt Brerewood first day of May," 1645. Rolierl 
 Ravenscroft, of Bretton, Esq., married Elizabeth, eldest daughter of .Sir Randle Mainwaring, of Peover, Knt., who died Jan. 
 1633-4. She was sister to Anne wife of Robert Brerewood, Esq. (afterwards knighted), who had been buried at St. Mary's, 
 23 Dec, 1630, hence the above allusion to " Aunt Brerewood." 
 
 ■■ The names of these quarterings have been filled in from the Visitation of Cheshire, 15S0 (Harleian Society, vol. xviii. , 
 p. 194). 
 
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 { (P'a.^i&.A^ /'^vvAA^i.'". J U-^'^vx^, £>- p^-o-oe. ^t;tU'*ii.«<, fAn.ee. (Tvu^ittXi) ^^jiyum^ o^xj^. 
 

 
 
 68 ^'^'^*^^*«^ ST^MaT^Y-ON-THE-HILL, CHESTER. 
 
 The five inscriptions following relate to the family of BROWNE, of Netherlegh, near Chester. 
 
 " On an old board formerly on the south wall." 
 
 ' Phillippa uxor Thoinx IJrownc de Nether Legh gen' filia Thomre Berrington de Civitate CestricC gen' 
 per quam ipse pra;dictus Thoma habuit decern filios et quin(iue filias. In quadragesimo secundo anno 
 Ktatis su£e sexto die Maij Anno Domini 1664-' obijt in pace crga Dcuni et Homines. 
 
 A shield of arms : Argent two bendlets between as many mullets Sable [/innvHc]. Crest a lion sejant 
 Sable, the dexter paw resting on an escutcheon Argent charged with a mullet Sable. Impaling Sable three 
 greyhounds courant Argent, collared Gules, edged and ringed Or within a bordure of the second [/yivr/V/^'fe//]. 
 Crest out of a ducal coronet a greyhound's head Argent, collared Gules, studded and ringed Or. 
 
 '' Hie jacet Corpus Thomcc Browne de Nether Legh in Com' Civit' Cestriai gen' qui obiit [2]^ die 
 August Anno 1669, /Ktatis sua; 49.' In tempore suo duas uxores habuit viz' Phillippam filiam Thomse 
 Berrington de Civit' Cestrix gen' per quam uxorem habuit et reliquit separal' exitus filios et filias et 
 secundam ejus uxorem Hannam filiam Rici Leicester de Held in I'.udworth Magna, relict' Caroli Leveslcy 
 de Civit' Cestria; gen', qua; eum supervixit. 
 
 A shield of arms : Brotvne, as before, impaling Azure, a fess Gules between three fleurs-de-lis Or, a 
 mullet for difference \Leice5ter\. Crest a wolf's head erased Azure, a mullet for difference. 
 
 "On an old escutcheon," a shield of arms for Parker: Argent a chevron Sable between three stags' 
 heads caboshed Gules, a label of three points Sable for difference. Crest a stag's head caboshed Gules. 
 
 * Here lyeth y"" Body of Richard Parker, 
 Eldest son of Richard Parker of Audley 
 in the County of Stafford Gent by Phil- 
 lippa his wife Eldest Dau. to Thomas 
 Browne of Nether Legh in Cheshire Gent 
 who died 22 Novemb. 1681 Aged 6 Yeares. 
 
 " Hie jacet Georgius Browne tempore pacis studiosus et in Artibus Magister, in Bello Dux, qui post 
 multa pericula tam per marem quam terram, in pace obiit 3 Mali 1653.' Hie etiam jacent Thoma et 
 Thoma, Geo., Sam", Richard, Martha, Elizabetha et Hannah, filii et filire Thomte Browne de Nether Legh 
 gen' fratris praedicti Georgii. 
 
 ' This inscription occurs in Harl. MS. 2151, Stowe MS. 648, and Add. MS. 297S1, and is given by Ormerod as exi.sting in 
 1S19. The following is a translation : — Phillippa, wife of Thomas Browne of Nether Legh, gentleman, daughter of Thoni.is 
 lierrin<'lon of the oily of Chester, gentleman, liy whom he the said Thom.is had ten sons and five daughters, she died in the 
 forty-second year of her age, on the 6lh day ol^ May, in the year of our Lord 1664, in peace towards God and all mankind. 
 
 ' " Mrs. Philippa Brown wife of Mr. Thomas Browne buried on the 9th day of May," 1664. 
 
 ' This inscription occurs in Harl. MS. 2151, Add. MS. 29781, and in the Stowe MS. 648, and is gi\en by Ormerod as 
 existing in 1819. The following is a translation : — Here lies the body of Thomas Browne of Nether Legh in the county of the 
 city of'Chester, gentleman, who died [2]4th August 1669 in the 49"' year of his .age. In his day he had two wives, namely, 
 Phillippa, daughter of Thomas Berrington of the city of Chester, gentleman, by which wife he had and left separate issue, both 
 sons and daughters, and for his second wife he had Hannah, daughter of Richard Leicester of He[a]ld in Great Budworth, 
 the relict of Charles Leveslcy of the city of Chester, gentleman, who survived him. 
 
 ^ " Mr. Thomas Browne was buried the 28' day of August," 1669. 
 
 ^ Add. MS. 297S1 and Stowe MS. 64S. In both these the Christian name is clearly Richard, whilst the entry in the 
 Register is "Thomas son of Mr. Richard Parker was bur. y'' 25 of Novemb'',"' 1681. This is, however, a mistake of the 
 copyist, as his baptism is rightly entered at .St. Mary's in 1675, " Richard son of Mr. Richard Parker bapt. on the 2'"' of 
 November." 
 
 " This inscription occurs in Add. MS. 29781 and Stowe MS. 648, and the latter part only is given by Ormerod. The 
 translation is as follows: — Here lies George Browne, in pciceful times a student and a M.aster of Arts, in time of war a 
 commander, who after many dangers as well by sea as by land, died peacefully 3'''' May, 1635. Here also lie Thomas and 
 Thomas, George, .Samuel, Richard, Martha, Elizabeth and Hannah, sons and daughters of Thomas Browne of Nether Legh, 
 gentleman, brother of the said George. 
 
 ' The following is the entry of his burial in the Register : — " Mr. George Browne buried in Mr. Thomas Browne his brothers 
 seate 6th of May 1653." 
 
 /Ce/jk-c.j'TS-ltjWKi i^/U^»«x- * " ' ic /
 
 CL '3Awv»^»,-fu>i^ <>vcw? oi.^-^i-^4Kn.~i~-*^ OU l^it^f-i^^ CleyUi <^ H^ii^ Un/t^Jic ffv. i, <yeA~l']T'x. 
 
 MONUMENTAL INSCRIPTIONS FORMERLY IN THE CHURCH. 69 
 
 Mathew Browne Gentleman dyed on the 24 day of Novemb'' Anno Dni 1634. 
 A shield of arms : Browi/e, as before, impaling ^Ik. 
 
 Uen. 
 
 ' Alice Daughter of Mathew Browne " Gentleman late \\'ife to Thomas Parnell of the Citty of Chester 
 Ironmonger, dyed on the 5 day of September, 1639. 
 
 A shield of arms : Browne, as before, a crescent for difference. 
 
 The following long inscription relates to the family of BROWNE, of Upton, near Chester. It 
 was " on an old board formerly placed against the North wall." 
 
 A shield of arms : Browne of Upton, Argent two bendlets Sable between as many pellets. Crest, a demi- 
 lion rampant Ermine, crowned Or, holding in the dexter paw a rose Gules. 
 
 ■' This was set up in the memory of Richard Browne, of Upton, in y'^ County of Chester, gent, sone and 
 heire to Thomas Browne, by Elizabeth his Wife, daughter to Henry Birkenhead, Esq., Clerk of y"^ Green 
 Cloth to Queen Elizabeth, sone and heir of Rich. Browne, sone and heir of Thomas Browne, of Upton, 
 aforesaid. The abovesaid Rich'' Browne died the 4 of January 1624,' having had 2 Wives, first Frances, 
 daughter to S'' George Beverley, of Huntington, Knt, who died without Issue, secondly to Mary, daughter 
 to S'' Tho. Aston, of Aston, Knt, by whom he had Issue Thomas Browne of Upton and Rich'' of London. 
 She after[wards] married Jacques Arnodio, gent, and dyed y'" 17 Feb. 1668' Aged 87 Years. Thomas 
 
 Browne sone and heire died at Munster in Ireland 1643 : he married Grissell daughter to 
 
 Dobb of Ireland, by whom he had Issue Thomas, Rob', Francis, Richard, Mary, Judith, Grissell and 
 Dorothy. She died in Childbed y' 19 of June 1641.'' Thomas Browne sone and heire married Cicely 
 daughter to William Glegge of Gayton Esq, who died in Childbed of her Daughter Cicely the 16 of March 
 Alio Diii 1661." 
 
 The following is one of the very few inscriptions relating to the RECTORS of St. Mary's : — 
 
 OA*>v......f(:^;j^.e^^ .^..fe.-^ « Here Lyeth the "U^fc^^f^^^U^ _ 
 
 i»-k.a^ ^VL^tV U^yy.^ t(,13. Body of Thomas <l^«.Ax.a><AA«^ .^^>v..e/-j^ ^.-*^ /d^i- 
 
 KiRKES," Rector of ttoCtyv*- ,^ tweC-l^C^ /6 33 
 
 S' Maryes, who tZ,rU^ <^ -WXA-lj-CU '^-^ '^^^ 
 
 Departed this JJdHc^-^-AyCyxJkv l/t^ /^'-j '^^"^ 
 
 
 Life the 23 Day ^ ^ ./r^....l^ .^(^i^Ql . ^'r^ M60 
 
 of November, ,-1 v „„ ,- o ///o- 
 
 Anno Dni '^-^-^^ t '\ '^ "^ "'^ 
 
 t/^t/A."*.^--^ <\f ojn-UyL /670 
 
 The anne.vced inscription commemorates Peter Ger.\rd, Esq., of Chester, a physician of 
 
 repute and skill : — 
 
 ' Stowe MS. 648. She w.is buried at St. Mary's on the S"' Sept. 1639, "at the upper end of the South He at Trout- 
 becks Chappell doore. " 
 
 '^ This is mentioned in Onnerod's ///j/d/j of Chcshh-e, where Matthew Browne is described as " of Netherlegh." 
 
 ^ Add. MS. 297S1 and .Stoive MS. 64S. This inscription is also given in Ormerod's History of Cheshire in a condensed 
 form. 
 
 ' Buried at .St. Werburgh's Church, Chester. Sec his Funeral Certificate printed Iiy the Record Society, vol. vi. Cheshire 
 Funeral Certificates, p. 49. 
 
 •' " Mrs. Marie Arnodio buried on the 20"' day of Februa : " 1667-8. (St. M.ary's Register.) 
 
 " " Mrs. Grissell wife of Mr. Thom.is Browne, of Upton, buried at the north side of Readings stone in St. Katherines He 
 20"' of June," 1641. (Do., do.) 
 
 ' She was not buried at St. Mary's, but at Heswall in W'irral Hundred. 
 
 " Add. MS. 29781. , 
 
 For a fuller account of Mr. Kirkes see the account of the Rectors l>oitea. His burial is thus entered in the Register : — 
 " Mr. Kiarkes \sic\ minister buried upon the xxvth Day of Novemlier," 1673.
 
 Jhl (^1>«.» ij J<i^j(>v>\ au^^v^^'W tlA-^Ot ,< W^t',„„ dV 'Z^.^-wv^*-c<^£ aj~ C«.v^« rfv*. ^/o-J>. /liA-iti Ct^-d^ 1^ Luo -\ 
 
 70 ST. MARV-ON-TUK-illlX, CHESTER. 
 
 ' Hie situs est Vir ?eque ac Mediciis optiimis 
 
 Pktritk Gerardus, Armigcr, 
 
 Ex Antiqua admodum sui nominis pariter et lUustri 
 
 Olim Kingsleiorum familijs Oriundus, 
 
 Prioris originem clara htec propago proxime attigit. 
 
 Medicinre non solum Doctor sed et apud Suos. 
 
 Instaurator summus. 
 
 Erga Deum Pius, Erga Regem Fidelis, Erga Amicos Perpetuus 
 
 Qui dum sanandi Artem nialuit /Kgrotantilius 
 
 quam sibi profuisse : 
 
 Studio et itinere frequenti attritus 
 
 Lenta dcin tabe confectus 
 
 a, , ... ,•■,.- f .'Ktatis XXXVIII" 
 ffleb.hsob.jt Ano ^ ,,^,^^j^; MDCLXXVIII" ^ 
 
 Uxorem duxit, qune hoc in piam memoriam posuit Illi Monumentum, Susannam filiam natu maximam 
 Stephani Jackson Londinensis Armigeri : ex qua libcros suscepit quatuor Stephanum, Petrum 7\nnam, 
 Petrum dein alterum priorem enim idem quod patrem clausit sepulchrum. 
 
 Iram et meditare mortem, quum morboruni stator hie sueeubuit. 
 
 {Transla/ion.) Here hes buried one equally pre-eminent as a Man and a Physician, Peter Gerard, 
 Esquire, descended as well from the very ancient family whose name he bore, as from the formerly 
 illustrious family of the King[s]leys, this distinguished scion was most nearly related to the house of the 
 former. He w\as not only a Doctor of Medicine, but quite the most eminent man in his profession as a 
 healer. He was characterised by piety towards God, fidelity towards his King, and constancy towards 
 his friends. And in his desire that his skill in healing should profit the sick rather than himself, weakened 
 by zealous work and frequent journeying, and then worn out altogether by a lingering decline, he died a 
 man to be lamented, in the 38th year of his age and in the year of the Lord 1678. 
 
 He took as his wife — who has erected this monument to him for an affectionate remembrance — Susan, 
 the eldest daughter of Stephen Jackson, of London, Esquire, by whom he had 4 children : Stephen, 
 Peter, Anne, and then a second Peter, for the .same tomb has closed upon the former of that name as 
 upon his Father. 
 
 Think on [God's] ^ wrath and death, when the Stayer of Diseases has here succumbed. 
 
 A shield of .six quartcrings for Gerard: (i) and (6) Argent a .saltire Gules [C^'z-rt/v/, ancient]. 
 (2) Azure a lion rampant Ermine, crowned Or \^Gerard\ (3) Azure a lion rampant Argent 
 [Gerard\ (4) Vert a cro.s.s engrailed Ermine [ i0.e-t1j'i{vrtii ]. (5) Argent an oak tree eradi- 
 cated and fructed proper \_i4-'--t^V ]. A crescent over all for difference. Crest a lion's jamb 
 holding .... Impaling Argent on a chevron Sable, 3 cinquefoils Argent between as 
 many falcons' heads erased Azure, for Jackson. Crest a horse in full course Argent, gouttee 
 
 ' /far/. MS. 2151 and Str.i'e I\/S. 64S. 
 
 -■ "Doctor Peter (ierard buried (with a certificate), on y' 9"' day of December, 1678." He was ihe sixth and ultiinately 
 the eldest surviving son of (;il1)crl Gerard, of Crewood, co. Chester, and the Green Hall, in Castle Lane, Chester, Ksq., a 
 colonel in the Parliamentary army, by his wife Anne, daughter of William Hrettargh, of Bretlargh Holt, co. Lane, Ksq. 
 He was baptised at Frodsham, 10 Feb. 1640-I, and was educated at Krasenose College, Oxford, where he matriculated 
 31 July, 1658, H.A. 1662, M..*\. iS Jan. 1664-5, li. and D. Med, 1669, and Fellow of his College. He married (as stated in the 
 inscription) Susanna, daughter of Stephen Jackson, of London, merchant (marri.age settlement dated 20 Feb. , 1671-2, and the 
 marriage licence 6 April, 1672), by whom he had three sons, Stephen, Peter and Peter, who all died young, and one daughter 
 and heiress, Anne Gerard, who was married at .St. Michael's, Chester, on the 12 July, 1705, to Edward Norris, of Chester 
 and Speke, co. Lane, Esq., M.D., of Brxsenose College, Oxford. She died 3 Jan., 1729, aged 53, and wjs buried at 
 Garston, near Liverpool. Peter Gerard's widow, .Susanna, was buried .at .St. Mary's in 1706, the entry in the Register being 
 as follows: " M''" .Susannah (ierrard, widow, of St. Michell Parish, was buryed the 21 day of Aprill, 1706." 
 
 ' The word iram is very puzzling. It has been suggested that it is a mis-reading of / (go) jam (now), ami that the 
 meaning is " Go now and think on death," &c.
 
 MONUMENTAL INSCRIPTIONS FORMERLY IN THE CHURCH. 
 
 71 
 
 Gules. About the arms are these four crests : on the ri^^ht hand, a Hon rampant Ermine 
 crowned Or, and an oak tree as in the arms ; on the left hand a falcon's head erased Azure, 
 and a pheon point downwards Or. 
 Other inscriptions are — 
 
 " On an old .stone, all in capitals." 
 
 ' John Wright of Brewers Hall Esqr. 
 Departed this Life the 5 Day 
 
 of December 1689."' 
 AUso the Body of Catherine 
 Daughter to John Wright Esq. 
 Sonn to the above mentioned 
 John Wright, who Departed this 
 Life the i Day of Decern'' 1706. 
 
 ^ Near this place lyes the body of Alexander Wynne and Edward Wynne, sons of Edward Wynne of 
 Brithli^ in the county of Flint Esq' and Elizabeth his wife, daughter of Walter Horton of Catton, in com. 
 Derby, Esq', the said Edward the youngest son dyed the 22' of September 1681 and Alexander the 
 eldest son dyed the 2'' of October following and were buried in the same grave. 
 
 A shield of arms of six quarterings for JVynne : (i) and (6) Gules a lion rampant Argent. (2) Argent 
 a red rose proper. (3) Sable a chevron between three goats' heads er.ised Or. (4) Or a griffin segreaiit 
 Gules. (5) Gules a chevron between three pansies (?) Argent. 
 
 " On an old escutcheon." 
 
 ''Here lyeth interred y' Body of lohn 
 Houseman who was Borne in Kidder 
 minster in Woostershire gentle 
 man to y'= Honor''''' Coll. Rog. Whitley 
 of Peel Esq''. He departed this Life 
 in y'' 36"' Year of his Age & on the 
 17"' day of Nov. Afio Drii 1697." 
 
 ' Here lyeth Interred the Body of Phillip Bateman late of Upton who dyed the 25 ' Day of February 
 and in the Sixtye Eight Yeare of his age Annoque Domini 1697. 
 
 And Also the Body of Elizabeth Bateman Wife to Phillip Bateman who dyed the sixth day of 
 September and in the sixty fift Yeare of her Age Annoque Domini 1698. 
 
 This inscription commemorating a daughter of one of the rectors of the church, the 
 Rev. RiCH.VKD Wright, B.D., was " on a brass plate" on the north side of the altar rails: 
 
 ' AJd. MS. 29781 and Stowe MS 648. 
 
 ^ "John Wright Esq"' of Brewers hall was bur' y'^ 9"' ilay of Decemb''." 16S9. 
 
 ' Stowe MS. 648. 
 
 ^ ? Brithic, co. Flint. 
 
 ' Should be 27'!', he was buried on the 29"', and his brother on the 4"' October. 
 
 " Add. MS. 29781. 
 
 '• " Mr. John Houseman was Burycd y'' iS"" day of Novemb^" 1697. 
 
 » Add. MS. 297S1. 
 
 Query the 15"' day of February, the entry in the Register being •' Piiillip Bateman of Vpton wa.s Iniryed y'' I7'l' day of 
 Fehruary," 1697. His wife was buried on the Sth .Sept. 169S.
 
 72 ST. MARY-ON-THE-HILL, CHESTER. 
 
 ' Hie sita est 
 Elizabetha Filiarum ex duabus primogenita 
 Richardi Wright S.T.B. hujus 600165132 Rectoris 
 
 Et Vxoris Marine Fil.' nat.' maxima^ 
 Joannis Wainwright LL.D. Dicec. Cestr' Cancell' 
 
 obdormivit in pace Virgo pientissima 
 Intaminatis moribus ct omnigenffi Virtutis Xtianse 
 Prasssidiis munita 
 Secutores relinquens parentes 
 Et Mariam sororem etiam Virginem 
 
 Dolore obrutos 
 VII L- 1 , ^- f Dom. MDCCII.^ 
 
 Credentes fore ut resurgant singulorum Cineres 
 simulque anhelantes ut una pariter transferantur 
 in sedes Beatorum cum cecinerit Tuba ad illustrem 
 adventum Domini. 
 
 {Translation.) Here lies buried Elizabeth, the elder of the two daughters of Richard Wright, B.D., 
 Rector of this church, and Mary his wife, eldest daughter of John Wainwright, LL.D., Chancellor of the 
 diocese of Chester. This most pious maiden, fortified by her unsullied character and the safeguards of 
 Christian worth in every form, fell asleep in peace on the 2ist day of May, in the year of our Lord 1702, in 
 the 23rd year of her age, leaving her parents and her sister, also still a maiden, overwhelmed with grief, to 
 follow her. 
 
 Believing (as they do) it shall surely come to pass that the ashes of each one rise again, and ardently 
 desiring too that they may be at the same moment carried to the Abodes of the Blessed, when the Trumpet 
 shall have sounded for the glorious Advent of the Lord. 
 
 The following inscription relates to the family of WhishaW,^ long resident in St. Mary's 
 parish : — 
 
 * Here Lyeth the Body of Charles Whishaw who was buried the 25 day of July 1702. Alsoe the Body 
 of Mary late Wife of William Done of the Citty of Chester Gent.' who Departed this life the 2'' day of July 
 Anno Dili 1708. Alsoe the Body of Sarah I^cy AViddow and Relict of Thomas Lacy of Winkley in the 
 County of Lancaster Esq'', who Departed this life the 24 of January 1708 in the 73 year of her age. Alsoe 
 the Body of Rebecca Whishaw Daughter to Mr. Hugh Whishaw who dyed the 6 day of August 1710. 
 Alsoe Jane Daughter to Hugh Whishaw Gent was buried the 27 of February 17 14. Alsoe Frances" the 
 
 ' Add. MS. 29781 and Stoivc MS. 648. It is also referred to by Ormerod in 1819 as " on a lirass at the north side of the 
 altar rails," but no dates are given ! 
 
 - " Elizabeth Daugh"' to Mr. Rich'' Wright Minnister of .St. Marys was Buryed the 24"' day of May," 1702. 
 
 ' The manor of Ilockenhull in Cheshire was lx)ught in 1713 by Mr. Hugh Whishaw, of Chester, and was sold by his son and 
 successor in 1761 to John Walsh, Ksq., M.P. (Lyson's Cheshire, p. 797). The Gentleman 5 Magazine for 1841 has this obituary 
 notice : — " Dec. 21st, Died in Wilton Crescent, John Whishaw, Esq., M.A., F.R.S.. Senior Hencher of Grays Inn. He was 
 the elder son of the late Hugh Whishaw, Esq., of Chester, where he was Ixirn about 1764. He was educated at Macclesfield 
 Grammar School and Trinity College, Cambridge. He edited Mungo Park's Travels, and was the friend and executor of Sir 
 .Samuel Romilly." 
 
 ' Stowe MS. 64S, the dales corrected by the Registers. A flat tombstone relating to this family is still in the church 
 {see p. 53). 
 
 * His marriage is thus recorded in the St. Michael's Register: — 
 
 " 1704 May iS .M' Will"' Done Attorney & M-^ Mary Whishaw 
 Spinsf both t)f S" Marys parish, were niarryd Ijy a licence of y'' 16"' instant." 
 
 ° Her marriage is thus entered in the St. Mary's Register : — 
 
 " 1705 Hugh Whishaw Gent of Castell Lane and .M"' Frances Bramton 
 were married with a licence y' 23'' day of December."
 
 n ^, 3. /r ^^ . ^h^^^^Ac^, ^ /^ c^ i^k^^_ ..^.^.^wtw: .^ vW- ^ M. <.,._^^ <.^_^^. 
 
 MONUMENTAL INSCRIPTIONS FORMERLY IN THE CHURCH. 
 
 71 
 
 wife to Hugh A\Tiishaw C^nt was buried the loth day of October 1717. Alsoe the Body of William Done 
 of this Citty Gent, who was buried the 24 day of Aprill 17 19.' 
 
 This inscription commemorates the Rev. Ja.mes Pe.^ke, one of the non-jurying clergy of 
 Cheshire who refused to take the oath of allegiance to William III. in 1688. 
 
 " Quiescunt his reliquje 
 
 Reverendi J.acobi Peake 
 
 Ecclesiae Anglicanae 
 
 Aliquando Presbyteri, 
 
 Qui Fidem 
 
 Principi suo semel juratam 
 
 Constanti animo vindicavit 
 
 Supremum adusque diem 
 
 Propositi Tenax. 
 
 Obiit Primo die Aprilis 
 
 Anno Salutis MDCCXIX 
 
 ^tatis LXVIL 
 
 Another inscription related to the AcTON family. 
 
 ^ Thomas Acton sepultus 9 of November 1678. Hannah Acton sepulta 19 of February 1672 
 Benjamm Acton sepultus 22 of October 1686. Sarah Acton sepulta 31 of xMarch 1697. Thomas & 
 Hannah son and daughter to Mr. John Acton sepulti 20 of December 1688 and the 21 of March ,696 
 
 Elizabeth daughter to Johnson Mainwaring gen' was buried June the 3 day 1717. John son to Johnson 
 Mamwarmg Esq- was buried July the 29 17 19. Alsoe the Body of Elizabeth the wife of Johnson Main- 
 wanng Esq and daughter to John Acton gen', who was buryed the 2- day of December 17 19. 
 
 The entries in the Registers of St. Mary's of the various persons mentioned in the above 
 inscription differ somewhat materially as to dates, &c. They are as follows :— 
 1678. M"- Thomas Acton buried (with a Cert.) on the 26'" day of November. 
 1672. Hannah Wife of M' Thomas Acton buried on the 18 day of February. 
 16S6. W Benjamine Acton was bur. the 13"" day of October. 
 1697. Shnsaniia the wife to John Acton Gen' was bur. y' 31'' day of March. 
 1689. Thomas, son of M' John Acton was bur. y' 17"- day of December. 
 1697. Hanna daugh" to John Acton (ien' was Buryed y' 22 day of February. 
 1717- Elizabeth Daught' to IVP Johnson Man«-aringe of Castell Lane Buryed y- third Day of June. 
 
 ' TI'^,''!^''^''! °'' 'he persons named on this tablet are thus entered in the Registers of .St. Mary's — 
 1702 Charles W hishaw of Castell Lane was bur. y" 25"' of July 
 
 JthS v''7^"<'''^'w ^^ '"'?'? Done Gent, of Castell lane an Attorney was Bur}-ed the 5th day of Tulv 
 1708 .M.adam Sarah Lacy of Castell lane Widow was Buryed the 26"" day of Tanuary ^ ^' 
 
 1710 Kabakah Daugh'^ to M; Hugh Whishaw of Castell lane was Bur>-ed the 8th Day of August 
 \l\^ ■(?"%?' ^""Sh-to Mr Hugh Whishaw an Attorney was Buryed the 27"- Day of Kel™ 
 ' ^ ivM,^ '■''",'?' WTi.shaw Wife to Hugh Whishaw Gen' of .S> Bridgets Parish Burved v^ o-^ D-iv nf O., 1 
 .7.9 Udham Done Gen- of y^ Parish of .S' Peters an Attorney and sU Keeper waTBuVdy^ 25.''. Da^ of ^ril 
 -.-/,/,/. .1/^. 29781. The following is a translation:- > 01 April. 
 
 "Here he at rest the remains of the Reverend James Peake, sometime a priest of the Church of Fn-rland ■ ,.), 
 
 ■• .Mr. James Peake Minnist^ Dyed in the Parish of .S' Michaels and Buo'ed the third Day of Vprill 1719 " 
 
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 1719. Jolin son to John Manwaringe Esq'' in Trinity Parish, Buryed the 29"' Day of July. 
 1719. Elizabeth y' wife to Johnson IVfanwaringe Escf of Trinity I'arish Buryed the second Day of 
 Decemljer. 
 
 Other inscriptions are : — 
 
 ' Near this place lyeth the body of Mary daughter to Samuel! Meadowes buryed ffeb. 19. 1705 [1705-6]. 
 
 "' Charles Wilbraham Seaventh Son of Ralph Wilbraham of Dorfold in the County of Chester Esq' 
 and Patron of this Church who dyed the 20 of Aprill 1721 aged 32 Yeares. ' 
 
 ' Here lie 
 
 the Remains of the Rev 
 
 R.\LPH Vernon 
 
 Chaplain 
 
 to the Right Honourable 
 
 the Earl of Cholniondeley 
 
 He died the 28'" of July 1760 
 
 In the 42'"' Year of his Age.' 
 
 The following inscriptions, printed in Ormerod's History of Cheshire, published in 1S19, as 
 then existing in the church, are no longer to be found there, having disappeared during the 
 various restorations to which it has been subjected. The first relates to the first R.XNDLE Hc^LME, 
 the senior antiquary and genealogist of those names. 
 
 Attached to a pillar is a board on which are painted the arms of Holme quartering Traniiwll [or 
 
 Traiimere] and Lymme and impaling Alcock (Argent between three scythes Sable on a fesse Gules, an 
 
 escallop Or). Crests of Holme and Alcock (on a wreath, an escallop Or between two scythes Sable). 
 
 Inscription'' : — 
 
 Here beneath lyeth the bodyes of Randle Holme of 
 
 y'' Citie of Chester, 
 
 Aid', and Justice of Peace and was Maior thereof 1633, 
 
 died y'' 16 of Jan>' 1655, set 84 ; 
 
 Also of Elizabeth his wife, 
 
 daughter to Tho. Alcock, and widow to Tho. Chaloner, 
 
 gent., she dyed the 24 of May 1635 and [had] yssue two sones 
 
 William Holme y' died 1623,' without yssue ii 
 
 vinge, and Randle Holme, now living, who 
 
 was also maior of this citty 1643. 
 
 ' Stowc MS. 648, corrected by the Register of St. Mary's. 
 
 •^ Simve MS. 648. 
 
 ' The entry in the Register is as follows : — 
 
 "Mr. Charles Wilbraham Brother to Mr. Hugh \Vill)raham Rector of this Parish was Buried the 23d Day of Aprill 1721." 
 
 ' Add. MS. 29781. 
 
 ' He is described in the Register of St. Mary's as " the Rev. M'' Ralph Vernon, of Bridge Street," and he was buried there 
 on the 31st July, 1760. A " Mrs. Hannah Vernon, widow, of Watergate Street," was buried thereon the 2nd February. 1762. 
 She may have been his widow. 
 
 " This is also copied in the Slowe MS. 648, but the arms there noted are not the same as those given by Ormerod. 
 
 ' There seems to have been a separate little monument to this son thus given in the Stowc MS. 648, Add. MS. 29781, and 
 also by Ormerod, as follows : — 
 
 William Holme eldest son of Randle Holme dyed the lo"" day of July, 1623. 
 
 I am inclined to think that the shields of arms referred to in note 6 were attached to this mcmument and not lo the 
 former one.
 
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 MONUMENTAL INSCRIPTIONS FORMERLY IN THE CHURCH. 
 
 75 
 
 Another relates to the Brock family of Upton. 
 
 Susanna, daughter to Joseph Hockenhull of Shotwick Esq., wife to 
 
 William Brock. [No dates given.'] 
 William Brock. Esq., died lo Jan., 1715, aged 73. 
 
 William Brock, of Upton, Esq., his eldest son, died Aug. 10, 1734, aged 58.- 
 Another relates to the family of PrescoT of Chester.^' 
 
 Susanna, daughter of George and Anne Prescot, died 3 Feb., 1722. 
 Gregory, son of the same, died Oct. 4, 1725. 
 
 Anne, wife of the said George, died 22 Sept., 1740, aged 59 years. 
 George Prescot, merchant, died March 10, 1747, aged 67. 
 Thomas Prescot, of Eardshaw, co. Cest., Esq., died 29 Oct., 1768, aged 63. 
 Another relates to the WiLBR.\HAM family. 
 
 Capt. Peter Wilbraham died Feb. 27. 1765, aged 40.' 
 Mary, his wife, died Jan. 10 [? 30] 1766, aged 37.' 
 
 On gravestones in the chancel were the following inscriptions to the children of John and 
 Elizabeth Hill « :_ 
 
 Emma Jane Barbarah, 3rd daughter, died May 8th, 18 10 (15 months) ; Emma Jane Barbarah, Nov. 
 8, 1810 (3 months); Elizabeth .-Vnne, 2" daughter, born Aug. 3, 1805, died Jan. 27, 1812; Robert 
 Wilbraham Hill, 4"' son, born April 9, 1815, died July 4, 181 5. 
 
 The following inscription to a distinguished ecclesiastic, George Snell, D.D., Archdeacon 
 of Chester and Rector of Wallasey, who died on the 5th February, 1655-6, was' accidentally 
 omitted in its proper place. 
 
 ' Hie situs est Georgius Snell, S.T.P. 
 Archidiaconus Cestriensis, qui per injuriam 
 Temporis in Cornmunionem Laicam redactus, 
 privatus obiit Feb. 5, 1655.- 
 
 His burial is thus entered in the Register of St. Mary's :— 
 
 " 1655. Docter Snell buried in the Quire neere M'' Pearetrees tombe the 7"' day of ffebruary " \i e 
 1655-6]. 
 
 ' .She was buried in February, 1699-1700, the entry in the Register bein?, 
 
 ^ " .Shusannah y^ wife to William Brock, Esq., of .St. OswePs Parish, was buryed y' a-" day of Feb. 1699 " [1699-1700] 
 
 famiUef^/ontcTed'^^Wth t^Z^ft I^C^' '' """' ''■'■ ^'' ="^° "><= ^"" P^^^'sree of the Brocks in the account of the old 
 
 .vuhJJ'lll^'^'} '"■"'''"'"! "'" ^^if' T ""•= ^^"'"^ <'^93), but the inscription is all but illegible. At the top is a brass nlate 
 - Here MetT^h ^^T 9^ '^''""^^ '^'*"" '^''' °"'* '^='''"<^ ''^ ^"'' '^e inscription begins thus tal? ^n ca.^^t^, i!^'^ 
 
 ""resco ll ^"^^"T T-- 'est worn oir. . . . till near the end these words are legible .' ! . . 
 
 aged 63 " ■ ■ ■ ^^^^^ Lieutenant . . . who departe.l this life the . . . of October, ,768; 
 
 For aliotice of this family ... the account of the old families connected with .St. .Mary's, /../.„. fl>^t« i i.iy , -.(^^^ ^...cL^ c^ 
 W Peter Wilbraham Gentleman of .S' Johns parish was Buried the Secon.l daj' of March " 1765 Uw^«>. 
 
 ^^l::^^:^r^:l^J^^-^::^^ m'the churchwardens- Accounts 
 
 was '^'^^^^^:::^':^^J^!^:^^^^;'^^ ---P'-- -- '- ^^^ Church ,.. p. 4S,. John H,„, Esc,.. 
 
 and -™^S:iHs;i^::?i^t?^>^;S;:?:i;;i!^ ':f-t:^^-^'ft ^- -^- -- --• -^^•. 
 
 CommiSll^i i^^Z:^:::^^^^:^^^ «^ C^--- «'^° '^^ .he lawlessness of the times, reduced to Lay 
 
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 ST. MARY-ON-THE-HILL, CHESTER. 
 
 He was the .son of William Snell, of Charley and Nethercot, co. Devon, by Margaret, his 
 
 wife, daughter of Stranber)-, of Stranbery and Ea.stdown in that county.^ He 
 
 appears to have completed his education at St. John's College, Cambridge, of which college 
 he was elected Fellow, but on the 8th Julj', 1620, he received the degree of Doctor of Divinity 
 " after public performance of exercise " from the University of St. Andrew's.^ He married Lydia, 
 sister of Dr. John Bridgeman, Bishoj) of Chester (himself a Devonshire man), by whom he had 
 a family of one son, George,* and si.\ daughters.'' On the i6th January, 1618-19, he was collated 
 b}- the Bishop (Morton) to the Archdeaconrj- of Chester. In the same year, 1619, he was 
 appointed to the Rectory of Wallasey, co. Chester,-'^ which he held, together with the Rectory of 
 Waverton (to which he was appointed about 1633*), till the time of the Civil War, when he would 
 appear to have been turned out b}' the Parliamentary party.' He retired to Chester, and was 
 buried at St. Mary's on the 7th Feb. 1655-6. 
 
 ' ffar/. MS. 2040, f. 6S''. 
 
 ^ See Harl. MS. 2131, f. 200, where liis diploma is given, ami where he is described as Fellow of .St. John's College, 
 Cambridge. 
 
 ' " i62o[-l] Jan. 8. Thomas, son of Dr. Snell, Archdeacon of Chester, baptized.'' (Register of Wigan, co. Lane.) 
 ' The eldest of these daughters, Elizabeth, married Thomas Bennett, of Barnston, co. Chester ; the second, Margaret, 
 /iK^wefft. married Thomas Jepson (?), of Maner (?), near Ilawarden ; the third, Katherinc, was unmarried ; the fourth, Lydia, married 
 
 '\ii- Icihn I'arker, of Watford, co. Hertford ; the fifth. Dove (?), m.irried Robert Dicas, of Burton, in Gresford parish; and the 
 
 J^ sixth, ICleanor, was unmarried. {Had. MS. 2040, f. 68"'.) 
 
 ^ He paid his composition for First Fruits for the Rectory of Wallasey 9 Fel). 17 James [1619-20], and again, on a re- 
 presentation to the same rectory, on the 19 May 21 James [1623]. 
 
 " He paid his composition for First Fruits for Waverton on the 30 March, 9 Charles, 1633. 
 ' The exact dates of his leaving Wallasey and Waverton are at present uncertain. 
 
 Coat of .\rms on the brass to Rowi.and Wari.nc, (".i.nt,, 1695 
 {See page 48. )
 
 
 LIST OF THE RECTORS OF ST. MARY'S. ^j 
 
 iltst Of tfjr Efftors of ;^t. iHary's. 
 
 C. 1200 to 1893. 
 
 {From the Episcopal Registers at Liclifield and Chester, the Record Office, London, the 
 Parish Registers and Churchwardens' Accounts, &c., &c.) 
 
 rfw/. King John, [i 199-12 16.] RICHARD DE COTON. 
 
 Presented by Hugh, Abbot of St. Werburgh and the Convent of the .same. 
 
 The name of this, the earliest known rector of St^ Mary's, I fortunately met with in one of the 
 Harlcian MSS. in the British Museum {MS. 1994, f 262). That MS. is one of the Randle Holme col- 
 lection, and is mostly in the handwriting of the third Randle Holme, who describes this particular record 
 as "an old roll lent me by Dr. Bridgeman, Deane of Chester in Feb. i66i[-2]." That roll contained an 
 account of certain " Pleas at Chester. 13 Richard H. [22 June 1389 to 21 June 1390] relating to St. 
 Werburghs Abbey and recent presentations to the churches of the Abbey &c." The then Abbot states 
 that " Hugh late Abbot, temp. King John, presented to the said church of S' Mary-on-the-Hill a certain 
 clerk Richard de Colon, who was admitted on that presentation and instituted and inducted in the time of 
 King John." 
 
 The name of no other rector is at present known till the beginning of the 14th century, 
 when the Episcopal Registers at Lichfield supply the following presentations : — 
 
 13 1 4. 3rd Kalends of May [29 April]. Robert de Clipston. 
 Presented by the Abbot and Convent of St. Werburgh at Chester. 
 
 1324. 1 8th Kalends of February [15 January]. Richard de St. Edmund. 
 
 Presented by Edward the King [as Earl of Chester] by reason of the temporalities of the 
 Abbey of St. Werburgh at Chester being vacant and in his hands. [Cause of vacancy not 
 given.] 
 
 He occurs on the Cheshire Recognizance Rolls on Jan. 20, 1326-7, as "the lord {dominus) Richard ^ J6*k'4m.( vi- s^ 
 de S' Edmund, parson of the church of S' Mary-on-the-Hill, near the Castle of Chester." .S"" v>xo»« ^t<« e\^^^\r_ 
 
 This rector was the celebrated Rich.ard de Bury {i.e.. Bury St. Edmunds), who was an active states- 
 man and churchman in the reign of Edward III., being created Bishop of Durham in 1333, and Lord 
 Treasurer and Lord Chancellor of England in 1334. At the time of his presentation to St. Mary's he was 
 already Dean of Wells, to which office he was appointed on the 20th Feb. 1322, being described in the 
 Episcopal Register as " Richard de Bury alias de Sancto Edmundo." He was also at this time Chamber- 
 IJ/tS* '^'" '^^ Chester, appointed in 1321. In 1435, the year of his death, he completed his Philobiblion, "a 
 pious memorial of himself before God," a book which has made his memory so dear to Bibliophiles." 
 
 1327. 7th Kalends of January [26 December]. Alan de Retford. 
 
 Presented by the Abbot and Convent of St. Werburgh at Chester, on the resignation of the 
 lord {doviini) Richard de St. Edmund, the last rector. 
 
 His name occurs on the Cheshire Recognizance Rolls on the 13th Oct. 1328, and 19th |uly, 1331, in both 
 of which entries he is described as parson or rector of St. Mary's. ■J(.'^t^.<r»>j..('>?- 
 
 ' An interesting account of Richard de Bur)- w.is contributed to the Cheshire .^heaf'm iSSo (vol. ij., pp. 68, 74, and 96) by 
 the late Mr. J. E. Bailey, K.S.A. A much fuller memoir of him by Mr. E. C. Thomas, with a translation of the Philobiblion, 
 has since been published.
 
 (>tM) Ittv-^J ""OV^Ao Civ./.^CK ()tSl) t>^ I3^G ICo^vCvj dx. 'i<ii-i<ixctm. 
 
 78 ST. MARY-ON-Tilli-HILL, CHESTER. 
 
 1335. loth Kalends of August [23 Jul>]. TilOMAS DE Caponhurst. 
 
 Presented by the Abbot and Convent of .St. WcrburLjli ;it Clicstcr, on tlie resignation of 
 Alan dc Retford, the last rector. 
 
 1338. 2nd Nones September [4 Sept.]. Guv DE NEWTt^N. 
 Presented by the Abbot and Convent of St. Werburgh at Chester, on the resignation of 
 Thomas de Caponhurst, the last rector. 
 
 In 1337 this rector was beneficed at Coddington {Cheshire Recognizance Rolls). On the same rolls 
 he occurs as parson of St. Mary's on the 19th Jan. 1338-9. 
 
 1342. 6th Kalends October [26 Sept.]. TiiOMAS DK Bywnton. 
 Presented by the Abbot and Convent of St. Werburgh at Chester, <n\ the death of Guy de 
 Newton, the last rector. 
 
 He was afterwards rector of x\stbury, from 1343 to 1368. It has been conjectured that his name may 
 be the same as IJebington, from the place of that name in W'irral Hundred. He was also for some time 
 rector of Thurstanton in that Hundred. 
 
 1343. 7th Kalends November [26 Oct.]. Richard de Oclecii. 
 
 Presented by the Abbot and Convent of St. Werburgh at Chester, on the resignation of 
 Thomas de Byvynton, by reason of an exchange with the church of Astbury. 
 
 This rector was presented to Astbury by the Abbot and Convent of St. Werburgh on 9th Kalends Oct. 
 [23 Sept.], 1336, and is mentioned as such on the Cheshire Recognizance Rolls in 1342. In 1343, and again 
 on Sept. 1 1, i347j he occurs on the same rolls as rector of St. Mary's. His name is sometimes spelt Okley 
 
 or Okeleye. 
 
 \c. 1362]. John de Shevnton. 
 
 [Probabl)- presented by the Abbot and Convent of St. Werburgh at Chester, but his presen- 
 tation has not occurred.] 
 
 On the 3rd Ides of March, 1362, John de Sheynton [? Shevington] liad a dispensation to leave his 
 church for the purposes of study, and is then spoken of as " Rector of S' Mary on the Hill, Chester." 
 
 JoiH-'vrh-Jt. ^I'^l- 18th Kalends December [14 Nov.]. John Squhcr. 
 
 y untQ-\ Presented by the .Abbot and Convent of St. Werburgh at Chester. [Cause of vacancy not 
 
 stated, but the rectory is said to have become vacant on the Wednesday next following the feast 
 of St. Michael.] 
 
 This rector retired in 1403' on a pension of 40 marks per annum, of which 20 marks is recorded to 
 have been paid to him on Oct. 17, 1404, by the Abbot of St. Werburgh {Cheshire Recognizance Rolls). He 
 is then described as "John Squier of Sainsbury." This pension continued to be paid him up to Jan. 27, 
 1412-13. 
 
 1403. i.st May. John de Wvlaston. 
 
 Presented by the Abbot and Convent of St. Werburgh at Chester. [Although the cause of 
 vacancy is not stated, it was on the resignation of John Squier, the last rector.] 
 
 In Harl. MS. 2007, f 83"', is a copy of a deed dated 14 19 to which "John de Willaston parson of the 
 church of the Blessed Mary on the Hill at Chester" was a party. His name frequently occurs on the 
 Cheshire Recognizance Rolls from 1^105 to 1423, so that he appears to have been a well-known man in 
 Chester. 
 
 ' It has lieen stated that Rithard de Madley ^x\A John dc Altcar were rectors of St. Mary's c. 1380, liiit no confirmation of 
 this has occurred, and it is,ahnost certain that John Squier was there from 1363 to 1403.
 
 
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 LIST OF THE RECTORS OF ST. MARY'S. 79 
 
 He died on the yth April, 1430, and was commemorated by stained glass placed to his memory in 
 
 the church {see p. 34). 
 
 1430 April. RiCHAKD PENSELL.i 
 
 Presented by William Troutbeck, Esq., on the death of John de Wylaston, the last rector, 
 on the 7th April last. 
 
 In /far/. MS. 2022, f. 18, is a copy of a deed dated 24 Henry 6 [1446] in which the name of " Richard 
 Pensell, parson of the church of the Blessed Mary " occurs. His name is frequently to be met with on the 
 Cheshire Rscog?iizance and Plea Rolls in 1433, i439i 'S^c. 
 
 During his incumbency the Chantry Chapel at the end of the south aisle was built by William Trout- 
 beck, Esq., and Joan his wife in 1433 (see p. 31), and on the 23rd Sept. 1444, they founded a chantry 
 there and dedicated it to the Holy Trinity {see p. 32). 
 
 He died in 1458 and, like his predecessor, was commemorated by stained glass placed to his memory 
 in the church {see p. 35). 
 
 1458. 17th May. James Stanley. 
 
 Presented by the Abbot and Convent of St. Werburgh at Chester, on the death of Richard 
 Pensell, the last rector. 
 
 On the 1 6th Sept. 1464, this rector was presented to St. Peter's, Chester, by the Abbot and Convent 
 of St. Werburgh, having effected an exchange with Roger Asser, the then rector there. He resigned St. 
 Peter's in 1466 and went to Hawarden. 
 
 1464. 1 6th September. Roger Asser. 
 
 Presented by the Abbot and Convent of St. Werburgh at Chester, on the resignation of 
 James Stanley, the last rector, by reason of an exchange with the church of St. Peter at Chester. 
 
 In a chronological account of the city of Chester' it is stated that on the 15th January, 1470I -i] "Roger 
 Asser, dean of S' Johns and parson of S' Marys " died. 
 
 1471. loth July. Henry Smyth. 
 Presented by the Abbot and Convent of St. Werburgh at Chester, on the death of Roger 
 Asser, the last rector. 
 
 He occurs on the Cheshire Recognizance Rolls in 1480. 'i-' 
 
 i498[-9]. 2nd January. John Veysy, LL.D. 
 Presented by the Abbot and Convent of St. Werburgh at Chester, on the death of Henr>- 
 Smyth, the last rector. 
 
 1506. 4th August. James Straitbarell. ji^-^^v^-^ij^w*-^ 
 
 Presented by the Abbot and Convent of St. Werburgh at Chester, by reason of an exchange ^buu^lA-^ea 
 with the prebend of Alton Boriall in the Cathedral Church of Salisbury. 
 
 In the earliest Act Book now preserved at Chester it is stated that this rector was presented on the 
 resignation of Mr. John Veysy, Doctor of Laws, and that "he was admitted instituted and inducted by 
 Magister Robert Cliffe, the Bishop's official at Chester." 
 
 [? 1523. 2 May.] Maurice Birchinshaw, LL.B. 
 [No particulars as to the presentation of this rector or the cause of vacancy appear to be on , 
 record.] 
 
 ' The name of Hiimphrev RoMcv, presented by Sir William tie Athiirslon, Knt., on the 9th April, 1430, has been given as 
 having been a rector of St. Mary's, but no confirmation of this has occurred, and there is no doubt that Richard I'ensell was 
 the rector from 1430 to 1458. 
 
 - Ormerod's History of Cheshire, vol. i., p. 233. 
 
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 80 ST. MARY-ON-Tlli:-Hll.l., CHESTKR. 
 
 i527[-8]. 9th March. JOHN DAViiNroRT, M.A. 
 Presented by llic Abbot and Con\'cnt of St. \Vcrbiir_<(h at Chester, on the resignation of 
 Maurice Hirchinshaw, the last rector. 
 
 This rector was commemorated in the old stained glass formerly placed in the east window of the 
 chancel {see p. 34). 
 
 1534. nth May. Jt)iiN Brkreton. 
 
 Presented by the Abbot and Convent of St. Werburgh at Chester, on the death of John 
 Davenport, the last rector. 
 
 This rector was the third son of Sir Randle Brereton, of Shocklach, co. Chester, knight, and brother of 
 Sir William Brereton, Knt., who was beheaded in 1536. He was instituted to the rectory of Bebington, co. 
 Chester, on the 14th March, 1511, and subsequently held the living of Astbury from 1535 to 1542. Healso 
 held io//t moieties of the church of Malpas from 1533 to 1542, being the only rector of that church who 
 ever did so. His death occurred in 1542. In some of his presentations he is styled "decretorum doctor," 
 doctor of decrees (?). 
 
 1542. 22 November. Richard Whitehead. 
 
 Presented by Ottiwell Worseley, gentleman, by reason of a grant of the next presentation 
 made by the Abbot and Convent of St. Werburgh at Chester, on the death of John Brereton, the 
 last rector. 
 
 The grant of the next presentation above referred to is enrolled in the earliest Institution Book at 
 Chester (1502 to 1576), fol. 14. Il hears date 5th Oct. 1536, and isagrant liy John, .Abbot of the Monastery 
 of St. Werburgh in the city of Chester, of the order of St. Benedict and the Convent of the same, the true 
 and undoubted patrons of the parish church of the blessed St. Mary-on-the-Hill in the said city, to John 
 Byrkenhead, Esq., and Ottiwell Worseley, gentlemen, of the next presentation to the said rectory. 
 
 Mr. Richard Whitehead was admitted and instituted on the 25th November, 1542. The original pre- 
 sentation dated 22 Nov. 1542, addressed to John [Bird] Bishop of Chester, and signed " per me Otuelum 
 Worseley," is still preserved in the Bishop's Registry at Chester. It is the earliest original presentation to 
 St. Mary's now preserved there. 
 
 On the 14th March, 34th Henry VHI. [1542-3], the advowson of St. Mary's having in the meantime 
 been granted to the Dean and Chapter of the newly created Cathedral of Chester, Henry Man, D.D. {sacre 
 iheologie professor) and Dean of the Cathedral of Chester and " the canons or prebendaries of the said 
 Cathedral in chapter assembled," as patrons "of the parish church of the blessed Mary, the Virgin, 
 commonly called the church of the blessed Mary on the hill in the city of Chester," granted to Edmund Cee, 
 Thomas Langlcy, and William Rogers, alias Rogerson, of Chester, the next presentation to the said rectory. 
 To this grant, the original of which is now in the Bishop's Registry at Chester, there is a fragment of the 
 Dean and Chapter seal still remaining. 
 
 On the 28th March, 1543, the above grantees made the next presentation to the rectory as follows : — 
 
 1543. 28th March. Henry Man, D.D. J'U-»vwv^jw».iyis^^ "K^o^. 
 Presented by Edmund Gee, Thomas Langley, and William Rogers, alias Rogerson, of the 
 city of Chester, by virtue of a grant to them of the next presentation by the Dean and Chapter 
 of Chester dated 14th March last past, on the death of Richard Whitehead, the late rector. 
 
 This rector was admitted and instituted on the 30th March, 1543, but there would appear to have been 
 some disputes about this presentation, for on the 19th April, the King, Henry VIII., presented another 
 rector as shown by the following entry, dul)' enrolled, like the previous one, in the first volume of the 
 Institution Books now preserved at Chester. 
 
 Dr. Henry Man is stated to have been a Carthusian monk at the Charterhouse, London, and also one 
 of the brethren of Sion College, London. He was the second Dean of Chester, to which office he was
 
 LIST OF THE RECTORS OF ST. MARY'S. 
 
 appointed on the 8th October, 1541. On the 22nd January, 1546, he was elected Bishop of Sodor and 
 Man, which he held for a time in commendam with the Deanery of Chester. He died 17th October, 1556. 
 
 1543. 19th April. James CouRTHORPE, M.A. 
 
 Presented by the King [Henry VHL] as the true patron of the church of St. Mary in the 
 city of Chester, vacant by the death of the last incumbent [Richard Whitehead]. 
 
 This rector appears to have been duly admitted and instituted, but the date of institution is not given. 
 
 It is not quite clear which of these two rectors succeeded in establishing his claim, but it is probable 
 that Henry Man, D.D., who was at that time Dean of Chester, retained .St. Mary's. In 1544 the Church- 
 wardens' Accounts record the burial of "Sir /<;/<« Aere," who was no doubt one of the priests serving at 
 St. Mary's. 
 
 1546. 23rd April. Thomas Taylor. 
 
 Presented by Henry [Man] by divine permission Bishop of Sodor [and Man] and Dean of 
 Chester and the Chapter of the same, on the resignation of the last rector [? Henry Man]. 
 
 The following entry occurs in the extracts from the old Register of St. Mary's {Harl. MS. 2111, f. 113), 
 "S"" Thomas Taylor pson there was married 16 of November 1550," but the name of his wife is not given. 
 There is also the entry cf '■ Clement son of Tho. Taylor baptized 18 Aug. 1553." 
 
 By a deed dated 28th June, 38 Henry VIII. [1546], the Dean and Chapter of the Cathedral church of 
 Christ and the Blessed Mary of Chester, the true patrons of the parish church of the Blessed Mary-upon- 
 
 the-Hill in the city of Chester, grant to Sir Thomas Caurden, or Cawerden, Knt., his executors and assigns, RC'A«..:r{javTJ«^ 
 
 the next presentation to the said church.' By another deed dated on the nth February, 3rd Edward \l. ^'■^^^^'^ "^i K^-vm 
 [1548-9], he transferred this next presentation to Richard Colly, gentleman,-' who in turn granted it to Randle "''* ' 
 
 Brereton of the city of Chester, gentleman, by deed dated 28th May in the same year. 
 
 In 1546 ^<//w«</^«/-/(7« is described as Curate at St. Mary's.' In 1548 the Churchwardens' Accounts 
 mention " Sir //e/irv Brouw," ' " Sir George," ' and " Sir Oliver," ' three priests probably connected with St. ^ (^€wty -urUt^ 
 Mary's, and in 1550 "Sir If/tg/i Ley" is mentioned, and in 1551 "Sir Richard Faulknerr The copy of i^^v.'trWi cttfcw l^ 
 the earliest Register of St. Mary's, which is now missing, (contained in Harl. MS. 2177), records the ?^c^K*/v.^ti c/.o^.£. 
 burial of '"SAx Richard Standiffe priest" on the sth April, 1548, and that of "Sir Henry Browne, priest, ^M>^ iV. 
 son of Thomas Browne," on the 13th June, 1553. 
 
 1554. loth September. Charles Duckworth. 
 Presented by John Brereton, of Eccleston, co. Chester, gentleman, by reason of the assign- 
 ^ ment to him by Margaret Goodman and Ursula Goodman, the assigns of [Sir] Thomas Garden 
 [Knt.], the patron, by reason of the grant of the advowson made to him by the Dean and Chap- 
 ter of the Cathedral church of Chester dated 28th June, 38th Henry VIII. [1546] [on the depri- 
 vation of Thomas Taylor, the last incumbent]. 
 
 He was admitted and instituted on the 25th Sept. 1554. In the original presentation, preser\-ed in the 
 Bishop's Registry at Chester, the living is said to have been vacant " owing to the deprivation of Sir Thomas 
 Talior the last incumbent." 
 
 There would also seem to have been a dispute about this presentation, for on the 15th Sept. 1554, 
 \ViLLi.\M Brogden, M.A., was presented by Edward .... of Chester, gentleman, and Ellen his 
 wife, administrators of Thomas Bennett of Chester, deceased, by reason of a grant of the next presentation 
 to the said Thomas Bennett by Sir Thomas Cawrden, Knt., the true ()atron, on the deprivation of Thomas 
 
 ' Original deed in the Bishop's Registry at Chester, wilh a portion of the seal remaining. 
 
 •■' Ibid.— ibid. 
 
 ^ Will in the Enrollment Books at Chester, vol. i., f. 14;;. 
 
 Sir was at this time a common designation for a priest or clergyman, and originally signified one who had taken a 
 degree at a university. It was used till the middle of the 17th century, and is to be found in Shakespeare. 
 
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 ST. MARY-OX-THE-HILL, CllliSTER. 
 
 Taylor, the last incumhent.' Nothiiii; more is known of Mr. Brogdeii, but Charles Duckworth succeeded 
 to the living and gave a bond to the Bishop dated 6 Oct. 1554." He paid his composition for First Fruits 
 on the 2 March, i554[-5] and retained possession of the living for over forty years. In 1533-4 Charles 
 Duckworth had been returned at the Bishop's Visitation as a stipendary priest at .Mdford paid by the 
 rector, and in 1547 he is described as curate there. 
 
 Unfortunately nothing is at present known of the family history of this rector, who was here for such 
 an unusually long period. He died in 1596, but his will, if he made any, is not now [)reserved at Chester. 
 In the Churchwardens' Accounts there are several references to a George Duckwort/i, who appears to have 
 helped the rector, and who was not improbably his son. Later on another Charles Duckworth was 
 beneficed in the diocese of Chester, and was pre.sented to Dodleston in 1634. 
 
 The deprivation of Thomas Taylor was probably due to his being a married man when, on the acces- 
 sion of Queen Mary in July, 1553, the Roman Catholic religion was again revived and many of the married 
 clergy were turned out of their livings. 
 
 In lyio/ames J/i//ier \va.s "Curate of S' Marys on the hill in Chester" {Harl. MS. 2177, f. 113. Notes 
 from the old Registers of St. >Fary"s, now lost). In the year 1580 the Churchwardens' Accounts contain 
 an entry to the effect that on the 12 July in that year Robert Collier., clerk, came there as Curate. The 
 Churchwardens' Accounts also note the burial in 1587 of '"Sir Hugh Ley., priest, some time curate." He 
 was here in 1550 (.f^^ before), i**- vs^. 
 
 1596. 4th June. Robert Collier. 
 
 Presented by Richard Brercton, Esq. [of Flccleston], on the death of Charles Duckworth, the 
 last rector. 
 
 As recorded in the Institution Book in the Bishop's Registry at Chester (vol. ii., p. 25) he was duly in- 
 ducted to the rectory of St. Mary-on-thc Hill, by James Milner, clerk [who had been previously the curate 
 there], in the presence of Robert Brerewood, Alderman, Thomas Wierden, Robert .Sandford, Randle 
 \\'hitbie, William Cross, John Houghton (?), clerk of the said church, John Gregory, Thomas Rogerson, 
 Robert Cadie, Richard Crosse, and Thomas Powell. He paid his composition for First Fruits on the Sth 
 July, 1596.' 
 
 Mr. Collier must have been well known to the parishioners of St. Mary's before he became rector, for it 
 is recorded in the first volume of the Churchwardens' Accounts, " Robert Colliere clarke came to be Curate 
 in this yeare 1580 Julij xij"." 
 
 In February 162 1-2 Mr. Collier, as Rector of St. Mary's, and Mr. (iill, as "Lecturer" there, contributed 
 the sums of 10 shillings and 5 shillings respectively to the fund raised amongst the clergy of the diocese of 
 Chester towards "the recovery of the Palatinate."' 
 
 This rector died in the summer of 1623, after having held this living for 27 years. His will, dated 4th 
 July, was proved at Chester on the 6th .Vug. 1623. He describes himself as "Robert Collier clarke, Rector 
 of S' Maries," and begins by dividing his six " best spoons " equally amongst his three daughters Katherine, 
 Elizabeth, and Jane, " and the other three spoons I leave to my wife, together with my little silver cup, 
 my two kine, my best bed, well furnished, both with linen and woollen, my great press, my great new chest 
 together with tables, chairs," &c., conditionally upon her giving to his daughter Jane as much linen as his 
 other daughters, who were then married, had received. He left the remainder of his goods equally 
 between his daughters, and appointed his son in-law, Thomas Wright, his sole executor. The will is signed 
 " By me Roliert Collier, Rector of S' Maries." In a codicil he bequeathed to his other son-in-law, Wxn. 
 Smith. " all my Latin Books, according to my promise formerly made," and he left to " Mr. Brereton," prob- 
 
 ' Mr. ti. J. I'iccupc's Notes from presenlations and proceedings at Chester. 
 
 - Ibid.— ibid. 
 
 ^ Record Society (Lancashire and Cheshire) pulilications, vol. viij., ].. 401. 
 
 * Ihid. — /*(■</., tol. xij., p. 60.
 
 LIST OF THE RECTORS OF ST. MARY'S. 83 
 
 ably the patron of the living, "a piece of gold to the value of 22 shillings," and to Mr. John Gill, his curate, 
 " Stultetus (?) on Esaiah " for a remembrance. The only witness to the will is " John Gill, clericus." 
 
 The inventory of his effects was taken on the 31st July, 1623, and amongst the items " 18 coats of 
 amies or scuchins" are valued at 3s., and " his books of all sorts" at jCi8 12s. 6d. In his "Study" there 
 were, amongst other things, " 3 little desks, a sNvord, a head piece, 2 daggers and other implements " valued ^ .j,.,jk~, 1/ 
 at 7s. 6d. He had in money owing to him j£i6 12s. • " 
 
 His daughter, Jane Collier, only survived her father a few weeks. Her will, dated the 20th Sept. 1623, 
 and proved at Chester on the 8th October in that year, contains many items of interest. She desired her 
 body " to be buried upon my father's corpse in the church of St. Marys." " To the poor of St. Marys 
 parish" she bequeathed ;^5 for a stock "and the poor to have every Good Friday los worth of bread." 
 "To the poor of St. Toolers [i.e., St. Olaves] los, to St. Michaels los, to St. Bridgets los, to St. Martins 
 I OS, to Trinity los, to St. Peters los, to Little St. Johns los, to St. Oswalds 15s, and to St. Johns 
 parish 15s." She also bequeathed the following legacies : "to my son John Crosse" ^.^30, "to my brother 
 Smith 22s, to my brother Wright 22s, to Mr. Brereton 20s, to my sister Wright 20s, to her son Timothy 
 20s and 2 spoons, to my sister Smith and her three sons 20s each, to my mother 20s, to widow Grenwall 
 20s, to my father in law Crosse 5s, to Joseph Teggen [the parish clerk] 5s," and several other small sums 
 to different persons. She desired her brother [in law], Thomas Wright, to be her executor. 
 
 The will is endorsed on the back as that of "Jane Collier a/ias Crosse late of the city of Chester 
 deceased." The executor's accounts are preserved with the will, and some extracts may here be given. <\ l i/nr- 
 
 They are described as " the accounts of Thomas Wright executor of the last will of Jane Collyer, late of , 1/ ■ 
 
 the parish of S' Mary in the city of Chester deceased, made the 13 February i625[-6]." 
 
 Item paid for the coffin 7 s. 6d. 
 
 ,, for blacking the coffin 1 2d. 
 
 ,, for the loan of blacks for the bier and pulpit 6d. 
 
 ,, to the ringers for ringing 4s. 
 
 ,, for beer for the ringers i8d. 
 
 „ to Mr. Asbrooke^ for funeral sermon 20s. 
 
 „ to Joseph Tegen, the clerk, for his duties and grave making i8d. 
 
 ,, to Mr. Gill for redeeming books the decedent had pawned to him 15s. 
 
 Mr. /o/in Gill, M..\., above referred to was for many years curate at St. Mary's. He is called 
 " Lecturer" in 1622. 
 
 1623. 1 6th December. Francis Edwards,- M.A. 
 
 Presented by Richard Brereton, Esq. [of Eccleston], on the death of Robert Collier, the last 
 incumbent. 
 
 He was admitted and inducted on the 23rd December " by John Gyll, Master of Arts, Curate of .'-t. 
 
 Marys," when he gave the usual bond to the Bishop of Chester. As these bonds are of uncommon 
 
 occurrence, and are very interesting from the stipulations they contain, I have copied that given by him in 
 
 full. 
 
 Bond to the Rev. father in Christ, John, by Divine permission. Bishop of Chester, in the sum of 
 
 ;^ioo, given by Francis Edwards, clerk, rector of the parish church of St. Mary on the Hill in the 
 
 city of Chester. Dated 23'''' Dec. 1623. 
 
 "The Condicon of the within written obligacon is such That yf the within bounden ffrancis 
 
 1 Mr. Asbrook was " curate of S' Johns" in 1622 (Record Society, vol. xij., p. 60), and probably was still there in 1623. 
 
 - In the Institution Books at Chester (vol. ij., p. 102) there is an entr>- under date of the nth August, 1623, that at Bangor 
 on that date the Rev. Father, Tohn, Bishop of Chester [would have] instituted Master Thom.as Bridges, clerk, 10 the rectory of 
 
 St. Mary-on-the-IIill, in the "city of Chester, on the presentation of Mr Brereton, Vacant by the death of the last 
 
 incumbent, but he declined to be instituted. In the margin there is this entrj' : " M'' he would not accept it & therefore could 
 not be inducted." 
 
 M 2
 
 84 ST. MARY-ON-THE-HILL, CHESTER. 
 
 EuwARDS clerke instituted unto the Rectory of St Maries within menconed Doe not only preach 
 and expound the word reuently to his best power in the said Church of St Maries at tymes 
 Convenient to the Congregacon there Comitted to his Charge as befitteth his place and Callinge 
 but alsoe Doe every Sabaoth and festiuall Daie, vnlesse hee Can shew iust Cause of his absence 
 or otherwise be licensed by the within named Reuend father or other iudge Competent in that 
 behalfe, instruct the youth of the sayd pishe in the Catachisme and Doe painfully vse Cure and 
 Diligence therein. And further doe att all tymes hereafter against all manner of persons whatsoeuer 
 saue Defend and keepe harmeles the said reuend father of and from all and all manner of Charges, 
 suits troubles and Incumbrances whatsoeuer which may at any tyme hereafter happen to arrise 
 accrue and growe for or by reason of the grauntinge of the sayd Instituton and induccon to the said 
 ffrancis Edwards. And yf it fortune the tytle or presentacon whereby hee was presented to be 
 lawfully Disproved and any other lawfully approved then yf the sayd ffrancis Edwards Doe within 
 one moneth next after warninge giuen vnto him by the sayd reuend father resigne the sayd Rectory 
 and all his right title and interest in and to the same into the hands of the sayd reuend father 
 accordinge to lawe in that behalfe provided then this obligacon to be voyd and of none effect or ells 
 the same to stand and remaine in full power and vertue." 
 He paid his composition for First Fruits for St. Mary's, and also for Heswall (in Wirral Hundred), of 
 which parish he was also Rector,' on the 14th April, 1624.- 
 
 This rector was the second son of John Edwards, of Cheveley, co. Chester, gentleman, (who died at 
 Cheveley on the 26th Nov. 1637, and was buried at Eccleston church), by his wife Elizabeth, daughter 
 of John Welch, of Bignall Hill, co. Stafford. ' He was 42 years of age at his father's death and so 
 must have been born about the year 1595. He married Elizabeth, daughter of John Cooke, sometime 
 Shfriff of Chester, by whom he had a large family. Only one of his children was baptized at St. Mary's. 
 The dates of their respective births arc as follows : — Francis, born December, 1630 ; F^lizabeth, June 
 19, 1631 ; Francis, Oct. 5, 1632 ; John, Feb. 6, 1633-4; William, June 10, 1635 ; Ann, June 26, 1636 ; 
 Thomas, Sept. 25, 1637 ; Andrew and Peter, Nov. 30, 1638 ; Theodor, May 24, 1640 ; Francis, July 13, 
 1641, and John, Feb. 17, 1642-3.' The only children baptized and buried at St. Mary's are thus noticed 
 in the Register :- - 
 
 1629 ffrancis sonne to M' ffrancis Edwards Parson y" 10"' day of December, baptized. 
 
 1630 ffrancis sonne of M' Parson Edwards bur. 24"' day of Aprill. 
 
 1644-2] John sonne of ffrancis Edwards Clerke Recto"^ of this Church buried in the Chancell in the 
 middle of y'' crosse walke below the stepps neere the end of the communion table 21"' day of Januarie. 
 
 1654 A sonne of Parson Edwards buried vnder M'" Cookes stone 13"' day of November. 
 
 1659 Anne Edwards Daughter to Parson Edwards was buried in the north yle vnder M" Cookes 
 ston on the 18'*' Day of June.' 
 
 His name occurs in 1624, 1634, 1635, 1636, and 1639, as paying various sums of money as his 
 contributions from the rectories of St. Marys and Heswall for clerical subsidies, ship-money, the repair of 
 St. Paul's Cathedral, London, &c.' 
 
 ' He was presented to Heswall by John Edwards, probably his father, patron for this turn from the Bishop of Chester, and 
 was instituted 12th April, 1624. 
 
 - Record Society (Lancashire and Cheshire), vol. viij., p. 404. 
 
 ' Cheshire and I.aiuashire Funeral Certificates, Record Society, vol. vj., p. 79. 
 
 ' These particulars are taken from a series of extracts relating to the Edwards family, copied from an old family Bible and 
 printed in the Genealogist, N.S., 1886, vol. iij., p. 116. The writer of the earliest entries appears to have been the Thomas 
 Edwards born 1637, who married in 1663 and died 16S7 leaving issue. He heads the above list of children thus : '• the lime of 
 the bearth of my fathers children Borne at heswall in werrall in Cheshire," but he nowhere mentions his father's name and it 
 was only by a comparison of names and dates that I was enabled to identify him. 
 
 ' The burial of this daughter is thus entered in the Register of Holy Trinity, Chester, the month and dale being different : — 
 '■.\nn Edwards Daughter to parson Edwards died at M'"" Hands the 20 of Octolier 1659 and was buried the 22 day of the 
 same month at St Maryes. " 
 
 '■ Recor<l Society, vol. vij., pp. 78-9, 91, looi, 11 5-6, 119.
 
 LIST OF THE RECTORS OF ST. MARY'S. 85 
 
 It is clear from these entries tiiat Mr. Edwards was still rector in the beginning of the year 1642, but 
 some time in that year he probably resigned, as I find that he was still at Heswall for several years longer. 
 His wife Elizabeth was buried there in 1647, and his own burial is thus entered : " 1653. Francis Edwards, 
 Pastor of Heswall, buried Nov. 20th." 
 
 As already stated Mr. John Gill, M.A., was " Curate of St. Marys " at the time of Mr. Edwards' 
 appointment as rector in 1623, and in the previous year we find him described as " Lecturer" there (see 
 p. 82). His name has not occurred subsequent to 1626, but in the Register under date the 17th July. 
 1630, there is an entry of the baptism of " Philip sonne to Thomas Walnusley Clerke," but it is not probable 
 that he was Curate here, as the transcript of the Register for that year, 1630, is signed '^ Rich' Kyrke 
 Curate." In 1636 there is this entry, " Elinor Seddon daughter of William Seddon Clerke baptized 6"' day 
 of November," and in 1638 "William Seddon sonne of A\'illiam Seddon Clerke and now Curate of this 
 Church baptized the 5"' day of July." ' 
 
 Of this curate of St. Mary's, Williani Seddon, M. A., we have fortunately some very interesting particular^ 
 preserved to us in a letter sent by his son the Rev. Edward Seddon, of Throwley, co. Devon, dated loth 
 July, 1704, and addressed to the Rev. John Walker, the author of "Sufferings of the Clergy," 17 15. This 
 letter supplies such a graphic picture of the times during the Civil War and Commonwealth periods that I 
 have copied almost the whole of it although it is a somewhat lengthy one.^ 
 
 "The Reverend Mr. William Seddon (my most honoured Father) M.A. of Magdalen Coll, 
 in Camb, being about the year of our Lord 1636, setl'd a preacher in one of y'' parish Churches, I 
 think St. Maries, in y'' city of Chester, was then also possess'd of a \'icarage at Eastham' 
 (about si.\ miles distant from y' City, value 68" per annum), where he liv'd with his wife 
 and family in a very happy condition, till y' Civil war's breaking out, and y' Parliament's 
 forces drawing on to besiege Chester, he was compel'd to withdraw his family and effects into 
 y'' City for succour, where his great and good Friend and Pastor, y*" Lord Bishop Bridgman, 
 then Lord Bishop of Chester, accommodated him with several rooms and lodgings in his own 
 Palace ; and yet the aged Bishop dreading the hardships of a siege, voided the place, leaving my 
 Father in his Palace, who continued diligent in his ministry, and frequent Preaching to y' Garrison 
 there. And the City being closely besieg'd, and frequently storm'd, my Mother was on y'' 12th day 
 of Octob., 1645, delivered of me her 9th child, (all the 9 then living) and said to be y" last y' was 
 publickly baptiz'd in y'' Font of y' Cathedral there before y' restoracon in 1660. The city beinw 
 surrendered upon Articles, my Father was shortly apprehended and made Prisoner, and after some 
 short durance was demanded by y'' prevailing Powers, why he had not, according to y"" Articles of 
 surrender, march'd off with y"" Garrison to y'' Kings Quarters, to which he reply'd, y' he thought his 
 Cassock had vnconcern'd him in those Articles, being a Minister in y'' City, but above all he had a 
 wife, and many small children there, which if he could see tolerably dispos'd of he would, not 
 vnwillingly, accept the Articles. 
 
 " But many complaints being made against him, y" he had in his preaching reflected upon the 
 proceedings of the prevailing party, and had animated y" Garrison to resist even unto blood, &c., he 
 was remanded to Prison again, and his house permitted to be plunder'd by y"" souldiers, who 
 despoil'd him not of his goods only, but of his books and papers, which they exposed to sale at a 
 
 ' In the Churchwardens' Accounts for 1636 there is this entry, 
 
 (iiven Mr Seddon by the (Jentlemens appointment in parte of requital of his paines att the fasts .vx». 
 
 u^^u^ '^i'^' ^^^^ appeared in Local Gleanings relating to Lancashire and Cheshire, (an antiquarian periodical edited by me), 
 March 9th, 1877 (vol. ij., No. 517). It was subsequently reprinted in the Corrcsponctence of Nathan IValworth, printed by the 
 Chetharn Society (vol. cix. ), with notes by the late Mr. J. E. Bailey. F.S. A. , and in lanuary 1881, it was reprinted in the Cheshire 
 ihea/,Noi,. 1450 and 1459. The original is among the collections for Walker's " Sufferings of the Clergy," in the Bodleian Librari- 
 Oxford. 
 
 'An entry in llie Easiham Register states that William Seddon, M.A. was inducted into the Vicar.ige there in Februan' 
 1637-b. He was presented " by the king by lapse " and was instituted on the 2nd Februar)-, 1637-S.
 
 t'^*'^^*'^^ 86*^" ST. MARY-ON-THE-HILL, CHESTER. 
 
 ver)' low rate : and so by private directions to some of his friends, he repurchas'd some of the most 
 necessary for his own use. But then an order was drawn up to export his wife and children out of 
 y'" City to Eastham (which accordingly was done, several of y'' younger sort being put into a wagon 
 with other goods which had escap'd the pillage) where though they had only y*" bare walls of a 
 Vicarage house to resort to, yet they found a hearty welcome from y'' loial part of the parishioners 
 there, amongst whom they dispers'd themselves, and in a short time after, my Father's confinement 
 was .somewhat enlarg'd, and his escape conniv'd at, which gave him y'' liberty of going in quest of his 
 wife and children, whom he found in pretty good circumstances amongst his loial friends. 
 
 " But another minister (whose name and character I have utterly forgot),' being dispatch'd with 
 orders from y'' ruling powers at Chester to supply the vicarage at Eastham, and a rumour dispersal 
 y' my father must be apprehended again, and reduc'd as prisoner to Chester, he scamper'd about 
 privately to the houses of y*' loyal Gentry, to whom his character and condition were well known, and 
 then despatched a letter to his cider Brother Mr. Peter Seddon at Outwood in Lancashire (y'' pl.ire 
 of my Father's nativity) who was then, at y"' rate of y'' times, turn'd zealous I'resbiterian too, and had 
 a son a Captain in y'' Parliament's army, acquainting him with y' storm he was under, and requesting 
 him to cover either all or part of his ffamily, till he could weather y'' storm ; ^o 7v/ik/i letter y' main of 
 y' ans'wer he had was y' would he cottform himself to y Godly party, his mvii merits would protect and 
 prefer him,' which so insens'd my Father y' he never more held any correspondence with him. But 
 in his perambulacons amongst y'" loialists, conducted by y'' good hand of Providence, he met with 
 one Mr. Bratherton, a Lancashire gentleman and a hearty Cavalier, with whom he had former 
 acquaintance, and who by virtue of a deed of trust from one Mr. Byrom, a gentleman, y' was slain in 
 the King's service, had the donacon of a Parsonage call'd Grapenall [Grappenhall] (which was then 
 vacant by y'' death of one Mr. Richardson its incumbent) and the presentacon to this Rectory he 
 freely tendered to my Father, perswading him, with all possible secrecy and expedicon, to post up to 
 y"^ Commissioners or Tryers of Ministers which accordingly my Father did, and upon examinacon 
 was by them approv'd, and recommended to y"' Rectory of Grap'nal, a Parsonage worth about 130" 
 per annum, at 16 or 18 miles distance from Chester, and bordering upon Lancashire. 
 
 " Here he settled and fix'd himself, well accepted, and beloved by his Parishioners so y' he 
 had time to re-collect his dispersed Family, and enjoy'd a calm ; but this could not be durable, 
 he was soon haunted with the old rumours of a dangerous delinquent, a malignant &c. and 
 this grew up into menaces of articles and complaints and at last into a moral assurance y' one Major 
 Brooks a Parliamenteer officer, (whose malice he had formerly experienced) intended to seize and 
 apprehend him, which caused him for a time to abscond, and afterwards, upon overt attempts made 
 upon him, to flee into I.ancashire, where he was by some friends recommended to one Mr. Fleet- 
 wood, of Penwortham (a parish situate near to a great market town called Preston, and about 22 
 miles distant from Grap'nall in Cheshire) who being a very loial gentleman and impropriator of y'' 
 tyths of y' parish, entertained him in y'' quality of a chaplain, or curate, to preach at y' little church 
 near adjoining to Penwortham Hall. 
 
 "Here my father fixed again in this gentleman's house, entirely beloved of his patron 
 (who allowed him 40'' per annum), and of all his parishioners, and having intelligence out 
 of Cheshire, y' my mother, whom he had left at Grap'nall with a strict charge to gett y'' place 
 supplyed, and keep possession as long as she could, was with her family ejected y" Parsonage 
 house there, and a new Rector, one Mr. Bradshaw, a rigid Presbyterian (whether by appointment of 
 
 ' This was John Murcot, a well-known Nonconformist, a B.A. of Oxford, who had studied under John Ley, the celebrated 
 Vicar of Great Budworth. He " was called to Eastham in Wyrrall in Cheshire " from Astbur)-, before June 1648, but shortly 
 afterwards became minister at West Kirby in Cheshire. 
 
 ■ The words in italics are underlined by Mr. Walker, who has written opposite to them, as if in aslonislnnenl, "ownc 
 Bro' ! "
 
 LIST OF THE RECTORS OF ST. .MARY'S. 87 
 
 commoners or usurpacon, I know not), put in, he acquainted his Patron, Mr. Fleetwood with it, who 
 thereupon order'd a poor cottage house, at a little distance from his own Hall, to be fitted up, and 
 added 3 or 4 acres of ground to't, to keep a couple of cows, and here, as in a little ark of rest, my 
 Father seated himself with his wife and 9 children, supported and maintain'd by y'' good hand of 
 Providence, which order'd him still y'' 40" pension from his Patron, and large gratuities from y"^^ 
 Loyalists in those parts, whose children he privately baptiz'd, and performed other ministerial offices, 
 iit their requests, according to the antient forms of y'' church ; which tho' it gave him sometimes y'' 
 trouble of musquetiers to guard him into Preston as a Prisoner, yet upon y'' mediacon of the 
 neighb'ring Gentlemen he was soon dismiss'd, and return'd to his family to recount his hazard, with 
 his olim meminisse juvabit ; and tho' in all this time he had not any allowance of a 5th, or any y' 
 least part from either his Parsonage or vicaridg in Cheshire, nor any temporal slate whatever, yet he 
 liv'd cheerfully and contentedly, and saw many of his children comfortably dispos'd of and presently 
 upon y'' Restoracon in 1660,' he ejected Bradshaw again, who though a rigid Presbiterian yet he then 
 trim'd up, and gott another benefice call'd Lyiii [Lymm] in Cheshire, where I think he dy'd. And 
 my Father being restored to his Rectory at Grap'nall, resetl'd himself and his family in the parsonage 
 house there, where he, and my mother (y' constant partner of his sufferings) aged each of them about 
 70 years, departed this life, both in one month and lye buried both in one grave in the chancel there, 
 A.D. 1671."- 
 
 c, 1642. Richard Hunt, B.D. 
 
 His presentation has noc occurred, but he was probably appointed on the resignation or death of 
 Francis Edwards. He paid his composition for First Fruits on the 30th April, i8 Charles [1642],' so that 
 he must have been appointed early in that year. 
 
 According to a pedigree in Harl. MS. 2 161, f. 158'', he was the son of William Hunt, of Manchester, 
 by his wife Anne, daughter of William Boulton, of Abram, in the parish of \Vigan, co. Lane. He was born 
 on the 2nd .March, 1593-4, and was baptized at the Collegiate Church, Manchester, on the 8th of tliat month. 
 He was not improbably educated at the Manchester Grammar School, and subsequently at Emmanuel 
 College, Cambridge, where he was admitted on the 7th May, 1610, being described as born in Lancashire. 
 He was a scholar of his college and afterwards Fellow. He took his B.A. degree in 1613, that of M.A. in 
 1617, and B.D. in 1624.' He married Martha, daughter of Humphrey Cole, of Tillingham, near BradwelL 
 juxta-Mare, co. Essex, by whom he had an only surviving daughter and heiress, Grace, who married 
 John Joyce, son and heir of Mr. Alderman Joyce, of Salisbury, by whom she had issue. 
 
 On the 14th May, 1628, he was presented to the vicarage of Acton, near Nantwich, by Sir Richard 
 Wilbraham, of Dorfold, Bart., and he was also for a time vicar of Walsall,' co. Stafford. In the year 1639 
 he was elected to the prebendal stall of Tarvin in the cathedral at Lichfield. 
 
 ' It appears from the InstiliU ion Books at the Public Record Office (Exchequer Records) thai he was instituted to 
 Grappenhal on the 2 March, i66o[-i], on the presentation of John Bretherton, of Hay, co. Lane, gent., and subsequently was 
 re-inslituted to the same benehce on the iS .Sept. 1661, on the presentation of the King. He signs the Registers there in 1661 as 
 
 - kathcrme, wife of Mr. Seddon, died on August 22nd, and was buried at Grappenhall on the 2411- 
 husband survived her a few days only, being buried in the church there on the 8th September, 1671. He 
 inventory of his goods is still preserved at Chester, letters of administration being granted to Robert Prou 
 
 th August, 1 67 1. Her 
 le left no will, but the 
 hi- ,li„„i,i r ri,-° 1 ,1,"^ ;p', .'":;■■;■-" ■;; — '"'^m '^-"^■=. ui uuiiuiiisiiauoii ucing granted to Robert Proudlove, the husband of 
 us daughter Lluabeth. This Robert Proudlove of (;rappenhall was married to Elizabeth He.Uon by licence at Winwick, co 
 
 \Vn"r';;,',T ■ ^.1 . '■ ^'Z- '"" ['•■''' ''■''^■^ '=""' '" "''^ ^"'""-' '^'i"'''^'!' ^■""''■■'•/«.' Se,Uo„ was married to Thomas Birkenhead of 
 , f M n '• l ,V . ^^I'/^'^'l ''Sain at Winwick on the 22nd August, 1663, Eleanor SedJon married Mr. Geori,'e Becket, 
 ,n <vl. ?l! M / "" "'^,7'^ April 1670 Frances Seddon was married at Grappenhall to |ohn Brock, Esq., of Ke.idish Hall, 
 in Grappenhall (see the Grappenhall Registers). " ' -1 ' 
 
 ' Record Society (Lancashire and Cheshire), vol. viij., p. 406. 
 * Palatine Note Boot, vol. iv., p. 79. 
 
 publishid! "'""^* **"*""''' '^ ""' '" ^ '"""'• '" \\ illraore's J/istory of llalsall, a lopofiraphical work of vahie, recently
 
 88 . ST. MARY-ON-THE-HILL, CHESTER. 
 
 He was still at St. Mary's on the 9th May, 1644,' as appears from an entry in the Churchwardens' 
 
 Accounts, but shortly after that he was ejected by the Parliamentary forces, possibly on the surrender of the 
 
 city to them in the spring of 1646. As will subsequently appear he returned to St. Mary's about 1655, and 
 
 died there in 1662. 
 
 [r. Feb. 1647-8.] WiLi.i.vM Pl:.\ktree. 
 
 [Probably put in by the Parliamentary authorities on the ejection of Richard Hunt, but he is 
 also stated to have been presented by " the patron."] 
 
 Mr. Peartree signed "the Cheshire Ministers' Attestation" on the 6th July, 1648, as "pastor of .Mary> 
 in Chester,'" but it is probable he had not been there long, for in the Churchwardens' Accounts under Feb. 
 13, 1647-8, he is referred to as " Mr. Paretree who is presented unto us by the patron to be our minister." 
 
 " Master William Peartree " was " minister" (? Vicar) of Wrenbury from about the year 1630 to 1639, 
 and in September, 1642, amongst the names of the Puritan ministers imprisoned by the Royalists, the name 
 of '■ William Peartree, late of Nantwich " occurs. On the 12th August, 1646, ^^50 a year from the tithes 
 of Wybunbury were ordered to be paid for the maintenance of " William Peartree, minister of the church 
 of Wybunbur)'," so that it must be subsequent to that date that he came to St. Mary's. His name occurs 
 in the Registers of St. Mary's in 1648 as "Mr. Pearetree Parson." 
 
 He died in March, 1654-5, and his burial is thus recorded in the Register : — 
 
 i654[-5] Mr. Pearetree Parson of this Church buried in the Quire against the window the 16th day 
 of March. 
 
 His will, if he made one, should now be preserved at Somerset House, London (as no wills were proved 
 
 at Chester 1 650-1659), but a search there has not been successful. Nothing is at present known of his 
 
 family. 
 
 [c. 1655.] Ri( ii.\ki> Hint, B.D. 
 
 [Re-instated on the death of William Peartree.] 
 
 On Mr. Peartree's death, the previous rector, Richard Hunt, 13.1)., would appear to have been re- 
 instated in his old living. His name occurs in the (Jhurchwardens' Accounts on the 21st July, 1656, when 
 he signs himself " Ric Hunt Rector," and he remained there till his death in 1662.' In the Registers of 
 Holy Trinity Church, Chester, there are several entries of marriages by Mr. Hunt in 1658, 1659, and 1660, 
 in some of which he is described as " pastor of S" Maries." 
 
 He died in August, 1662, the following being the entry of his burial in the Register : — 
 " Mr. Richard Huntt minister of St. Maryes was buried in the ([ueare [i.e., the choir] on the north side 
 of Docketer Snealls' ston on the x-wj"" Day of Augus[t]." 
 
 In one of Randle Holme's MSS. in the British Museum {Marl. J/.V. 1929) is the following entry : — 
 25 July \sic for August] '62 died that reuerent divine, at 6 in the morning. Rich. Hunt, Rector of S" 
 Maryes in Chester, whose memory in his learning [will] let his name Hue for euer.'' 
 
 His will, dated 26th June, 1662, was proved at Chester on the 20th September in that year. In it he 
 describes himself as " Richard Hunt, Bachelor in Divinity, Rector of St. Maries within the City of Chester, 
 being aged," and desired his body to be decently buried at the discretion of his executor. To the poor of 
 
 ' From the Institution Books at the Public Record Office, London (E-wluquer Records), it would appear that on the 12th 
 April, 1645, \\ li.I.IAM NiCHOLl.s, D.D., was presented to St. Mary's " by the King," but he never held the living. He was 
 rector of Cheadlc from 1624 to 1644, and also Dean of Chester. He died in 1657 and was buried at Northcnden (sec East 
 Cheshire, vol. i., pp. 220-1). 
 
 - It is stated by Mr. J. K. Hailey, F.S.A., in the the. hire Sheaf, vol. i , p. 95, that on "the 25 Feb. 1661-2 Dr. Thomas 
 Mallory [son of the late Dean of Chester] was nominated by the Dean and Chapter of Chester to the rectory cif St. Marys, 
 Chester, on the avoidance thereof by Mr. Richard Hunt, in virtue of a certain agreement between him anil Cipt. Richard 
 Brereton, of Chester." No confirmation of this statement has at present occurred, and Dr. Thomas Mallory never held the 
 rectory of St. Mary's. 
 
 ■' That is Dr. Snell, Archdeacon of Chester (of whom an account appears on p. 75), who was buried at St. Mary's in 
 1656 as thus entered in the Register : — 
 
 •' l655[-6] Docliir ^ncll lairied in the Quire neere Mr. I'carelrce> lombc the 7"' day of ffcbruary. "
 
 THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS 
 
 [Mabcii 29, 1866. 
 
 MEMORIAL WINDOW KIECTBD [N ST. MAP.Y'S CltUltrn, CnKSTEE, TO nEmK? OF TIIK 21RU ROYAL WELSQ rUSILIERa. 
 
 ■<^ 4^i''lSa.vH ;']^Tr'H«-c»<^-;.tt'..ri w ur^^tbr^ *< ^-Jvi^i^b ciLlvv«A CA«-»fy 
 
 MEMORIAL WINDOW. 
 
 Among the memorials to the brave 
 who (ell in the war, paiated wia 
 dowd are prominent, from the great 
 advances made of late years ia this 
 branch of art. The specimen here 
 engraved has just been placed at 
 the east end of the north aisle of 
 St. Marys Church, Chester, in me- 
 mory of the heroes of the 23rd Royal 
 Welsh Fusiliers who fell in tb« 
 Crimea from the victory of the 
 Alma to the capture of Sebastopol. 
 The principal subject repre«entf 
 Aaron and Hur holding up tha 
 bands of Moses duiiog the battle 
 between l-^rael and Amalek, aa 
 thus recorded in Excdus xvil. : — 
 " Then came Amalek, and fought 
 with Israel in Rf'phidim. And MOM0 
 said unto Joshua, choo.-e us out men, 
 and go out, tight with Amalek : 
 to-morrow 1 will stand on the 
 top of the hill with the rod of God 
 in mine band. So Joshua did as 
 Moses had said to him, and fouitht 
 with Amalek ; and Moses, Aaron, 
 and Hur went up to the top of the 
 hill. And it came to pass when 
 Slopes held up bis band that Israel 
 prevailed : and when he let down 
 liis band, Amalek prevailed, fiat 
 Jlofes' hands were beav) ; and 
 tbev took a stone, ai d put it 
 under him ; and he sat thereon ; 
 and Aaron and Hur stayed up 
 ht4 hands, the one on the one 
 -ide, and the other on the 
 other side ; and bis bands were 
 steady un il the going down of the 
 .'Un. And Joshua discomfited Ama- 
 lek and his people with the edge of 
 tlie sword." The eubject has been 
 skilfully treated by the arti-.t. who 
 has urqufstionably produced one of 
 the fjueet windows in CheiJter. It is 
 iutendtd to place urnier the win- 
 dow an engraved tablet, on wbioh 
 are to be inscriffd the namrs ot the falli-n heroes. 
 
 This fine window has be, n de'ismd and exrcotcd by Ur. George 
 Htdpeland. of Grove place. I.is.nn-grove. The .-ubject— Hur. Aaron, and 
 Mo«fs— occupies three of the five liehts; the otlier two bear scrolls, 
 wi'^ the mottoes " Ich difn." and "Nee A-pera terrtnt," from the 
 coi jrs of the regiment ; from which aI=o are taken tho I'rinoe ol Wales' 
 fealliers, which are placed in the uj)per part of the window. The 
 emblems of Kngland and France — the rose and fleur-de-lis — are re- 
 peated, alternately, in various (arts of the window. Ihe whole has been 
 executed in the old style, no enamelled glass being employed.
 
 LIST OF THE RECTORS OF ST. MARY'S. 89 
 
 the parish of St. Mary's he bequeathed 20s. " to be distributed amongst them in bread," and he left small 
 legacies to his servants and others, including one of 5s. " to Richard Hill, sexton, to single out my grave and 
 for making the same." To Mr. Thomas Browne he left 20s. to buy him a ring and to Mrs. Browne los. 
 for the same purpose. All the residue of his goods he bequeathed to his daughter, Grace Joyce, and 
 appointed his son-in-law, John Joyce, sole executor. Two of the witnesses to the will were Philippa Browne 
 and Thomas Browne. He signed the will " Ric. Hunt" and used a crest as a seal. 
 
 When the Rev. John Walker was collecting materials for his history of the " Sufferings of the Clergy " 
 in the year i 706, he had sent to him the following letter, written by the Rev. Samuel Edgley, Vicar of Acton, 
 near Nantwich, and addressed to Nicholas Str.itford, then Bishop of Chester.' Mr. Edgley enclosed it in a 
 letter to the Bishop, in which he writes that "the inclosed Account touching M' Hunt, I had from M' 
 \Vilbraham of Darfold, who is lately dead," and adds "your Lordship may have a testimonial from the 
 Ancient men of St Marys in Chester concerning that worthy Person." " M' Prebend Wright succeeded in 
 the Place but not immediately. I discoursed him but he is a stranger to the ejection of M' Hunt, being 
 very young early in the \\"arr Time." 
 
 TO THE Rr. REVEREND FEATHER NICHOLA.S LORD BISHOP OF CHESTER. 
 This may Certify your L'ship that the Reverend M' Richard Hunt formerly vicar of Acton' & 
 also of Wallsall in Staffordshire was removed thence before the warrs by a p'sentacon of the wor''full 
 Roger Wilbraham Esq' of Darfold to the Rectory of St Maryes in Chester, a place at that time 
 vallued about eight score or nine score poundes per Ahum. But the said Reverend M'' Hunt soon 
 after the Taking of Chester by the Parliaments forces was ejected out of the said Rectory, which 
 the present wor''full Patron Peter Wilbraham Esq' doth & will attest to the best of his memory & is 
 willing I should certify your Lordship. 
 Wittness my hand Oct. i6, 1706. 
 Oct. 16, 1706. S.^m'- Edglev, vicar 
 
 Darfold. of Acton. 
 
 1662. 25'" September. NICHOLAS STEVENSON. 
 Presented by Roger Wilbraham, of Dorfold, Esq.,^ on the death of Richard Hunt. 
 
 Nothing is at present known of his parentage, but about the year 1644 he became rector of Alderley, 
 CO. Chester, on the sequestration of the Rev. Samuel Shipton, M.A., where he remained till 1660 or 1662.' 
 On the 24'" January, 1648-9, the Alderley Register records 'le marriage of "Nicholas Stevenson and Marie 
 Chetwynd," and the following entries relating to their children are there found : — Mary, buried 7 Feb. 
 1651-2 ; Thomas, born 17 December, baptized i January, 1653-4; Elizabeth, born 15 August, baptized 4 
 .Sept. 1655 ; Mary, born i August, baptized 16 August, 1657, died 9, buried 10 July, 1660 ; Justicia, born 
 25 July, baptized 8 August, 1658; Jane, born 16 January, baptized 29 January, 1659-60, buried 10 July, 
 1660. 
 
 He signed " the Cheshire Ministers' Attestation " on the 6'" July, 1648, and is occasionally mentioned by 
 Henry Newcome in his Diary and Autobiography, and also in the Life of Adam Martindak. He was ejected 
 from Alderley in 1660 or 1662, and it is said that Mr. Shipton, his predecessor as Rector there, who was 
 then re-instated, was instrumental in obtaining his appointment to S' Mary's. \\\ the list of " the names of 
 those ministers who tooke the Oathes of Allegiance and Supremacy at Nether Knutsford un December 
 the xj"' 1660 before S' Peter Leycester, S' Phillipp Egerton and S' Peter Brooke, Knts." occurs the name 
 of " Nicholas Stephenson, minister of Alderley, whtreunto Samuell Shipton is now to be restored." 
 
 ■ Cullections for Walker's " Sutferings of the Clergy," vol. ill., 1. 794. Bodleian Library, O.xl'ord. 
 - There is no mention, I believe, of Mr. Hunt in the Acton Registers. 
 ' He was re-presented by the same patron on the 16 Feb. 1662-3. 
 ' .See Ka^f Cheshire, vol. ij., pp. 633-4. 
 
 N
 
 9<> ST. MARY-ON-THE-HII.I., CUKSTER. 
 
 He remained at S' Mar>''s for 1 1 years, and was buried there in 167 5. "1673 Mr. Nicholas Steuciibori 
 Rector buried on the 14"" Day of Apriil." 
 
 He made no will, but letters of administration to his effects were granted on the 19"' April, 1673, 
 to Richard Skerratt, of Gloverstone, for the use of Thomas, Klizabeth, Mary, and Justicia, children of the 
 deceased. The inventory of his goods, which was then exhibited, contains nothing of special interest. 
 The following clergy are mentioned in the Registers during the term of his incumbency : — 
 " i662[-3] Oualter son of Gualter Blukestone clerke baptiz'd the fifth day of March." 
 " 1666 Elizabeth daughter oi John Holland clerick bapti/'d the eight day of Novem." 
 
 1673. 29 July.' Thomas KiUKKs, M. A. ^^-^ 
 
 Presented by Roger Wiibraham, of Dcarfold [Dorfold], Esq., on the death of Nicholas 
 Stephenson [sh\ the last incumbent. 
 
 Mr. Kirkes was presented to the vicarage of Acton, near Nantwich, on the 28"" October, 1662, on the 
 ejection of Edward lUirghall, and his successor was appointed on the iS"" Dec. 1673, "on the cession of 
 Thomas Kirkes." The living of Acton was in the gift of the \\'ilbraham family, and it will be remembered 
 that Mr. Richard Hunt was also Vicar of Acton, before he came to S' Mary's in 1644. On the 18"' 
 September, 1663, Philip Henry records in his Diary for that year, "this week cosin Betty [/>., Elizabeth] 
 Lloyd was marry'd to Mr. Kirk, now preacher at Acton, near Nantwich." * 
 
 He is possibly to be identified with the Thomas Kirkes who was M.A. of Jesus College, Cambridge, in 
 1663, and who was incorporated at Oxford on the 13 July, 1672.' 
 
 M' Kirkes only remained here a few months, his death occurring in November, 1673. His Iturial is 
 thus entered in the S' Mary's Register : — 
 
 " 1673 M' Kiarkes minister buried vpon the xxv"' Day of November." 
 
 His will, dated 12 Oct. 1673, was proved at Chester on the 4 December in that year. He describes 
 himself as "Thomas Kirkes, clarke. Rector of St. Maries in Chester," and bequeaths everything to his wife 
 and children without naming them.' His widow Elizabeth proved the will. In the Churchwardens' 
 Accounts for 1673 is this entry : — 
 
 " Paid for a (juart of Sacke to viset Mr. Kirkes. 2S. 6d." 
 
 The inscription on his mural monument formerly in the church will be found on p. 6g. 
 
 1673-4. March 16.^ RiciiAKD Wright, B.D. 
 Presented by Roger Wiibraham, of Dearfold [Dorfold], Esq., on the death oi Thomas 
 Kirkes, the last incumbent. 
 
 This rector was the son and heir of Richard \Vright of Nantwich, gentleman (who died in January, 1 679), 
 by Catherine, daughter of Thomas Clive, of Walford, Esq., to whom he was married 6 Feb. 1638-9, and 
 who died in May, 1645.'' He was born about the year 1640, but his baptism does not occur in the Nant- 
 wich Registers. He was educated at Oxford and matriculated there from Brasenose College on the 1 5 June, 
 1657, taking his B.A. degree in 1660, his M.A. in 1663, and his B.D. in 1672.' 
 
 1 The original presentation is dated 21*' April, 1673. The Imnd in ;^loo, which he gave to the Bishop, is dated 29"' July, 
 (he dale of his institution. In this liond, unlike that of Francis Edwards (see p. 83), there arc no references to teaching, liut he 
 merely undertakes to keep the Bishop harmless in case of any disputes as to the title, &c. It is on a printed form. 
 
 ■' Diaries a)id Litters of Philip Henry, .)/..-/., by the Rev. M. II. Lee, p. 147. 
 
 ^ Foster's Alumni Oxonitnses. 
 
 ' In 1717 Mr. John Kirks, rector of S' Bridget's, Chester, was buried there on the 28"' June. lie was probably a relation 
 or descendant of the rector of S' Mary's. He had been presented to .S' Bridget's in 17 10. 
 
 ^ The original presentation is dated 26"' Dec. 1673. He was inducted on the s"" May, 1674, by Richard J,ickson, clerk, 
 in the presence of Rol)erl Jones and Thomas Jackson, churchwardens, Laurence Barlow, Thomas Seaborne, and John Johnson. 
 " WM's History 0/ .VaiUu'ich, p. 494. 
 ' Foster's Alumni Oxonicusa.
 
 
 LIST OF THE RECTORS OF ST. MARY'S. 91 
 
 On the 29 Sept. 1683, he was presented to the higher mediety of the rectory of Malpas which he held 
 together with S' Mary's till his death in 17 11. He was elected one of the Prebendaries of the Cathedral 
 at Chester on the 8"' March, 1678. He married Mary, daughter of the Rev. John Wainwright, LL.I)., 
 Chancellor of Chester, by whom he had two daughters: Elizabeth, baptized at S' Marj-'s 22 Oct. 1678, and 
 buried there on the 24"' May, 1702, and Mar)-, baptized at S' Mary's 5"" Dec. 1682, who became his sole 
 heiress, and was married at St. Mary's to Thomas Wettenhall, of Nantwich, Esq., on the i8th Afay, 1704, 
 by whom she had issue. She was buried at Nantwich 19 Dec. 1759.' An inscription on a small brass 
 plate placed to the memory of Elizabeth Wright in 1702 was existing in the church in the early part of this 
 centurj- {see p. 72). M" Mar)- Wright, the rector's wife, does not appear to have been buried at S' Marys. 
 
 He died in May, 171 1, his burial being thus entered in the Register: — 
 
 "Reuerend Mr. Richard Wright Prebend and Rector of this Parish Church was Buryed y'' 16''' Day 
 of May 1711."- 
 
 His will, if he made any, is not now to be found at Chester. 
 
 The names of some of the clerg)', who probably acted as Curates to Mr. Wright, are known from various 
 
 sources. In the registers of Alderley, co. Chester, under date April 24, 1686, there is the record of a 
 
 marriage being performed "at S' Mary's Chester by Theoph\ilus\ Richardson curate there." He is not 
 
 mentioned in the registers of S' Mary's, but the transcript of the Register for this year, 1686, is signed 
 
 "Theop : Richardson, Curat St. Mar."' Several other clergy are mentioned in the Register, the first of whom 
 
 is as follows : — 
 
 " 1690 M' ffrancis IVoodes, Minnister, was buried the 21 day of Aprill." 
 
 The following entries relate to a M" Hugh Biinhes, who although styled 'rector' was never rector of 
 S' Mary's, but who officiated there as Curate.' At the end of each year ihe entries in the Register are 
 regularly signed " Rich : Wright Rector." 
 
 " 1693 Thomas son of M'^ Hugh Burches Rect' Bap' y'' 3 of July." 
 
 " 1693 Thomas son of M' Hugh Burch Reef was bur. y" 7"' of July." 
 
 " i693[-4] Ann daugh'' of Parson Burches was bur. y*" 15"" day of March." 
 
 " 1695 M"" Mary wife of M'' Hugh Burches Reef was bur. y"" 25 day of Aprill." ' 
 
 In the Register of St. Olaves the following entry occurs in 1671 : — "Mary the daughter of Hugh 
 Burches clarke was born on Saterday y"" 13"' of January and was bapt. on Thursday the 18 of January in 
 y' year of o'' L'' god 167 1." 
 
 171 1. June 17. R.\LrH Markh.vm, AI.A. 
 
 Presented b)- Ralph Wilbraham [of Dorfold], Esq., on the death of Richard Wright. 
 
 This rector was the son of Abraham Markham, gentleman, and was born at Dublin in Ireland. He 
 was educated at Beverley school, co. York, whence he proceeded to St. John's College, Cambridge, on the 
 5th April, 1700, aged 17.' He took his B.A. degree in 1703 and that of M..A.. in 1707. 
 
 Mr. Markham, who was here for a short time only, resigning in 17 15, was subsequently presented to 
 the rectory of Tarporley, co. Chester, by the patron, Richard Arderne, Esq., and was instituted to that 
 
 ' Hall's Nanlwich, p. 464. 
 
 - This rector must not Ije confused with his namesake and contemporary the Rev. Richard Wright, rector of Holy Trinity, 
 Chester, who was there married 11 Dec. 1672, to Anne Kinsey, and had by her a large family. He was buried there 13 Julv, 
 1707. 
 
 ^ He was probably styled ' rector ' because he was rector of Woodchurch, co. Chester, to which living he had been presented 
 on the 9"" Oct. 1673, by Margaret Burches, widows (Inslilulion Books, Public Recoril Othce. Exchequer Kicords). According to 
 Harl. J/S. 2119, f. 127'', his wife (? second wife) Mary was the daughter of Leftwich Oldfield, of Leftwich, Esq. He died in 
 1703, in which year his will was proved at Chester. 
 
 ' Curiously enough this entry does not appear on the transcript for 1695, although that transcript is signed " Hugh Burches 
 minister," showing that he was acting as Curate at S' Mary's as well as holding the rector)- of Woodchurch, the income from 
 which was but small. 
 
 ' Admissions to St. John's College, Camliridge, part ii., p. 153. 
 
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 92 ST. M.\RY-ON-THE-HILI., CHESTER. 
 
 living on the 25th Feb. 1716-17. He remained there for the rest of his life, being buried there on the 
 3rd May, 1732. 
 
 On a monumental tablet in Tarporley church is an inscription in I^tin " to the memory of Ralph 
 Markham, M.A., for 17 years rector of that church : and to his wife Eli/aheth i .\ldersey),' who died on the 
 26"' Dec. 1761 ; and to their son Ral|)h Markham, Vicar of Minshull. This monument was erected by 
 Robert Markham, D.D., Rector of Whitechapel, London, and Chaplain to George 111., to his parents and 
 his brother. This Robert Markham died in London 25"' Sept. 1786, aged 58, and was interred under 
 this stone." 
 
 Mr. Ormerod states" " that Ralph Markham was father of Ralph Markham. of Peter House. Cam- 
 bridge, Vicar of Minshull, author of a small volume of Poems, and also of Robert Markham, Fellow of 
 Brasenose College, Oxford, by which college he was presented to the rectory of Whitechapel. There is a 
 small engraved portrait of the latter of his sons." 
 
 There are no references to Mr. Markham in the St. Mary's Registers during the time he was rector, 
 but in 1730 and 1731 there are entries of marriages at which "the Rev. Mr. Markham" officiated. His 
 resignation of the rectory is dated loth March, i7i4-[i5]. 
 
 In the Churchwardens' Accounts for 1 7 1 1 is this entry : — 
 
 P" at the Bridge house for a Treat for M'' Markham when he 
 
 came into Possession o 3 6 
 
 .\nd in 1713 there is an entry referring to " M' S/ofies Curett '' at St. Mary's. 
 
 1715. June 13.'' Hugh VVlLBRAH.VM, B..\. 
 
 Presented b}' Ralph Wilbraham, of Dorfold, Esq., on the resignjition of Ralph Markham, 
 the last incumbent. 
 
 This rector was a younger son of Ralph Wilbraham, of Dorfold, Esq., who died 19"' October, 1722, 
 by his wife Frances, daughter of Thomas Ravenscroft, of Bretton, Esq., and was presented to S' Mary's 
 by his father. He married on the 15"' November, 1721, .Anna Maria, daughter of Anthony Townsend, of 
 Hemhouse, Esq., by whom, however, he had no surviving issue. 
 
 The following entries occur in the Register : — 
 
 " 1 721. M' Charles Wilbraham Brother to M'' Hugh Wilbraham Rector of this Parish was lUiried 
 the 23'' Day of Aprill 1721." 
 
 " 1 72 1. The Rev'' M'' Hugh Wilbraham Rector of this Parish and .NP' .Anna ^Llria Townshend 
 were married with a Licence y' 15"' day of Novemb. 1721.'" 
 
 "1723. Mar)- Daughter to the Rev"'' M' Hugh Wilbraham Rector of this church and ^P' Anna- 
 Maria his wife Baptised y'' eleventh day of August 1723.'' 
 
 " i724[-5]. Mary Daughter to M"^ Anna Maria Wilbraham widdow of ffleshmongers Lane Buried the 
 first day of January 1 724[-5]. 
 
 Mr. Wilbraham died young and his burial is thus entered in the Register : — 
 
 " i723[-4]. The Reverend M' Hugh Wilbraham Rector of this Church Buried the 6"' day of ffebruary 
 
 i733[-4]." 
 
 His will if he made any is not now to be found at Chester. 
 
 1724. April I. John Cart\\"kight, M.A. 
 Presented by the King [George I.] on the death of Hugh Wilbraham,' the last incumbent. 
 
 ' This Elizabeth I find ilcscrihed in a Ixmd d.ited 6 Feb. 1722-3, as " daughter of Robert -Mdersey late citizen of London 
 deceased." This Robert .\Klersey was a younger son of Thomas Aldersey, of Spurstow, Ksq., by his wife Elizabeth 
 Robotham. 
 
 - Ormcrod's History of Cheshire, vol. ij., p 235. 
 
 ' The original presentation is dated ig"" May, 17 15. 
 
 ' The original presentation of John Cartwright is not now in the Bishop's Registry at Chester.
 
 LIST OF THE RECTORS OF ST. MARY'S. 93 
 
 This rector was the only son and heir of Mr. John Cartwright, of Shrewsbury, apothecarj', and of Hall 
 of Lee, in Church Lawton, co. Chester, by EHzabeth, eldest daughter of Collins Woolrich of Shrewsbury, 
 apothecary and alderman there.' He matriculated at Oxford from Brasenose College, 29 June, 1707, aged 
 16, and took his B.A. degree on the 28"' April, 171 1, and that of MA. on the 8 June, 17 14. He was 
 appointed ^'icar of Middlewich, co. Chester, in 17 19, which living he held till his deatli, together with that 
 of S' Mary's, to whicli he was appointed five years later. He inherited Hall of Lee on the death of his 
 father in 17 19. His wife was Grace, daughter of the Rev. Thomas Welles, Vicar of Sandbach, co. Chester, 
 where she was baptized on the 24"' October, 1695." The settlements for this marriage are dated 7"' April, 
 1721. She survived her husband for 40 years, being buried at Sandbach on the 7"' July, 1771- They had 
 the following issue: — Thomas Carfwrt'xh/, on]y son and heir, afterwards an attorney-at-law, who died in 
 1762, leaving issue : Elizabeth, who died in 1787 unmarried ; Anne, married in 1750 to Thomas Wright, of 
 Sandbach ; Sarah, married in 175 i to Laurence Steel, of Sandbach, and Frances, who was living unmarried 
 in 175T. 
 
 .\mongst the Cartwright papers, in the possession of J. M. Toler, Esq., of Saltersford Hall, Holmes 
 Chapel, Cheshire, (whose wife is a direct descendant of the Cartwright family), there are a number of 
 ecclesiastical documents relating to the various preferments held by the Rev. John Cartwright. He had 
 his Deacon's Orders from William, Bishop of Oxford, dated 19 Dec. 17 14, and his Priest's Orders from 
 Francis, Bishop of Chester, dated 12 July, 17 19. He was presented to Middlewich by Francis, Lord 
 Brereton, Baron of Laughill in Ireland, and was instituted on the 13 July, 17 19, by the Rev. Thomas 
 Welles, Vicar of Sandbach. On the i" Oct. 17 19, PhiUp, Bishop of Hereford, admitted him to "the 
 second portion, or deacon's portion, in the parish church of Holgate, co. Salop,'' within the diocese of 
 Hereford. On the 26 March, 1724, he was appointed by Theophilus, Earl of Huntingdon, one of his 
 domestic chaplains, and on the 30 March in that year he had a dispensation from William, Archbishop of 
 Canterbury, to hold together with the Vicarage of Middlewich, which does not exceed in value ^14 per 
 annum, "the rectory of S' Mary in the city of Chester, of which the yearly value does not exceed ;£^2 
 and which is not more than 14 miles distant from the said vicarage." 
 
 On the back of the Bishop of Chester's mandate to induct him into St. Mary's Rectory dated 
 i" April, 1724, is this endorsement : — 
 
 "By virtue of y'' within instrument I inducted y'' Reverend Mr. John Cartwright, A.M., into y" reall 
 actuall & corporall possession of y"" Rectory of S' Mary's in Chester with all its fruits, profits, 
 members & apurtenances on Thursday y"" sixteenth of Aprill annoq3 doni 1724. 
 
 (sic testator) Tho ; Aubrev, Reef of Eccleston. 
 
 '■ Testibus p'sentibus 
 
 W" Milton I Church 
 And" Duke ) wardens. 
 
 Jn" Brerewoud Robt Wrench 
 
 Tho' Williams Hugh Roberts Francis Price 
 
 W" Jennings Robert Jones Robert Bowyer 
 
 James Smith Sam' Maddock Richard Jones." 
 
 There is another document notifying that he had read Common Prayers, &c., in the parish church 
 of S' Mar)''s on Sunday, May 3, 1724. Another paper dated 3 Nov. 1724, is a bond from William Milton 
 and Andrew Duke, the Churchwardens, to Mr Cartwright, in the sum of jQ^ i6;^d., that they shall 
 " faithfully distribute all the money that shall be remitted to them by the feoffees of that part of the charity 
 of Henry Smith, Esq., which is situate in Tolshunt Darcy, co. Essex." 
 
 ' Cartwright deeds and papers in the possession i>f J. M. T.iler, Esq.. Saltersford Hall, Holmes Chapel, Cheshire, and 
 kindly lent to me by him. 
 
 'ee my History of Sandbach, co. Chester, pp. 21, 22, and 50.
 
 94 ST. MARY-ON-THE-HILL, CHESTER. 
 
 The last paper in this curious collection is " Mr. John Cartwright's case touching the payments of the 
 arrears of tenths due from Mr. Wilbraham, the late incumbent of S' Mary's in Chester." The rectory of 
 S" Mary's being charged with the yearly payment of 5s. 4d. for tentlis, there were four years' payments in 
 arrear when Mr. Wilbraham died, and he had left no effects wherewith to discharge those arrears. The 
 buildings of the rectory were very much out of repair and it had cost Mr. Cartwright ;i^io and upwards in 
 making good .Mr. Wilbraham's dilapidations. .Mr. Cartwriglit, having been sued for the arrears of the 
 tenths, claims exemption, i\:c. 
 
 Mr. Cartwright was buried at Middlewich on the 25'" January, 1730-1. His will, dated the 14"' Nov. 
 1729, was proved at Chester on the 8"' July, 1731. He describes himself as " Rector of S' Mary's on the 
 Hill in Chester,'' and desired that his body "should be interred either at Lawton or Middlewich or in the 
 chancel belonging to the Rectory of -S' Mary's in Chester after the most frugal and private manner with 
 decency." He mentions his wife Grace Cartwright and his mother Elizabeth Cartwright, and speaks of his 
 sister Weston and her husband .Mr. I'homas Weston [of Middlewich] and their children. He left a 
 guinea to " the servant man who shall he with mc at the time of my death " and half a guinea each to the 
 clerk of .S' Mary's and the clerk of Middlewich churches. "To the clergyman who performs the burying 
 office, one of my best books in my study after the Bishop's mortuary is discharged." His wife was appointed 
 sole executrix. 
 
 His name occurs occasionally in the Churchwardens' .\ccounts as having been present at the X'estry 
 meetings and signing the proceedings as "John Cartwright R.," but there is nothing in the Registers 
 relating to him or his family. Hence he was probably non-resident, his duties being undertaken by his 
 curate, the Re\. Charles Aldcroft. Mr. .Mdcroft came to St. Mary's in 1723, shortly before the death 
 of the Rev. Hugh Wilbraham, and he remained here for many years. The following entries are found 
 in the Registers : — 
 
 " 1723. William Son to the Rev'"' M' Charles .Mdcroft Curate of this Church & Ann his \VifL- i1' of 
 Cuppingslane Bap' y'' 7"' day of Novemb'' 1723." 
 
 "1725. Thomas Son to the Rev"'' M' Charles Mdcroft Curate & -\nn his Wife of Cuppings I^ne 
 Baptized the 26'" day of May 1725." 
 
 " 1726. Ralph Son to the Rev'"' M' Charles Mdcroft Cur" & Ann his Wife of Cuppings Lane Baptized 
 y'' 29"' day of November 1726." 
 
 " 1728. James Son to the Rev'"' M' Charles Aldcroft Curate of y* Church and .\nn his Wife Baptized 
 y'' 20"' day of May 1728." 
 
 Mr. Aldcroft signs the Register as Curate down to 1734. The following entries relating to him 
 are from the Registers of St. Michael's, Chester : — 
 
 " 1728, June 23. James son of Charles Oldcroft \sic\ clergyman, buried." 
 " 1730, September 27. Ann y' wife of M'' Charles Aldcroft, clerk, buried." 
 " 1731, May 9. Ralph son of Charles Aldcroft, clerk, buried." 
 1730-1. I March. Arthur VVilli.vm.s, M.A. 
 
 Presented by the King [George II.] on the death of John Cartwright, the right of pre- 
 sentation being in the King's hands owing to the outlawrj- of Roger Wilbraham, Esq., the 
 patron.' 
 
 Arthur Williams was the son of John Williams, Esq., of the parish of Holy Trinity, Chester, harrister- 
 at-law (second son of Sir William Williams, the first Baronet), by his wife Catherine, the eldest daughter 
 of Sir Hugh Owen, Bart. He matriculated at Oxford from Jesus College on the 25th May, 1721, being 
 then 17 years of age, and took his B.A. degree on the 23 Nov. 1726, and that of M.A. on sth July, 1728. 
 
 ' The original presentation, preserved in the Bishop's Rcgistr)' at Chester, is datcil II Kebniary. the fourlli of our 
 reign [l7jl]-
 
 
 LIST OF THE RECTORS OF ST. MARY'S. 95 
 
 He subsequently became Archdeacon of St. David's, and died on the 21st August, 1737-' His burial, 
 strangely enough, took place at St. Michael's, Chester, as thus entered in the Register there : — 
 
 " 1737, Aug. 23. Rev. Arthur \\'illianis buried." 
 
 He was probably non-resident at St. Mary's as there are no entries in the Register relating to him, 
 and, as shown above, he was not buried there. He attended the \"estry meetings and signs the records 
 of the proceedings in the Churchwardens' Accounts as " Arthur Williams, Rector." 
 
 The Rev. Charles Aldcroft continued to act as Curate and signs the Registers as such down to 1734, 
 when he appears to have left. He seems to have remained in Chester or the neighbourhood and 
 occasionally officiated at St. Mary's. He died in 1748 when he is described as rector of Wallasey, 
 in Wirral Hundred, to which rectory he had been appointed on the 17 June, 1718.- " Roger Barnston 
 Curate" signs in the Churchwardens' Accounts Book on the 8th July, 1736. 
 
 1737. loth October. THO>tAS Brooke, M.A. 
 Presented by Roger Wilbraham, of Dorfold,-' Esq., on the death of the Rev. Arthur 
 Williams, the last incumbent. 
 
 From the following " Letters Testimonial " preserved in the Bishop's Registry at Chester it appears 
 that Mr. Brooke was at this time Vicar of Walton-on-the-Hill, near Liverpool, to which he had been 
 presented 7 Nov. 1722, by Silvester Richmond, Rector of Walton :-- 
 
 " To the Right Rev"'' Samuel Lord Bishop of Chester 
 
 " These are to Certify y Lordship y' 
 
 " We whose names are hereunto subscribed have personally known M'' Tho* Brooke Vic' of Walton 
 
 (and now Reef of S' Marys in the City of Chester) for the space of Three Years and past and do believe 
 
 Him to be a ALan of sober Life & Conversation ; nor hath He, to our knowledge, at any time Held, 
 
 Written or Preach'd any Thing contrary to sound Doctrine, as witness Our hands y' 28"' day of 
 
 9'"' '737- 
 
 (Signed) Sii,. Richmond, Rector of Walton. 
 
 Ger.\rd Guy, Curate of Walton. 
 
 Edward Da vies. Curate of West Darby." 
 
 Mr. Brooke, who remained at St. Mary's for a few years only, retained his Lancashire living as 
 well, to which his successor was not appointed till 1757. His letter of resignation of St. Mary's is 
 dated from "Walton," the 6th November, 1744 In this, which is addressed to the Bishop of Chester, 
 he writes : " I am glad you have been so good to save my kinsman the trouble of having y' my 
 Resignation made in any further P'orm." His name does not occur in the Registers of St. Mary's, but 
 he signs some of the Vestry meetings in the Churchwardens' Accounts as "Tho' Brooke Reef" in a good 
 bold hand. 
 
 He was the second son of Sir Thomas Brooke, of Norton Priory, Bart., by Grace his wife, daughter 
 of Roger Wilbraham, of Townsend, Esq. He was brother of Henry Brooke, LL.D., Professor of Civil 
 Law in the University of O.xford, and also of Pusey Brooke, collector of the Customs at Portsmouth 
 and Surveyor-General of Hants and Dorset. He died 16 kalends September, 1757, in the 64th year of 
 his age, and was buried at Runcorn, in Cheshire, where a mural monument bearing a long Latin 
 inscription still remains. On this monument he is simply described as Vicar of Walton, co. Lane. 
 
 The following entry from the Register, the spelling of which is as in the original, may here be given: — 
 "1744. Uv./ohii Laitgford Clerge Man Near y"^ Bridg was Buried the 8* day of June." 
 
 ' Foster's Alunuii Oxonicnscs. 
 
 - He was buried at St. Michael's, Chester, on the nth Nov. 1748, as " the Rev. Mr. Aldcroft, Rector of Wallasey." On 
 the l6th April, 1765, " Mrs. Margarett Aldcroft widow, near y'^' Bridge," was buried at St. Mary's. 
 
 ^ In the Institution Books at the Public Record Office (Exchequer Records) he is stated to have been instituted on the 
 26th Oct. 1737, on the presentation "of Thomas Owen, Esq." Possibly the presentation by Roger Wilbraham was invalid 
 from some reason or other.
 
 96 ST. MARY-ON-THE-HILL, CHESTER 
 
 1744. 8 November. JOHN WiLBRAIlAM. 
 Presented by Randlc VVilbraham, of Lincoln's Inn, Esq., on the resignation of Thomas 
 Brooke, the last incumbent. 
 
 This rector was the younger of the two sons of Ralph Wilbraham, of Dorfold, Esq., (who died in 
 '73'). by Elizabeth his wife, daughter of John Hromhall, of the Hough in Wybuiibury, co. Chester, Esq., 
 and he was presented to St. Mary's by his elder brother. He was born on the 4th November, 1720, and 
 baptized at St. Andrew's, Holborn, London. He matriculated at Oxford from Hertford College (or Harl 
 Hall) on the 20th July, 1739, ^g'-'d i^, and is then described as son of Ralph Wilbraham, of London, F^sij. 
 He does not appear to have taken any degree. His mother made the following certificate as to his age 
 prior to his presentation : — 
 
 " Elizabeth Wilbraham, Widdow, Relict of Ralph Wilbraham of Furnifalls Inn London Esq., makes 
 oath that John Wilbraham, clerk, her son, is Twenty three yeares of Age past and will be Twenty four 
 yeares of age y*' fourth day of Novem' next as witnesse my hand this third day of Octo' 1 744. (Signed) 
 EuzA WiLKR.\H.\M.'' " Swom before me this third day of Octo' 1744 (signed) John Crewe. " 
 
 He had married at St. Mary's on the 4th November, 1742, Margaret, daughter of John Windsor, Es(|., 
 the following being the entry in the Register: — 
 
 "1742. John Wilbraham of Dorfold in the parisli of Acton and county of Chester, gentleman, and 
 Margarett Windsor of y'' same parish Spinst' were married by virtue of a Licence y' 4'" day of Novem'." 
 
 They had the following issue : — 
 
 John Bromhall Wilbraham, baptized Sih .\ugust, 1743: buried at Wybunbury, 3 September, 1766; 
 unmarried.' 
 
 Eleanor VVilbraham (ultimately coheir), baptized at St. Mary's 6th June, 1745. 
 
 Mary Wilbraham (ultimately coheir), married at \\')bunbury to the Rev. Robert Hill, of Hawkstone, 
 Salop, afterwards Rector of St. Mary's, 13 August, 1772, by whom she had issue as described in the 
 account of Mr. HiU /'osUir. 
 
 Elizabeth Wilbraham, baptized at St. Mary's, 6 November, 1746 ; buried there 19th tJetober, 1747. 
 
 Margaret Wilbraham, baptized at St. Mary's, 2 January, 1747-8 ; buried there 28th March, 1748. 
 
 The Rev. John Wilbraham died in July, 1765, and was buried at U'\l)uni)ury on the 23rd of thai 
 month, as shown by the following entry in the Register there : — 
 
 '• 1765. July 23. The reverend M' Wilbraham of Hough, Rector of S' Mary's in the City of Chester, 
 buried." 
 
 His widow survived him for many years, being buried at W\bunbury on the 9th November, i 783, as 
 " Mrs. Margaret Wilbraham of Hough.' 
 
 In 1747 the Rev. Mr. /I'/i'i Prince is described as Curate, and he was still here in tiiat capacity 
 in 1755. His successor appears to have been the Rev. W. Bradshaw, who officiated here from 1755 to 
 1762, when the name of ^'Joseph Ealoii Curate" occurs. The latter remained here till 1766. 
 
 I'he following entry occurs in the Register : — 
 
 " 1760. The Rev. Mr. Rali)h \'ernon" of Bridge street was Buried the 31" day of July." 
 
 1765. October 16. Rii hard Hen.shall, M..\. 
 Presented by John Windsor, of Shrewsbury, co. Salop, gentleman, on the death of Joiiii 
 Wilbraham, the last incumbent. 
 
 ' This John Bromhall Wilbraham matriculated at O.vford from Brasenose College on the 27 l-'ebruary, 1761, aged 17, and 
 is clescribed as son of John Wilbraham of Reeseheath, co. Chester, clerk. He took his B.A. degree on the 12 October. 1764. 
 His burial is thus entered in the Wybunbury Register: — 
 
 " 1766 September 3. The reverend .Mr. John Bromhall Wilbraham of Hough, Bachelour of Arts, buried." 
 
 - Sec the monumental inscription to his memory fomierly in the church, p. 74. On the 2nd February, 1761, Mrs. Hannah 
 Vernon, widow, of Watergate Street, was buried at .St. Mary's.
 
 [33661 Denson op Wkevin, sra 
 
 (Continued from Xo. 3351.) 
 Thh Will of Thomas Dknson op tuk Cut 
 OF CiiESTEit, BEEitEBREWEB, sicke, dated 10 
 Mii5e, 1640, woB proved in the Consistoiv Court 
 of Chester 12 January following bj Uio sole 
 executor named. Testator dcsiren to be buried 
 
 at Backford Cliurch as neero unto my mother).- RECTORS OF ST. M.ARY'S. 07 
 
 as uiare bee. He leaves to his »i»t<.r KatUerine "' 
 
 Densoii household effects and ten pounds per —^ — ^^ — = — ■ — =^ 
 
 annum to be paid unto her by my brother 
 
 Robertc Denson ... out of th* me.«suagc in Lifted with the Richard Henshall ' who matriculated at Oxford 
 
 Wirvii), CO. Clieeter, which I houlde by leaeo 
 
 from John ilurlestou, Eaquire, for the lives of irch, 1 743-4, being described as the son of John Henshall of 
 
 mee the -;aid Thomas Dt-nson, Roberte Denson ._., , ,,, „ , , rn.- 
 
 »nd Kather[ine] Denson. Leaves legacies to lis B.A. degree on the 23 March, 1747-8, but that of M..\. IS 
 
 Mor^^t^^'oi^K^phe .*.' . [kTrn] oi' UoskI, styled M..\. in his presentation and other documents 
 
 ^ZZ\rJe:%^^A^TJ:Z^i:''A^^^^ ^e Bishop's Registry at Chester, it appears that in 1765, he was 
 
 jnd Marv Grace; God^u Thomas Denson ; _. ^i^^^^ ^^d his Letters Testimonial, dated 15th October, 1765, 
 
 God daughters Kathenne Higgnett and R<;becca ' ' j > < j> 
 
 Robinson. To Robert*. Denson tlie tnessuage odshaml, William Jones, and Peter Hughes. 
 
 aforesaid and all the rest and makes him sole 
 
 executor. ecember, 1767. There are no entries relating to him in the 
 
 Witnesses— Bdwai'dMorgell and Daniel Buller , ^ ,, • . ^ , r^ , > t^ • 
 
 [gpnr.i. ' sent me the following entries from the Frodsham Registers : — 
 
 Invbntokt dated 18 November, 1640, £65, is , , . ,, u n r 1- j 1 i <^- j ■ »„1 v, u• 
 
 pray8ed by William Mear-ocko, William Morton, -'^rd and Ann Henshall of l-rodsham baptized privately by his 
 
 John Bridg and EMward Bridg and was ex- ,i,„ „|-,,,rph thp -70"' '' 
 hihitpH 12 Tianuarv foUowine. t"*^ cnurcn tne 2g . 
 
 hibited 12 January following. 
 __, iTo he continued.) F.C.B. | Richard Henshall of Frodsham, buried." 
 
 On resigning .St. .Mar\ s he appears to have returned to Frodsham, for his burial is recorded in the 
 Register there. 
 
 " 1768 August 27 The Rev'' M' Richard Henshall of Frodsham, buried." 
 
 In 1766 the name of ^^ Humphrey Henchman Curate" occurs, but he does not seem to have been 
 here long. The following entry is in the Register : — 
 
 "1766 William son to the Rev'"' M'' Joseph Eaton and kwn his wife of Gloverstone was Baptized 
 
 the 5'" day of Nov'." 
 
 1768. June 29. MiDDLETON JoXE.s, LL.H. 
 
 Presented by John Windsor, of Shrewsbury, co. Salop, gentleman, on the resignation of 
 
 Richard Henshall. 
 
 Mr. Jones, who was the son of John Jones, of Cribarth, co. Brecon, gent., matriculated at Oxford from 
 
 Lincoln College on the 8th December, 1747, aged 19. He took the degree of B.C.L. (or LL.B.) on the 
 
 24th June, 1754. In 1756 and 1758 he occurs in the Registers of Middlewich, co. Chester, as then acting 
 
 as Curate there. In the original presentation dated 23rd May, 1768, he is descnbed as "of Chester," so 
 
 that he was probably then living in the city and possibly holding some preferment there. 
 
 He resigned St. Mary's on the 28th February, 1772, and three years afterwards died. His burial took 
 
 place at St. Mary's as thus recorded in the Register : — 
 
 " 1775. The Rev'' M'' Middleton Jones Late Rector of this Parish Buried y' 13"' day of November." 
 
 The following inscription is on a mural monument still in the church {see p. 52) ; — 
 
 Underneath lie the remains | of the Rev. Middleton Jones, LLB. | late of Cribarth in the county of 
 
 Brecon | formerly rector of this parish | who died the 9"' of November 1775 aged 47. 
 
 In July 1768 the name of " Thomas Denson Curate" occurs in the Register, but from 1770 to 1778 most 
 
 of the marriages at St. ACary's were performed by the Rev. Samuel Bosivell, who was the resident Curate 
 
 there. 
 
 1772. July 25. Robert Hill, LL.B. 
 
 Presented by Mary Wilbraham, of Hough, co. Chester, spinster, on the resignation of 
 Middleton Jones. 
 
 This rector, who was the fourth son of Sir Rowland Hill, of Hawkstone, co. Salop, Bart., born 1 7 May, 
 1746, matriculated at Oxford from Pembroke College on the i6th October, 1765, aged 19. He took his 
 B.A. degree on the 24th May, 1769, in which year he became Fellow of All Souls and took his B.C.L. 
 (LL.B.) degree on the 17th June, 1772. He brought with him to Chester Letters Testimonial from the 
 Warden and Fellows of All Souls, Oxford, he having resided there as a Fellow since 8th November, 1769, 
 and also from the authorities of Pembroke College, Oxford. 
 
 ' The only Richard Wen'.'nM in the Oxford Matriculation Register, 1715-1886 (see Foster's Alumni Oxoniensti) 
 
 O
 
 98 ST. MARV-ON-THE-HILL, CHESTER. 
 
 He was presented to St. Mary's on the 15th June, 1772, by Miss Mary Wilbraham, the elder of the two 
 daughters and coheirs of the late Rev. John Wilbraham, of Hough, late Rector of St. Mary's, and a few 
 weeks later, on the 13th August, he married her. The following is the entry in the Register at Wybunbury,' 
 CO. Chester : — 
 
 " 1772. August 13. The Rev'' Robt. Hill of Hawksione, Salop, clerk and Bachelor & Miss Mary 
 Wilbraham of Wybunbury Parish Spinster, by Licence." 
 
 By her he had a large family of fourteen children, most of whose baptisms are entered in the Wybun- 
 ijury Register,' in which he is in nearly every case described as " the Rev. Mr. Robert Hill of Hough and 
 Rector of St. Mary's on the Hill in the City of Chester." These children are as follows : — 
 
 "Robert Wilbraham Bromhall Hill, baptized at Wybunbury' 8 Feb. 1774, afterwards rector of 
 \Vaters Upton, co. Salop. Died 13 Jan. 1815 leaving issue {see Foster's Peera'^e under Viscount Hill). 
 
 John Hill, baptized at W. 26 Feb. 1775, afterwards Attorney-General for Cheshire and North Wales. 
 Died 4 April 1849 leaving issue' (see do., do.). A stained glass window was placed to his memory and 
 that of his son, Thomas Wilkinson Hill, barrister-at-law, in the south chapel {see p. 22), and the monu- 
 mental inscriptions to him and his children will be found on pp. 48 and 75. 
 
 Rowland Hill, bapt. at W. 9"' August 1776, afterwards Rector of St. Mary's {seepostcn). 
 
 Samuel Hill, bapt. at W. 30 Dec. 1777. Died in Oct. 1850, s.p. 
 
 Richard Hill, bapt. at W. 3 Febr. 1779. Died 17 May 1834 leaving issue. 
 
 Mary Hill, bapt. at W. 20 Jan. 17S1. 
 
 Margaret Hill, bapt. at W. 25 Jan. 1783. Died 20 Mar. 1859 leaving issue. 
 
 Brian Hill, bapt. at W. 1 Feb. 1784, buried there 22 Feb. 1784. 
 
 Jane Hill, bapt. at W. 2 March, 1785. 
 
 Brian Hill, bapt. at W. 25 April 1786. 
 
 Thomas Hill, bapt. at W. 5 Sept. 1787. 
 
 Eliza Ann Hill, bapt. at W. 21 Oct. 1788. 
 
 Emma Hill, bapt. at W. 12 Jan. 1790. 
 
 William Hill, buried at W. 7 June 1791. 
 
 Mr. Hill (who is said to have been rector of Great Bolas, co. Salop, in 1772) resigned St. Mary's in 1803, 
 placing his son the Rev. Rowland Hill in his place there, and became perpetual curate of Talk-on-lhe-Hill, 
 CO. Stafford, from 1803 till his death, which occurred on the 31st January, 1831, at the age of 85. His 
 wife had predeceased him, dying on the 12th April, 1824, aged 74. Both are buried at Wybunbury. 
 
 As already stated, the Rev. Samuel BosweU \vn.ii officiating as Curate from 1770 to 1778, and in 1776 
 when a new volume of the Registers was purchased his name is entered on the fly-leaf in that capacity. In 
 the latter part of 1778 the name of " Charles Allanson Wighton, Curate" appears, and again in 1779. On 
 the 26th June, 1779, the ^nw/ohii Willaii was appointed Curate, by the Rev. Robert Hill, the rector, at the 
 yearly stipend of ^50. He was a native of Sedbergh in Yorkshire, the son of William Willan of that place, 
 where he was baptized on March 28th, 1755. For some reason or other he was re-appointed Curate, on the 
 same stipend, on the 24th May, 1791, and he remained here till 1799 when he either left or died. On the 
 31st Oct. 1785 he was married at St. Michael's, Chester, to Hannah Wordsworth of tliat parish, spinster, and 
 the following entries of their children occur in the St. Mary's Registers : — 
 
 Hannah, baptized 19 July 17S6; John, born Feb. 4"^ bapt. March 11'" 1789; Agnes, born July 19"', 
 
 ' For these extracts from the Wybunbury Registers I .1111 indel)ted to Mr. Jaines Hall, of Nantwich, author of The Hisloiy 
 of Nantwich. 
 
 - The baptism of "Mary Meeke, daughter of the Rev'' Robert Hill Minister of this Parish, privately tiaptized Dec. 4, 
 1799" occurs in the St. Mary's Register. 
 
 ' The baptisms of the following children occur in the Registers of .St. Mary's :— Mary Anne, daughter of John Hill, Esq., 
 barrister-at-law, and Elizabeth his wife, born 21 March, 1802, bapt. 10 Jan. 1803 ; Thomas Wilkinson, born 20 May, 1S04, 
 
 1806 ; John, born 2 Sept. 1S06, bnpt. I J July, 1810 ; 
 1S12. 
 
 bapt. 18 July, 1S06; Elizabeth Ann, born 3 Aug. 1805, bapt. 18 July, 1806 ; Joh 
 Rowland, born 12 Dec. 1S07, bapl. 13 July, iSio ; Frances Emily, bapl. 26 Nov. iS
 
 LIST OF THE RECTORS OF ST. MARY'S. 
 
 99 
 
 bapt. lo'" August 1792 ; Mary Ann, born 23 Nov. 1793, bapt. i Jan. 1794, buried 6 Sept. 1796; Dorothy 
 Edwards, born 3 Nov., bapt. 30 Nov. 1796. 
 
 On the 16 Sept. 1799, the rector appointed his son, the Rev. Robert Wilbrahain Bromhall Hill, to act 
 as his Curate at the stipend of ^65, and on the 21 Sept. 1800, his third son, the Rev. Rowland Hill, was 
 appointed to that office, in succession to his brother, at the yearly stipend of ^70. 
 
 1803. November 12. Rowland Hill, M.A. 
 Presented by the Rev. Robert Hill, LL.B., of Hough, co. Chester, on the cession of the said 
 Robert Hill. 
 
 As already stated, he was the third son of the last Rector, the Rev. Robert Hill, of Hough, in Wybun- 
 bury, and was baptized at Wybunbury on the 9th August, 1776. He matriculated at O.xford from 
 Brasenose College on the 22 Jan. 1794, aged 17, and took his B.A. degree on the 13 March, 1798, and 
 that of \l.\. on the i July, 1802. 
 
 He died on the 7th November, 1844, without issue. His widow, Harriet, survived him for many 
 years, dying on the 4th February, 1861. 
 
 The following entry occurs in the Register : — 
 
 iSii. Rev. P. Fawcett January 26"' buried, 
 but he was not, I think, connected with St. Marys. 
 
 On the 23 Sept. 1810, the Rev. Joseph Fish (son of the Rev. William Fish,' of Chester, but born at 
 Holy Mount in Ireland) was appointed Curate by the rector, and on the 28th Aug. 1S13, his brother, the 
 "^awjohn Fish, succeeded him in the same office. On the 19th Jan. 1819, the Rev. William Godwin, M.A., 
 curate of Nantwich, was appointed Curate of St. Mary's, and he was re-appointed to that position by the Rev. 
 Thomas Mawdesley on the i6th Oct. 1821. 
 
 1 8 19. October 8. Thoma.s Mawdesley, M.A. 
 Presented by the Rt. Hon*'''' Robert, Earl Grosvenor, of Eaton, on the cession of the Rev. 
 Rowland Hill. 
 
 He was the fourth son of the Rev. Thomas Mawdesley, incumbent of Astley Chapd, co. Lane, and 
 Frances, his wife, eldest daughter of Richard Crosse, of Crosse Hall, co. Lane, Esq. He was born about 
 1758 and matriculated at Oxford from Brasenose College on the 30th March, 1776, aged 18, when he was 
 described as son of Thomas Mawdesley, of Leigh, co. Lane, clerk. He took his B.A. degree in 1779, and 
 that of M.A. in 1782. He was for some years curate at Trinity Church, Chester, and on the 4 June, ib'03, 
 he was presented by the Dean and Chapter of Chester to the vicarage of St. Oswald's, Chester, which he 
 resigned when lie accepted St. Mary's. 
 
 By his wife Mary Anne, only daughter of John Lawton, Esq., of Chester, he had the following issue :— 
 
 The Rev. Thomas Mawdesley, born 11 Aug., bapt. at S' Martins 4 Nov. 1788, incumbent of the 
 chapel of Chelford, in Prestbury parish, co. Chester, from 1816 till his death 21 Jan. 1839. 
 
 Othuell Mawdesley, bom 29 April, bapt. at S' Martins 6 Aug. 1790, Lieut. R.N. Killed at Pisa in 
 1812. 
 
 Robert Mawdesley, born 29 May, bapt. at S' Martins 8 June 1796, Captain 5 1^' regiment, died at 
 Chester. 4 July 1859 {see his monumental inscription p. 51). 
 
 And two daughters, Mary Ann, born 1791, died 1873, and Frances Elizabeth Matilda, died 1S91 {see 
 P- 51)- 
 
 He died at Chester on the 2nd September, 1833. A stained glass window was placed to his memory 
 in the church in 1850, bearing this inscription {see p. 22 : — 
 
 1 1-' J"i'^°""'i\'^'l?" ^"'' ''^'^ ^"^^^ ^' "'''""" ■^"''' '' may be mentioned that in 1S09 the following sermon by him was 
 published :— • A Sermon preached in the Chapel of the Castle of Chester previous to The Execution of the condemned criminals 
 (jeorge Clover and William Proudlove, who suffered on Saturday the 6th of May. By the Rev. Wm. Kish, A 1!. Chester, 
 printed liy J. Hetcher. 1809." Octavo, pp. 32. 
 
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 Sacred to the memory of 'I'liomas Mawdesley, M.A., Rector of this Parish, who died 2'' Sept', 1833, 
 aged 75, and of Mary Anne, his wife, who died 26"' April, 1848, aged 89. Thomas, their son, M.A., 
 Incumbent of Chelford, in this County, died 21"' Jan'', 1839, aged 50. Othuell, their son, l.ieut. R.N., 
 killed on service in the Adriatic, 9"" Nov"', 1812, aged 22. 
 
 His first Curate, as already stated, was the Rev. IVi/lium Godwin, M.A., who was followed in 1826 by 
 the Rev. Samuel Maddock, M.A., in 1827 by the Rev. Thomas Tynvhitt, M.A., and in 1831 by the Rev. 
 W. Uukhinsoii, M.A. 
 
 1833. October 25. Tiio.M.vs Eaton, :\I.A. 
 
 Presented by the Right Honourable Robert, Marquis of Westminster, on the death uf 
 the Rev. Thomas Mawdesley. 
 
 This rector, who was born about 1804, was the son of Mr. Thomas Eaton, of Scorton, co. York. He 
 was educated at the Charterhouse, London, whence he proceeded to Trinity College, Cambridge, ist 
 March, 1825, aged 21. He took his R.A. degree in 1829, but did not proceed to that of M.A. till 1S43. 
 He was ordained deacon in 1831 and priest in 1833, in which year,"as above .stated, he was presented to 
 St. Mary's by the then Marquis of Westminster, the patron of the living. 
 
 He remained at St. Mary's till the end of 1847, when he resigned that rectory for the vicarage of 
 Eastham, in the Hundred of Wirral, co. Chester, to which he was presented by the Dean and Chapter of 
 Chester Cathedral. This living he held for nearly 23 years, resigning it however for the rectory of St. 
 Bridget's, West Kirhy, to which he was presented by the Dean and Chapter on the 26th June, i860. 
 'I'his rectory he retained till his death, which took place on the i6th June, 1889, in his 84th year. He 
 was buried on the 2otli June in the churchyard of West Kirby. 
 
 Whilst Rector of St. Mary's he was appointed Canon of Chester by Bishop Sumner, on the nth 
 February, 1843, ^ind he held this canonry for tiie long period of 45 years, only resigning it in October, 
 1 888, owing to old age and failing health. 
 
 At the time of his death it was said of him, " that up till very recently the deceased Canon jireserved 
 all the dignity of a fine and commanding presence, and was the beau idea/ of an English clergyman, and of 
 all the members of the Cathedral Chapter it is not perhaps too much, nor would it be invidious, to say 
 that he was the greatest Hivorite with the clergy and the choir. His courtesy, affability, and Iwnhotiiie 
 stamped him as a true English gentleman of the old school, and endeared him very much to those who 
 had the privilege of being associated with him." Whilst at West Kirby he restored the old parish church 
 there, built new and commodious .schools, and commenced the building of the new church of St. Andrew 
 within that parish. "H^ 1/fc.ti.y-**'"^ "^^ "^v,* iS<8 -\v.«C*rt^v«oCu, (U o0^4.».ve/L ^ ativO»~— -K K-^J»--» t>i.-<-«^'i 'j^'Q^cCr 
 
 During his incumbency of St. Mary's he began the restoration of that church and rebuilt the east wall, 
 which was in a very insecure state. The Rev. C. F. Smitli was one of his curates, licensed 30 March, 
 1 840 ; but I have not been able to recover the names of others. 
 
 1848. January 29. William Henkv Ma.ssie, B.A, 
 Presented by the Right Honourable Richard, Marquis of Westminster, on the cession of 
 the Rev. Thomas Eaton. 
 
 Mr. Massie was the fourth son of the Rev. Richard Massie, M.A., lord of the manor of Coddington, 
 CO. Chester, appointed Rector of Aldford in that county in 181 1. He was born at No. 3, Stanley Place, 
 Chester, in the year 1800, when his father was curate of St. Bridget's Church.' His baptism took place at 
 Holy Trinity Church, Chester, as thus entered in the Register there : — 
 
 ' For the particulars contained in this biography I am much indebted to a very full memoir of the Rev. W. H. Massie, 
 comriljuted to the Journal of the Chalcr An lueohgical aitd UislorU So^iely, vol. i., pp. 3S3-413, by the late Thomas Hughes, 
 K.-S-A., who succeeded Mr. M.issie as Hon. Secretary of that society. This memoir has a photograph of the dcceascil, and is 
 enriched with many illuslrnliuns of places, S:c., with which he was connected, including one of St. .Nlary's Church and the mural 
 painting there. A lew copies were reprinted separately in pamphlet form.
 
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 LIST OF THE RECTORS OF ST. MARY'S. loi 
 
 1807. William Henry, son of the Rev. Richard Massie and Hester Lee, his wife, born November 12, 
 1806, baptized 17th October, 1807. 
 
 He was educated at a private school near Chester, and afterwards at Macclesfield Grammar School, 
 where he went in 1822, when the Rev. David Davies, D.I)., was head-master. He left there in 1826, and 
 on the 12 November in that year was gazetted to the 39th regiment of Bengal Native Infantry, being then 
 just 20 years of age. He was invalided home in 1830, and he shortly afterwards decided to give up his 
 Indian career in order to take holy orders in the Church. 
 
 He studied at Trinity College, Dublin, from 1832 to 1834, taking several University prizes there, and in 
 the latter year was ordained by Dr. Sumner, Bishop of Chester, and was licensed to Goostrey, a chapelry 
 in the parish of Sandbach, co. Chester. He remained there for 13 years, and on the 29 July, 1846, he laid 
 the foundation stone of a new church at Byley-cum-Lees, the centre of a scattered district, where a church 
 was much wanted. Mr. Massie was his own architect, and the building, which was consecrated on the 
 14th Oct 1847, does great credit to his taste and skill. A few months later he resigned Goostrey on being 
 presented to the church of St. Mary-on-the-Hill. 
 
 In the eariy part of 1849 he was elected to a minor canonry in Chester Cathedral, and shortly afterwards 
 he began to restore St. Mary's and to do awa\- with the old-fashioned high square pews by which it was dis- 
 figured. During the restoration of the south aisle the interesting mural painting referred to on p. 10 was 
 discovered and carefully preserved. He also restored the mural monuments of the three Randle Holmes, 
 the celebrated Chester antiquaries of the 17th century. '3^ ^. ^^'"ctruuxt i«. "K^tt cU-4^c^dU^a/ ti^ la 't.^uri 
 
 In this year, too, he was mainly instrumental in founding the Chester Archaeological and Historic 
 Society, the preliminary meeting being held at St. Mary's Rectory. He took the warmest interest in this 
 Society, of which he was the energetic honorary secretary from its foundation till his death, and he read 
 many valuable antiquarian and historical papers to its members.' 
 
 He also set himself the arduous task of erecting two new churches in the outlying districts of the 
 extensive parish of St. Mary's, the one at Saltney and the other at Upton. The latter was first finished, and 
 was consecrated on the 31st May, 1854, and the former on the 9th January, 1855. 
 
 His death took place on the 5th January, 1856, and on the i ith of that month he was interred in the 
 Chester cemetery, amidst great manifestations of unfeigned sorrow on the part of all classes. Funeral 
 sermons were preached in St. Mary's on the following Sunday, in the morning by the Rev. Henr}' Ireland 
 Blackburne, M. A , Mcar of Rostherne, and late Curate of St. Mary's, and in the afternoon by the Rev. J. F. 
 Hewson, assistant curate of the parish. The sermon in the evening was preached by the Bishop of Chester 
 to a most crowded congregation, the text being, " Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord." 
 
 On his grave in the Chester Cemetery a raised cruciform tombstone was placed to his memory, 
 bearing the following inscription : — 
 
 Here lies the body of 
 
 William Henry Massie 
 
 for thirteen years incumbent of Goostrey, in the county of Chester, 
 
 and eight years rector of St Marys, in this city, 
 
 where he died January 5, 1856, aged 49. 
 
 He was a man greatly beloved. 
 
 " When the ear heard him, then it blessed him, and when the 
 
 eye saw him, it gave witness to him.' Job. xxix. 1 1. 
 
 In early life he was a soldier, and spent four years in the East India Company's Service 
 
 m Bengal, where he gave clear indications of the energy and ability, which afterwards dis- 
 
 tmgULshed him in a higher ser\'ice. Like the (lood Centurion, who loved God's people and 
 
 ' One ol ihcse, ihe l.i>i that he wa.. to deliver, wa5 a lecture on the - History of St. Marys Parish, Chester," which xvas 
 -iven only a week prior to his hnal illness. Unfortunately he left no notes of this lecture, and only a short abstract of it 
 appears in the Society ^Journal, vol. j.. |,p 43S 462. illu.trate.l with a map of St. Marv's Parish.
 
 lo-^ ST. MARY-ON-THE-HILL, CHESTER. 
 
 built them a Synagogue he has left a lasting monument of his zeal for (lod's house and deep 
 concern for the spiritual welfare of his Hock in the Churches recently built through his exer- 
 tions, at Byley, Upton and Saltney. 
 
 Soldier of God, thy course was nobly run, 
 The fight well fought, the battle bravely won ; 
 Useful and happy was thy brief campaign ; 
 To thee 'to live was Christ, to die was gain.' 
 " Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord, yea saith the Spirit, for they rest from their 
 labours, and their works do follow them." 
 
 " Though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for Thy 
 rod and Thy staff, they comfort me." Psalm xxiii. 4. 
 
 The line east window of St. Mary's was filled with stained glass (by Wailes, of Newcastle) to Mr. 
 Massie's memory, the subject being Christ sending forth His Disciples to preach the C.ospel to every nation 
 (see p. 21). 
 
 In 1857 there was published, "Sermons preached at St. Mary's Church, Chester, by the late Rev. 
 \V. H. Massie, B.A., Rector. London: Whitiaker and Co., Ave Maria Lane; Chester: Hugh Roberts, 
 Eastgate Row. 1857." A small octavo volmne of 352 pages. The preface is signed by the Rev. R. 
 Massie, Rector of Pulford, co. Chester, brother of the deceased, who, together with another brother, the 
 Rev. E. Massie, Curate in charge of Gawsworth, co. Chester, selected such of the sermons of the late Rev. 
 \V. H. Massie as they considered most worthy of preservation. The Rev. W. H. Massie is stated to have 
 been the author of the " Parochial Visitation of the Poor," one of the series of Parker's Parochial Tracts, 
 and also of a few single sermons on the Gunpowder Plot and other subjects. 
 
 1856. April 5. Cii.\RLE.s BOWEN, M.A. 
 I'resented by the Rii^ht Honourable Richard, Marquis of Westminster, on the death of 
 the Rev. William Henry Massie. 
 
 This rector, who was born about the year iSro, was the son of the Rev. William Bowen, M.A , ^'icar 
 of Ewyas-Harold with Kentchurch, co. Hereford. He was educated at the Grammar School, Hereford, 
 and graduated at St. Peter's College, Cambridge, B.A., 1S33. Pr'or to coming to St. Mary's he was for some 
 years Vicar of Armley, near Leeds, and of Rauceby, co. Lincoln.' In 1872 he was elected an Honorary 
 Canon of Chester Cathedral. It is said of him by one who knew him intimately that " he was a clear and 
 distinct reader as well as an eloquent preacher and attracted crowds by his earnest and impressive sermons. 
 Of his fine old church he was justly proud, and through his exertions it was restored and the present tower 
 built [or rather restored to its original height] soon after he became rector.'' 
 
 " Beloved and honoured by his brother clergy and by all who knew him, he rested from his labours on 
 the 27'" Jan. 1882, and was interred in the beautiful little village churchyard of Upton, which church was 
 at that time attached to the mother church of S' Marys." 
 
 The following is the inscription on his tombstone in the churchyard of Upton: — 
 
 C'H.^RLEb BOWEX MA 
 
 Priest 
 
 Rector of S. Mary's with Upton 
 
 for 26 years & Hon'' Canon of Chester. 
 
 In Peace Jan* 27"' 1882 aged 72. 
 
 "They rest from their labours." 
 
 ' It appears fmni a btrniiiii j,n.acln;il by him in 1S3S ihat he \va.-< at that time curate of Prchleign, in Kadnoibhire, and 
 chaplain to the Rt. Hon. Lord Kateman.
 
 LIST OF THE RECTORS OF ST. MARY'S. 
 
 I O.I 
 
 I have copies of the following five sermons, which form, 1 think, a complete series of Canon Bowen's 
 iterary works. They are bound together in one volume and were probably collected by the author. 
 
 (i) A Sermon preached at the opening of the new church of Llanvihangel Rhydithon, Radnor- 
 shire, on Tuesday evening, October i6th, 1838, by the Rev. Charles Bowen, B.A., of St. Peter's 
 College, Cambridge, Curate of Presteign, and Domestic Chaplain to the Right Hon. Lord Bateman. 
 Second edition. Presteign : Printed and published by James Grove, High Street, and sold by 
 Whittaker& Co., London. (Price One Shilling.) Octavo, pp. 27. 
 
 (2) The Catholicity of the Church reflected in the individuality of her ministers : A Sermon, 
 preached in the Cathedral Church of Chester, on Thursday the 2nd of October, 1856, at the 
 triennial Visitation of the Lord Bishop of the Diocese By the Rev. Charles Bowen, I\LA., rector 
 of St. Mary's-on-the-Hill. Published at the request of the Bishop and Clergy. London : Hamilton, 
 Adams & Co. ; Chester: MinshuU & Owen; Hugh Roberts; and James Bayne. 1B56. Octavo, 
 pp. 16. 
 
 (3) Jehovah's Promise to glorify the house of his glory : A Sermon, preached at St. Mary's 
 Church, Chester, on the morning of October 13, 1861, being the Sunday following the re-opening of 
 the church, after its restoration and enlargement, by Charles Bowen, M.A., rector. Chester : Hugh 
 Roberts, Printer, Eastgate Row. 1861. Octavo, pp. 17. 
 
 This sermon is dedicated "to Mr. John Jones and Mr. Hugh Roberts, Churchwardens, whose 
 self-denying zeal and cordial co-operation with the rector, mainly contributed to the restoration and 
 improvement of S' Mary's church, this sermon occasioned by its re-opening, and published at their 
 request, is, as a mark of his respect for their character, and esteem for themselves personally, 
 affectionately inscribed." The text of this sermon is Isaiah l.x. 7, "I will glorify the House of my 
 Glory." 
 
 (4) " Be ye ready." A Sermon occasioned by the Death of William^ Wood, Esq., of Curzon 
 Park, and Preached in the Parish Church of St. Mary-on-the-hill, Chester, on the morning of the 
 first Sunday after Trinity, June 7th, 1863, by the Rev. Charles Bowen, M.A., rector. Chester, 
 1863. Octavo, pp. 16. 
 
 (s) The Christian's Estimate of Death. A Sermon preached in the p.irish church of St. Mary, 
 Chester, on Sunday Morning, November 7th, 1869, by the Rev. Charles Bowen, M.A., rector, 
 occasioned l)y the lamented deith of the late much respected Marquess of Westminster. Printed 
 by request of the churcliwardens and other parishioner.s. Published by Minshull and Hughes, 
 Eastgate Row, Chester. Octavo, pp. 14. The text of this sermon was i Philippians, 21, "To die 
 is gain.'' 
 
 The following Curates were at St. Mary's durmg Mr. Bowen's incumbency : — the Rev. /o//>/ Fitzgerald 
 Hewson, appointed 8"' Sept. 1856 ; the Rev. H. H. G. de Chaville, 20 March, 1S57 ; the Rev. James 
 Greaves, 4 June, 1859 : the Rev. George Edwin Pearsall Reade, 5 Nov. 1866; the Rev. Myles H. Towers, 
 8 July, 1868 ; the Ktv. Joseph King Cummin, 8 Oct. 1868 ; the Rev. Henry James Bartlett, 15 Jan. 1880, 
 and the Rev. F. A. H. Vinon, 7 th Feb. 1881. 
 
 1882. 31 May. Henry Grantham. 
 Presented by the Right Honourable Hugh Lupus, Duke of Westminster, K.G., on the death 
 of the Rev. Charles Bowen. 
 
 (T lie present Rector of St. Marys.) 
 Mr. Grantham is the eldest son of the Rev. H. D. Grantham, Vicar of Hampstead Norris, co. Berks. 
 He was educated at the Grammar School, Salisbury, and at King's College, London, and was ordained by 
 Dr. Wilberforce, Bishop of \Vinchester, deacon in 1871, and priest in 1872. His first curacy was at 
 Wrecclesham, Farnham, co. Surrey, from 1871 to 1875. He was elected Minor Canon of Chester 
 Cathedral in 1875, and curate of St. Oswald's and ciiapUun of Chester Infirmary m 1876. In 1882 he was
 
 104 ST. M.\RV-()X-IHK-ini.I., CHKSTER. 
 
 appointed to St. Mary's on the death of Canon Bowen. On his resignation of the minor canonry lie was 
 appointed an Hon. Minor Canon of Chester Cathedral by the Dean and Chapter. He is also Chaplain to 
 the forces in Chester. 
 
 As already explained on p. 13, when the new church of .St. Mary-without-the-Walls, erected 
 by the Duke of Westminster, was consecrated in 1887, that church became the parish church of 
 St. Mary's, and the old Registers, Churchwardens' Accounts, parish books, &c., and the Com- 
 munion IMatc were transferred there. The old cliurch of .St. Mar)--on-the-Hill was then placed 
 within the boundaries of the united parishes of St. Bridget and St. Martin, of which the V'en. 
 Edward R.\RI!I:r, M..\., Archdeacon of Chester, was then, and is now, the incumbent, and was 
 constituted the parish church, by faculty of the Consistory Court, on being re-opened after 
 restoration on the i ith June, 1S91. The jiarish church of .St. i^ridget, erected in 1823, has since 
 been pulled down. 
 
 The \'en. EinvARD li.vKr.ER, M..\., is the fourth son of the late Joseph Barber, of Hrighouse, co. York, 
 solicitor, and was born on the 19th September, 1841. He was educated at St. Peter's School, York, from 
 whence he went with the School Exhibition to O.xford, and after matriculating there from Trinity (College 
 on the 13th October, i860, aged 19, he was elected a mathematical Demy at Magdalen (Jollege in that 
 month and then entered that college. He took his B.A. degree in 1864 and that of M.A. in 1867. He 
 was ordained deacon on Trinity Sunday, June 11, 1865, by the late Bishop Wilberforce of Oxford, to the 
 curacy of Monks Risborough, co. Bucks, and was ordained priest in the following year. 
 
 At Easter, 1868, he became assistant master at St. Peter's College, Radley, taking charge of the parish 
 as assistant curate at the same time. In January, 1872, he was api)ointed the first general diocesan 
 inspector of schools for the diocese of Oxford, a post which he held, with the curacy of Radley, until July, 
 1883, when he was presented by Bishop Mackarness of Oxford to the rectory of Chalfont St. Oilcs, co. 
 Bucks. 
 
 In January, 1886, he was offered by Dr. Stubbs, Bishop of Chester, the preferments vacated by 
 Archdeacon Darby on being made Dean of Chester, and was installed Canon Residentiary of Chester in 
 April, 1886, .'Vrchdeacon of Chester in May, 1886, and was instituted to the rectory of St. Bridget with St. 
 Martin at the same time. 
 
 Since Archdeacon Barber took charge of the old church of St. Mary-on-thc-Hill, in 1887, lie 
 has been instrumental in collecting the sum of nearly ^,'5,000, which has been most judiciously 
 spent upon its restoration (see pp. 19-20), and it is now one of the handsomest chiu'chcs in 
 the city, and the .services held in it are largely attended. 
 
 A .short account of the Sund.W Evening Lkcturk at St. Mary's, which lasted from 1822 
 to 1857, with a list of the Lecturers will be given later on.
 
 THE REGISTERS OF ST. MARY'S. 105 
 
 Cljr Ecgistrrsf of M. M^vu'^^ 
 
 The Registers of St. Mary's are of much importance owing to the large number of famiHes 
 of influence and position who resided within the parish, which, as aheady explained on p. i, 
 comprised an e.xtensive area outside'of the city. But most unfortunately the earlier Registers are 
 now missing, and by a still more unlucky accident only copies of a few of the ver>- earliest years 
 have been preserved to us by the enterprise of the Randle Holmes, the well-known Chester 
 antiquaries, who were residents within this parish. The earliest volume now preserved begins 
 in 1628, but there is no doubt that the earlier Registers, whether whole or imperfect it is difficult 
 to say, were known to the Randle Holmes, as they have frequently inserted dates of baptisms, 
 marriages, and burials into various pedigrees contained in their MSS., which dates are prior to 
 1628, and could only have been obtained from the now missing Registers of St. Mary's.^ They 
 have copied some of the early Chester Registers, such as that of Holy Trinity, in full,- but the 
 St. Mary's Registers, which they must have been constantly using, are untranscribed with the 
 exception of the very earliest years. 
 
 The Registers at St. Mary's would appear to have been started in 1547, for in Bail MS. 
 2i77<f 133, is a transcript of" A register of Wedding[s] Christenings and Burial[s] within the 
 p'ish of S' Mar\^s on the hill within the citty of Chester." This transcript, however, is onl)- 
 continued to the year 1572 as regards Baptisms, to 1551 as regards Marriages, and to 1553 as 
 regards Burials. From these dates to 1628 is a long interval of about 70 years, the loss of which 
 is most unfortunate. 
 
 By an edict issued in 1597, in the reign of Queen Elizabeth, the clergy throughout the 
 kingdom were ordered to send in to the Bishops of their respective dioceses, at Easter in each 
 year, transcripts of the entries in their parish registers during the past twelve months. Each 
 transcript had to be compared with the original, and was then signed by the clerg}- and 
 churchwardens as correct, before being forwarded to the Bishop. But as no penalty was paj'ablc 
 for the non-fulfilment of this order, it was very loosely obeyed, and what is worse, the tran- 
 scripts when sent in to the Bishop's registries were not properly cared for or arranged, and so 
 many of them have become lost or damaged. The earliest transcript of the missing Registers of 
 St. Mary's prior to 1628, now preserved in the Bishop's Registry at Chester, is dated 1601. The 
 next is 1604, and then follow those for the years 1605, 1616, 1622, 1624, 1625, and 1627 respec- 
 tively. Extracts from these " transcripts " and from the copies of the oldest Register in Hur/. 
 MS. 2177 will be subsequently given. 
 
 Although the Registers undoubtedly began in 1547, as ahead)' explained, no reference to 
 them is to be found in the Churchwardens' Accounts till 1559, the first year of Queen Elizabeth, 
 when there is this entry : — 
 
 Item payd for a boke to wryte in wedyngs crystenyngs & 
 
 bereynge[s] i'j'' [jd-J 
 
 The next entry is in 1572, as follows : — 
 
 It' for paper to the Curate for y'' Regester booke & for makyng 
 
 y same ^J 
 
 ' See for instance the pedigrees of Gamul, Brerewood, Holme, A;c., fiostea, ' See Harl. MS. 2177. 
 
 P
 
 io6 ST. M.\RV-o\-'ini-. mil., nii'.sri'.k. 
 
 riic next reference is in 1585, and is of a rather unusual character, showinp; that one of the 
 parishioners had given a Register to the church to remain there for ever. 
 
 M"" that this yeare John granwall gave unto us Roger grycc and Richard 
 hasselhvall churchwardens to the use of the p'ishe one register booke of 
 christeninges weddings and hurialls to remaync in the church for ever. 
 
 In 1597 an ordinance was made in Convocation that ail the existing Registers, which 
 were as a rule kept in paper books, should be carefully transcribed, under the superintendence 
 of the clergyman and churchwardens, into a parchment \olumc, and accordingly wc find that 
 in 1598 the churchwardens paid "for a parchment Register book .xxiiijs." [24s.]. Two years 
 later, in 1600, there is this entry: — 
 
 Paid for Copyinge out the olde Register hooke of Christeninges, 
 mariages & hurialles & writinge up the .same into a new 
 booke of Parchmente xiijs. iiij'' [13s. 4d.] 
 
 The first references to anv transcripts of the Registers to be sent to the Bi.shop occur in 16D3 
 and 1605, as follows: — 
 
 Paid for parchment to write y'' Register if 
 
 Payd to our person [i)arson] to bye parchm' to give up a 
 
 Regester _. ij'' 
 
 .Similar entries occur in 161 5, 1626, and 1630, thus — 
 
 Item payde for a peece of parchment to write the Regester of 
 all Christenings Marriages & burialls to be delivered up to 
 the Chanclor ij'' 
 
 Item payd to M'' Gyll [the curate] for keepinge the regester 
 
 booke and for p'chmente i~ 
 
 Paid for p'chment to write a Register of the weddings burialls 
 and Christenings w''' weere 1629 to bee giuen into the 
 office w'''' was not sett in the last yeares accompts iiij'' 
 
 It is obvious from the above entries that there w as in existence at this time at St. Mary's a 
 parchment Register into which the entries from the older paper Register, beginning probably in 
 1547, had been copied in 1600, and which was kept regularly entered up year by year. These 
 yearly entries were also most probably regularly copied out and the " transcripts " sent in to the 
 Bishop's Registry as directed b_\- law . But of this, the earliest Register of St. Mary's, nothing 
 whatever is now known, and, as before stated, it is most unfortunate that none of the Randle 
 Holmes, who undoubtedly weie well acquainted with it, should have made a full copy of it, or 
 even a series of extracts relating to the more important persons mentioned in it. 
 
 The second volume, which is the earliest one now known, begins in 1628, and is thus 
 referred to in the Churchwardens' Accounts for 1630, when Randle Holme, junior, the .second of 
 that name, was one of the churchwardens : — 
 
 P*" for a newe Register of p'chmentt bound for the p'ish vse, to 
 
 Register all Christnings weddings and burialls xiiijs. [14s.] 
 
 But in spite of thus obtaining a new parchment Register it would seem that it was but little 
 used, for in 1658, when another Randle Holme, the third of that name, was churchwarden, there 
 is in the Churchwardens' .Accounts this very suggestive entry : —
 
 THE REGISTERS OF ST. MARY'S. 
 
 107 
 
 I'ayd for wriliing ol the old regestcr of y' wedding Baptizeing 
 and buriall (w''' were in nothing but old paper bookes 
 much abused and confused papers) new over into a faire 
 parchment booke beginning in the yeare 1628 to this time 
 of parting with our office, that is to low Sunday in the yeare 
 
 1659 o 13 4 
 
 An examination of this Register shows that it is written all in one hand down to 1659, after 
 v\hich date the entries were regularly made from year to year, often by the clergy of the parish 
 but more frequently by the parish clerks, whose knowledge of spelling was very limited. But it 
 is clear that had it not been for the enterprise of the third Randle Holme, when quite a young 
 man, even this volume of the Registers of St. Mary's would never have been in existence. 
 
 The following extracts relate to St. Mary's in 1547 and following years, and to the early 
 years of the .seventeenth century, and comprise all the entries of any importance which ha\c 
 been preserved. The sources whence they are taken will be found clearly set out in each case. 
 
 ■■A REGISTER OF IVEDD/NG\_S] CHRISTENINGS Sr BURIALL[_S^ WITHIN THE FISH 
 OF ST. MARYS ON THE HILL WITHIN THE CITTY OF CHESTERr 
 (Harl. MS. 2177,/ 113.) 
 [E.xtracts only.] 
 
 Cristenings ATio 1547. (2 entries only to Dec. 30.) 
 John son of Edw : Plangney [Plankney] & Elen his wife bapt. 22 Dec. (first entry). 
 Douse dau. to James Brerewood & I^uce his wife vlt Dec. 
 
 1548. (43 entries, from Jan. 1547-S to 2\ Marcii 1548-9.) 
 Randle fil Robt \audrey & Alice his wife 13 Jan. 
 
 Edw. son of \\'itt Grymdyche & Christian his wife 15 July. 
 Robt son of Ric' Brerewood & Eliz his wife 1 2 Aug. 
 
 1549. (31 entries, 25 March to 24 March.) 
 Jane dau. of James Brerewood & Luce his wife 10 Apr. 
 
 Mary dau. to Robt Voudre [Vawdrey] ii: Ales his wife 14 may. 
 
 '55°- '^H entries. 2^ March to 24 March.) 
 'I'ho : Bagyleys wife was churched' 16 -Vug. 
 
 1551. (29 entries, 25 March to 24 March.) 
 Alice dau. to Rich. Brearwood 3 June. 
 
 1552. (31 entries. 25 March to 24 March.) 
 Agnes Ellis dau. to xpopher [Christopher] Ellis of \'pton 5 April. 
 
 John son of Robt Vaudrey 20 Nouemb. 
 
 '553- (!' entries, 25 March to 18 Aug.) 
 Clement son of i'ho. Tayler' 18 Aug. (last entry). 
 
 Baptisms. 
 
 " When Jacob : Milner was Curate of St. Mary's on the hill in Chester." 
 
 157°- (13 entries to March 25.) 
 Robt Harvey 26 Dec. (first entry). 
 
 This entry of a ' churching "' in a parish regisler is very unusual. 
 ' The Kector of .St. Mar)'s (see p. Si). 
 P 2
 
 io8 ST. MARV-OX-TinMIII.T., CHESTER. 
 
 1571. (30 entries, 25 March to 24 March.) 
 John .Manley 18 Sept Rich. Weston 13 Oct. John Byrom 27 feb. 
 .Mice Brerewood 23 Sept: dilht Ryland 8 Dec. 
 
 1572. (6 entries to 11 June.) 
 With these entries the Baptism.s end. 
 
 WedDINC^S^ solemnized by the Ministers &= Ciirats of St. Marys on the liill within the 
 
 litty 0/ Chester sime Ano 1547. 
 [Extracts only.J 
 
 1547. (3 entries, 22 Jan. to 24 March.) 
 
 1548. (5 entries, 25 Marcii to 24 March.) 
 
 1549. (9 entries, 25 Marcii to 24 March.) 
 .XnMu'ny \'enables gentleman & Anne Brereton 7 Sept. 
 
 John Bothe & Mary Ellis 22 Jan. 
 
 '55°- ('5 entries, 25 March to 2.\ March.) 
 .S' Tho : Taylor' p'son there was married 1 6 of Noveb. 
 
 1 55 1. (16 entries from 25 March to i July.) 
 
 No later entries have been transcribed, the original Register possibly having been defective. 
 
 BVRYAI.I.S ivithin the parish Church <y Church yard of St. Marys on the hill within 
 
 the Citty of Chester beginning Anno 1547. 
 [E.xtracts only.J 
 
 1547. (4 entries, 22 I )e(:. to 24 March.) 
 
 1548. (14 entries, 25 March to 24 March.) 
 .S' Rich Stancliffe preist" was buried 5 Apr. 
 
 Tho. Brereton gentleman 1 1 Apr. 
 
 Ronduljih \'audre [Vawdrey] .son of Robt & Jane, 6 May. 
 
 1549. (21 entries, 25 March to 24 March.) 
 Jane dau. of James Brerewood and Luce his wife '8 Apr. 
 
 James Brerewood 2 1 July. 
 
 Jane late wife of Hugh Cliffe gentleman 30 Sept. 
 
 Annes Pastmaker 3 Jan. 
 
 1550. (24 entries, 25 March to 24 March.) 
 
 Nr John Byrk[en]hed 4 Sept. 
 
 '55'- ('5 entries, 25 March to 24 March.) 
 ^^' John BrouglUon 8 June. 
 M' Randle Brereton 9 June. 
 
 1552. (20 entries, 25 March to 24 March.) 
 Alice Brerewood dau. of Rich. 15 Feb. 
 
 '553- (9 entries, 25 March to 21 July.) 
 S'^ Henry Browne preist" sone of Thomas Browne 13 Jtme. 
 
 No later entries have been transcribed, the original Register possibly ha\ ing been defective. 
 ' .")■« p. 81. 
 
 - These were probably two of the priests who hail scrvcil at ,Si. Mary's or one of ihe other churches in Chester prior to 
 the Reformation. .Sir Henry Browne is mentioned in Ihe Chiirdnvnrilcns' .\ccounts as being paid .\xs. in 1548. The title 
 " .Sir " was at this time and till the middle of the 17th centiin,- a comiiion desitjnation for a priest or clergyman, and orii^inally 
 bignitied one who had taken a degree at a university. It is used by Shakespeare.
 
 THE REGISTERS OF ST. MARY'S. 109 
 
 Th'AXSCRIPTS of the only years of the early Register of St. Mary's (now lost), preserved in the 
 
 Bishop's Registry, Chester. 
 [E.xtracts only.] 
 
 1601. [Begins 25 Marcli, 1601.] 
 
 Christenings. 
 Ranulphus holme' bapt .xv Julij. 
 Maria Powell bapt j" februarij. 
 Katherina Langley bapt 18 Martij. 
 
 Weddinges. 
 Henricus Ball ) 
 
 Maria Leecher^P"^' ^^" "'^'''■"•'^"J- 
 
 Buryalls. 
 
 Robtus Brerewood sepult ij" die Junij. 
 
 Ricus Massie gen. sep. iij" Martij [1601-2]. 
 
 (Signed) per me Robtm Collier Rectorem Ecclia; paroc. S"° Maria: Cestr. 
 
 1604. 
 
 Christeninges. 
 
 Elena filia Roulandi Longley bapt xxvj" Maij. 
 
 Ricus ap Jenkin advena bapt xxiiij" Martij. 
 
 Weddinges. 
 [No entries of special interest.] 
 
 Buriatles. 
 Thomas Moscrofte sepult v° die Aprilis. 
 Eliz. vxor Mathei Ellis gen sepult vj" Julij. 
 
 (Signed) By me Robert Collier person of S' iMaries. 
 There is a very long list of burials in this year, especially in June, Jul\-, August, and 
 September, many of which were the result of the PLAGUE- then raging in Chester. At the 
 bottom of this list is this memorandum : 
 
 " Resides these many were buried at the Cabbins and by the water side, whose names I 
 have not." 
 
 1605. 
 
 Christenings. 
 Mattheus filius M" Hanmere bapt xviij" Augusti. 
 
 Weddinges. 
 Hugo Whickstedde ) ^ .. 
 
 T-r u .u Ti u L J >con' fuere nj" die Nouembris. 
 Elizabeth Burchenhed J 
 
 Burialls. 
 
 Vxor Ed. Powell sepult [fuit] xxviij" die Maij. 
 
 Anna Aldersey sepult fuit xij" Septembris. 
 
 Wiltm Paynter a Mason sep. ij" Octobris. ^^ 
 
 This i^ the baptism of Randle Ilohiie. the second of that name, a distinguished Chester antiquary. Sec the account of 
 this family poslea. 
 
 ■ In the Churcliwardcns' Accounts ftjr this year these entries occur : 
 
 " Paid for cuvuringe of the graves of M'" Ellis and her daughler viij"'." 
 " Paid for franckincense& pitch to perfume the Churche viij"'." 
 
 Paid for makinge up the accomptes for the Collections for the Cabbins .w''." 
 And m the following year. 1605, there is a payment for ' leastalls" or ■• buryall places" for "widow Throppe and her 
 daughter dyed of the sickne.sse.' And again, 
 
 " pd for V pounds of pitche to p'funie the chiirchc after the buryall of wydowe Thropp. for she dyed of the sicknessc, viij''.'"
 
 no ST. MARY-ON-THE-HILL. CHESTER. 
 
 1616. 
 Chris/enings. 
 Johes Brerewood baptiz. fuit xvj" Junii. 
 Maria filia Robti Lloyde gen bapt xxx" Junij. 
 Jana Bafifarno baptizata fuit primo die laiiuarij. 
 
 IVeddinges. 
 •'■ Edouardus Lloyde de l.lanvaire 1 
 Helena Lloyde i "''P"'"' >^^'J" ^'^ J"''J- 
 
 Burial/s. 
 
 Tymothie Tatton a p'soner buried viij" die Julij. 
 
 In the margin " p'ssed to death." ' 
 Edmondus Ganiwell Alderman- sep. fuit xij" Septembrls. 
 Joties Byrom sepult fuit in templo xxvj" Xouembris. 
 
 Phillipus Oldefelde Juriscons' fuit sepultus in Capella S"'" Kalherinc xvij" Decembris.' 
 Thomas Whitbee senex sepult fuit scdo die Januarij. 
 Gualtherus Joanes advena sepult fuit iij° die Januarij. 
 0- 'r-r^ p^i.r*\ ■ .... Ball a Mason buried the xxj"' day of Januarij. 
 
 r Copia concordat cCi Originali. 
 
 ' C Robtus Collier Rector ibm 
 
 Thomas Ormes \ , 
 
 \ Mrd. 
 Jacobu.s metcher J 
 
 1622. 
 
 Christenings. 
 
 Anna Manley baptiz. xxiij" Aprilis. 
 Anna Weston baptiz. viij° die Decembris. 
 
 Weddings. 
 
 Johannes MynshuU ) 
 
 Li T, J 1 con xv" Maij. 
 
 Llena Bavande J 
 
 Radulphus Grange \ 
 
 , , J f con xv" Julii. 
 
 Jana Loarde J 
 
 Biirialls. 
 
 Joties Brerewod sepult xix° Julij. 
 
 Tho. Browne gen. sep. ix° die Augusti. 
 
 Edwardus Vawdrey' gen. sepultus fuit xvij" die Martij. 
 
 Copia concordat cu originili 
 
 Robtus Collier Rector ibm. 
 
 laurence ffletcher ) 
 
 ■ 2ard 
 AVittms Horton j ^ 
 
 ' For an account of the barbarous practice of pressing prisoners to death i « pp. 27-28. 
 
 - The father of Thomas Gamul the Recorder. For a copy of the monumental inscription placed to his memory su p. 42. 
 
 ^ Ilis monument is ilUistratcd and described on p. 43. 
 
 ' In the Churchwardens' Accounts for this year is this entry : 
 
 " R[ec] [for] a Leastall for M'' V'audreyc In S"' Katherine lie, xx»." 
 Hi.-- monument, w-ith a coat of arms, is mentioned in Hart. MS. 2151 [uc p. 35).
 
 
 ^(!c note I, p. no.
 
 THE REGISTERS OF ST. MARY'S. iii 
 
 1624.' 
 
 Christenings. 
 
 Maria Manleye baptizata fuit iiij" die Aprilis. 
 Rebecka Hurlestone baptiz. fuit xxv" Maij. 
 Katherina ^\'■hickstid baptiz. fuit xxiij" die Augusti. 
 Elizabetha Brerewood baptizata fuit xxxj° die Octobris. 
 
 Ma7-riages. 
 
 Thomas ^^'hick.stid ") ^ ,, ^ ,. ^ .. 
 
 ,,., • , ■ , i" Copul fuere xxv' die Tuni). 
 Susanna \\ hickstid J " ' 
 
 Burials. 
 
 prisoner. Alexander Whalter sepult" fuit xxvij" die Martij. 
 
 prisoner. Richardus Bradburie sepult' fuit xxviij" die Martij. 
 
 [3 other prisoners buried xxxj" Maij.] 
 
 M' Thomas Weston sepult* fuit xxv" die Junij. 
 
 Edvardus Warburton" ma.se barer sepult* fuit xxiij" die Septembris. 
 
 M' Thomas Boouthe sepultus fuit xxiiij" die Decembris. 
 
 1625.' 
 
 Baptisms. 
 
 ffrancisca Gamull baptiz. vj" Novembris. 
 Thomas Powell baptiz. vij° februarij. 
 
 Marriages. 
 Kandulphus Holmes' 
 
 Catherina Ellis 
 
 Mattheus Ellis 
 
 Elizabetha Judson 
 
 Burials. 
 
 [No entries of special interest.] 
 
 1627. 
 
 Christenings (torn on one side). 
 
 Thomas Gamull baptizatus fuit xxvj" die Aprilis. 
 
 .Anna filia Mathei Ellis generosi baptiz. fuit xxiiij"' die Octobris. 
 
 Radulphus Hulmes' baptizatus fuit xxx" die Decembris. 
 
 BuriaUs. 
 
 Prisoner pressed.' Willia Wilson sepultus fuit v" die [Aprilis]. 
 
 [3 other prisoners buried in April.] 
 M' Johannes IJavenporte sepultus fuit xij° die Decembris. 
 
 ' On the back of this sheet of parchment arc the transcripts for .St. JIartin's parish for this year. 1624. 
 
 - In the Churchwardens' Accounts there is a payment for a " laystall " for " M'' Pclcr Warburton Maselierer of Chester." 
 n this year, too, there is a payment for the laystall of " M''* Whicksted of Whicksteed," and for that of •' M' Thomas Bouthe 
 n S' Katherines lie." 
 
 ^ At the bottom of this sheet are the transcripts for St. Martin's for this year, 1625. 
 
 ' This was Randle Holme, the second of that name, who was born in 1601. .Sec the account of this family /0//M. 
 
 " This is the baptism nf the third Randle Holme, author of the Acaaemy of Armory, the most celebrated of the four 
 ntiquaries bearing that name. See /'OsUa. 
 
 '■ See note i, p. no. 
 
 > copulat' xxix septebris. 
 
 Y con' fuere x" Novembris. 
 m )
 
 ,12 ST. MARY-ON-THE-HILL, CHESTER. 
 
 Nicholas a stranger died at M' Wright house et sepultus fuit xiiij"' die Decembris. 
 M" Lettis Phillipes sepulla fuit xviij" die februarij. 
 M' Richardus Bridge sepultus fuit xx'" die februarij. 
 
 Marriages (much torn). 
 [No entries of special interest.] 
 
 With the exception of the very few " Transcripts " from which the preceding extracts arc 
 taken, no others are known till the year 1628, when the first volume of the existing Registers 
 commences. But in the Churchwardens' Accounts, which begin at the unusually early date of 
 1536, there are \-car b\- )-car entries of the fees paid for " lecstalls," or " laystalls " {i.e., burial- 
 places), both"in the church and church\ard. These supply us with the names of those who.se 
 burials took place at St. Mary's, and in the absence of any Registers we are able to obtain 
 many valuable entries from this source.i The Churchwardens' Accounts run from Easter to 
 Easter, so that in the following li.st any particular year— as, for example, 1 545— includes about 
 nine months of that year and three months of the year following. The following entries .seem 
 speciall)- notcworth)' : — 
 
 1544. Receyved for a buryali place to S' John .\cre.- 
 
 1545. Rec' of M' \'a\vdrey' for a Icystall. 
 Rec' of M' Plancney' for ij leystalls. 
 
 Rec' of M' Thomas Bruerton [Urcrelon] for a leystall. 
 
 1546. For S" Rye' lestall.' 
 
 1548. R' of m'esse [mistress] Brereton for a lestall.' 
 
 1549. R' of \V Voydre [Vawdrey] for one lestall." 
 
 R' of yV W'yttm Aldersey for Wyttm Horton[s] lestall. 
 
 In 1551, "M'' Techett" [? Touchett] is mentioned ; " M^ Plankney " and" M' Rosomgreve" 
 [Rosingreve], in 1552 ; " M' Kethene," " M"" F"allowes," and " M"' Pellen," in 1554, and the latter 
 again in 1556. In 1557 the entry of a payment for the leystall of " M' Breretons priest" is very 
 noteworthy. The following are also of interest : — 
 
 1558. Rescued for-y' Lestall of S' George." 
 
 Rescued of Mester Dampart [Davenport] for iiis wyves laystall. 
 R' for ye lestall of Mester Wodwarde. 
 
 1559. R' for ye loone [loan] of iiij torchuses [torches] at Mester Manlese [Manlcy's] ' bereai. 
 R' for ye laystall of Messter Manlaye. ' 
 
 i=;6o. R' for ye lestall of Mester Nottall [Nuttall]. <M«d. a^ a. il^^kU-^Sa. 
 
 I In many cases they only supply the names of those who paiil the fees am! not of those who were aclually l.urie.l. 
 - He was probably one of the priests then serving at .St. Mary's. 
 ' Probably Robert Vawdrey (see p. 107). 
 ' Probably Edward Plankney {see p. 107). 
 
 ' This was most probably "Sir Richard Stanclitfe ]>riest," whose burial is said lo have taken place on the 5lh April, 
 IS48 {seep. 108), but this date may have been wrongly copied in the ffar/. AfS. and should be 154". 
 
 " This relates to the burial of " Thomas Brereton gentleman," 11 April, 1548 {see p. 108). 
 
 ' This was for the burial of '• Rondulph Vaudre son of Robert and Jane," 6 .May, 15.18 i-<re p. 108). 
 
 ' One of the clergy probably then serving at St. Mary's 
 
 » Probably William Manley of Monksfield. See the .Manley pedigree ^stea.
 
 7^' 
 REGISTERS OF 
 
 n-niM-tf.n] in i5.Sr. Other buni:! untrii. '^ 
 
 Hci^^cJlLjsjL^-''H''-\iLK^ I AvO fHoi K>-y^ e.<Ki.4L.«-e^ , 
 
 rials of " M' Sutton," " M"' Maiik M' W- .:ur. and the 
 
 KX), " M' Massie "in 1601, " M'** : 
 and ■ '" nn" in 1606. The 
 
 iiir.l ti',;if .Hid two chile. 
 
 re buried in 
 
 i Gammull' ni' 
 
 luldfylde' 
 
 ■1] Dannakl ; M' RoUoii C.i
 
 
 (7ia 
 
 tU^'i, 
 
 
 1^-11-, o—I^ 
 
 THE REGISTERS OF ST. MARY'S. 113 
 
 " M"- Plankney " was buried in 1 563, " M"" Griffith " in 1 566, and " W Roger Dampord " 
 
 [Davenport] and " M'' Massye " in 1567. In 1569 " M'' Berkinhed " ' was buried, and in 1571 
 
 ■ " Mistris Mandlei " - and " Mistris Shrifneres." In 1572-3 the burials of " M"" Thomas Berkett " 
 
 and " M'' Raffe Worsleye"^ are noted, and there are references to " M' Worsley " and " M'' 
 
 Planckney" in 1574-5. One entry in this year's accounts is also noteworthy: 
 
 " It' bestowed on xij men for bringing in M' Worsle)'[s] stone 
 
 out of churche yard xij*" 
 
 In 1581 the burial of " M'' Urian Brereton " occurs, that of " M'' Kethen " in 1584, and 
 that of " M'' Wenenton " [Winnington] in 1586. Other burial entries of interest are as 
 
 follows : — 
 
 1587. M'' Thomas Browne ; M" Browne ; JuUyane Browne. 
 
 M'' Poweles child of Molenton [MoUington]. 
 M' Raphe Berkenhede. 
 
 1588. M'' Benete "a pressoner in the Castell." 
 
 M'' Manwarynge " beinge buryed in Saint Katherens chansell." 
 
 1590. M"' Croughtone "beinge buryed in Saint Katherines Telle." 
 
 M"' Raphe Worsleye " beinge buryed in the churche yeard." jv l<p-. 
 
 In 1598 the burials of" M"" Sutton," " M"** Manley," and " M"' Warden " occur, and those of 
 " M™ Sutton " in 1600, " M' Massie " in 1601, " M"' Browne " in 1602, " AP Phillips " in 1605, 
 and " M'" Wynn " and " IVP Wynn " in 1606. The burials of several children of " M'' Wain- 
 wright " are mentioned about this time, and two children of " M"" Donckaster " in 1608. " I\P 
 Younge " and " M"^ Powell of Horseley "^ were buried in 1609, and " M'' Peter Smythe " in 161 1. 
 The following entries of burials are also noteworthy : — 
 
 161 2. M'' George Mandley; M'' Dannald. 
 
 M'' Lorance Wayneright " in S' Cathrines Chappell." 
 
 161 3. M'' Powell of Horseley' ; IVP Matthewe Ellis. 
 
 Thomas GamuU" Esq "in S' Catherin's He in the vaute, sometyme being recorder of 
 
 the cittie of Chester. 
 M" Ketde ; M" Smythe. 
 
 1615. M" Leigh in S' Catherines Chappell. 
 
 1616. Edmund Gammull' alderman "in S' Catherins Chappell." 
 Phillip Ouldfylde' Esq'' " in S' Catherins Chappell." 
 
 M"'" [Ellin] Dannald ; M'' Robert Cardint-s wife. 
 
 1617. M'' Robert Cardin ; M'' Thomas Mandley.. 
 
 Young NP Thomas Powell " " in S' Catherins Chappell." 
 
 ' See the Birkenhead pethyree poslea. - See the pedigree of Manley poslea. 
 
 ^ This was the Ralph Worsley, Esq. (died 27 Dec. 1573), whose epitaph and coat of arms are still in the church (see pp. 
 45 and 59). 
 
 '■ This Mrs. Powell, of Horsley, was one of the daughters and coheirs of Kaljih Worsley, Esq. (see p. 45). She was buried 
 at St. Mary's on the 30 Dec. 1609. (Powell pedigree.) 
 
 ' This was really Sir Thomas Powell, of Horsley, Knt. He was burie_d at St. .Mary's on the 26 April, 1613. (Powell 
 pedigree. ) 
 
 '■ See the inscription to his memory on p. 40. " See his monumental inscription on p. 42. 
 
 ^ See the account of his monument, ic, on pp. 42-3. 
 
 " .Son of Col. Sir Thomas Powell, liart., buried at St. Mary's 11 Eeb. 1617. (Powell pedigree.) 
 
 Q
 
 
 ,,4 ST. MARY-0N-Tlli:-111LL, ClItSTKR. 
 
 1618. My I-adye Manwaringe' "in S' Chaterins [sic] Chappell." 
 
 1620. W John Cotton ; M" Younge.' 
 
 162 1. M' James Hickes ; M' Thomas Brownes daughter. 
 
 1622. M' Matthew Brownes child ; M' Thomas Browne. 
 
 R' [for] a Loastall for M' Vaudreye' in S' Kathcrine He. 
 
 1623. M" Aldersaye. 
 
 M' Wilham Hohnes, eldest sonne of M' Randle Holmes senior.' ^^ ^^^^ ^ 7^o£ f^A-^. 
 W Edward Tottie. ^ Oa,^. O^. <• U^c v-**^ f«^ -3 A^^^a^ a,vX,o oL*. d^l^li^-^ l..^^ 
 
 1624.' M' Whicksted of Whicksted ; M' Thomas Weston. yj, J^g^a cU^ a^- ^ ,>w.J2CJ- /«*.*^«^ 
 M' Peter Warburton Mase beror of Chester. ii^^cti I /l/IU.4*i^ ■ \ 6, 
 
 M'' Thomas Bouthe in S' Katherins He. 'Ooivv a '^'^iC ■ <^' ^ '^"^ '^' J^J 
 
 1625. M'' Hugh Dodds wife ; M" Beuarlye [Beverley]. • 
 
 M' John Cooke.' 
 
 1627. M' Richard Fletchers wife ; M'~* Phillipps. 
 M' Richard Bridge. 
 
 1628. M' RantUe Buckley. 
 
 Easier 1629 to Easter 1630." 
 Thomas PowelP of Horsley Esq' buried in S' Katherines He. 
 M'^ Sidney daughter to M' Francis (lamul buried in his owne valte. 
 M' Hignetts child of ye Castell. 
 William Thomason of Brewers hall. 
 
 Easter 1630 to Easter 1C3J." 
 
 Joseph Teggin our late Clarke buried in the south He. 
 
 Amye daughter to M' Matthewe Ellis Iniried in his owne forme. 
 
 M' I_.aurence Reading" servant to S' Henry Salisbury bar. buried att the cominge in of S" Katherines 
 He. 
 
 Elizabeth Holme daughter to M' [Randle] Holme [junior], churchwarden, buried in M' John Wilsons 
 forme. 
 
 Dame Katherine Oldfeild" wife to S' Pliilli|)p Ouldfeild K' buried in S' Katherines He close by the 
 grate of M' Oldfeilds monumentt. 
 
 M' Thomas Wright, Sherifspeare," buried vnder Randle Whittbies stone, beinge in the forme where 
 Alderman Holmes wife doth kneel. 
 
 The earliest Recister now extant is a folio volume, with narrow parchment leaves, which 
 has been strongly bound in dark-coloured calf-skin. It is in very fair preservation, most of the 
 
 • Later on she is referred to as "Dame K.ithcrine Lady Manwaryng." See her monumental inscription on p. 62. 
 - Set the inscription on p. 62. 
 
 ^ 5V« the burials for 1622 on p. no ; also the inscription to Mr. Vawdrey on p. 35. 
 
 * See the monumental inscription on p. 74, note 7. 
 
 ' See the entries for this year on p. in. The burial of .Mr. Whicksted, of Whicksted, probably took place in 1623. 
 
 '^ See the inscription on ]>. 6j. 
 
 " These extracts are given from the Churchwardens' Accounts for these two years in order that they may be compared with 
 the entries from the now earliest existing Register /oj/<ra. They are much fuller than in the jirevious Accounts. 
 
 ' See note on p. 119. 
 
 ° See the monumental inscription on p. 63. 
 
 '" See long note and Funeral Certificate on p. 1 19. 
 
 " That is, one who had served the office of Sheriff but had r.oi been Mayor.
 
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 THE REGISTERS OF ST. MARY'S. -115 
 
 entries being quite legible, but in a few instances the ink has somewhat faded. This volume 
 contains Christenings from May 1628 to August 1701, Burials from May 1628 to March 1705-6, 
 and Marriages from March 1630 to May 1700. As already explained, from 1628 to March 
 1 65S-9 the entries are all in one handwriting, having been copied from the originals, " which 
 were in nothing but old paper bookes, much abused and confused papers," under the superin- 
 tendance of Mr. Randle Holme, Junior, the third antiquary of those names, who was then 
 churchwarden. Commencing in 1659 the entries are in various handwritings, and were, no 
 doubt, made either at the time or at the end of each year. After 1662 many of the pages are 
 signed by the rector and churchwardens for the time being, but this is not uniformly the case, as 
 it rested entirely with the rector whether he did so or not. 
 
 I have been very carefully through this Register and have made very full extracts from it, 
 including all the entries relating to the clergy, and to every person described by any title such 
 as, esquire, Mr. or Mrs., gentleman, &c., as well as those relating to persons from other parishes, 
 which seemed noteworthy or such as in any way appeared curious or remarkable. The entries 
 relating to the Clergv of the parish will be found in the account of the Rectors already printed, 
 and those relating to the families of Gamul of Chester, Bkerewood of Chester, Brock of 
 Upton, Browne of Upton, Browne of Xetherlegh, Holme of Chester, Manley of the Lache, 
 Berrington of Chester, Ellis of Chester, Acton, Hunt, Weston, Werden, &c., will be 
 found in the account of those families or in the pedigrees connected with them, which will be 
 given later on, being those of the most important families residing within the parish of St. 
 Mary's. The Register is so voluminous that it is not easy to give any list of the names most 
 frequently to be found there, as such a list might very easily omit a name which some might 
 think should have been included, and might include a name which others might think .should 
 have been omitted. 
 
 In the following extracts this volume of the Registers has been, as a matter of convenience, 
 divided into two, the first portion coming down to 1658 inclusive, and the second portion com- 
 mencing in 1659 and coming down to the end of the book. The Marriages, too, are made to 
 follow the Christenings, as is usually the case, instead of coming after the Burials. 
 
 CHRISTENINGES THIS YEARE 1628.' 
 Joseph Teggin Gierke i' 
 
 Thomas Mercer sonne to Peter Mercer baptized y' 11"' day of May. [The first entry.] 
 John sonne to Wlltm Brocke Esq'' the 12"' day of June. 
 Lattice daughter to M'' ffrancis Gamull the 27"' day of June. 
 John sonne to Robert Brerewood esq"' the 15"' day of October. 
 Katherine daughter to M' George Manley the 28"' day of December. 
 
 1629.' 
 Katherine daughter to M"' Randle Holme Jun' the 14"' day of May. 
 Hannah daughter to M' Tho : Berrington the 28"' day of June. 
 Piarbara daughter to Wittm Brocke of Upton esq'' y'' 23"' day of Julie. 
 John son to M' John Wilson the 14"' day of October. 
 Katherine daughter to M'' Matliew Ellis the 3"^ day of December. 
 
 ' I have given my extracts for these two years in full, including some of the names ahove mentioned, in order to show their 
 general character. 
 
 - For a note about him see under Marriages, ]i. Ii8. 
 
 O 2
 
 
 Ii6 ST. MARY-ON-THE-HILL, CHESTER. 
 
 ffrancis son to M' ffrancis Edwards Parson y'' lo"' of December. 
 
 Thomas' and Elizabeth children to M' William Hignett Cnnstable of the Castle baptised the 25"" day of 
 
 December. 
 
 1630.- 
 
 Samuel Sonne to Christopher Robinson Musician'' y' 3'' day of October. 
 
 William and Thomas sonnes of John Trevis 0/ London baptized the 28''' day of November. 
 
 1631. 
 Margarett daughter of Wittm Annion' de Bruershall [Brewershall] y" 30'" day of March. ' 
 
 Randle sonne of Wittm Aldersey Glover and Ckrke of this church and fish the 29"" day of May. 
 Mary daughter to John Wilson gent the le"" day of March. 
 
 1632. 
 Sarah daughter to . . . Rutter of y Nunns'' the first day of July. 
 
 1633- 
 William Midcalfe sonne of Raph Midcalfe gent bapt 19'" day of May. 
 
 Elianor Wilson daugh of John Wilson gent baptized 29"" day of Januarie. [Buried 24"' .May, 1634] 
 Anne Rutter daughter of M' Rutter b.iptized first day of ffebruary. 
 
 1634. 
 Elizabeth Mason daugh of M'' Mason baptized the first day of September. 
 Thomas Birkhened sonne of Tho : Birkhened gent bapt 10"' day of March. 
 
 1635- 
 fane Chambers daugh of Calcott Chambers esq'' baptized the first day of March. [Bur. 30"' June, 1 636.] 
 
 1638. 
 Robert sonne of James Strongitharme gent 24'" day of May. [Bur. 1 1'" June.] 
 
 1639- 
 Edward reputed sonne of Edward Astle gent bapt e"" day of Julie. 
 Martha daugh of Wittm Stoughton gent bapt 3" day of September. 
 Henry sonne of Tho : Birkhened gent bapt 23"^ day of December. 
 
 1640. 
 Margarett, Elizabeth, Ellen and Alice infants borne to John Owen taylor by Elizabeth his wife att one j^ / i-yx 
 birth and baptized the 29"' day of March. [All buried 30"' March.] fiL^ilail. 
 
 Elizabeth daugh of Thomas Salisburie de Leadbrooke in the Countie of fflint esq" bapt 17"' day of 
 
 September. 
 
 1641. 
 
 Rebecca daugh of Wittm Stoughton gent bapt 24"' day of October. 
 Melior daugh of John Brassie gent bapt 12"' day of November. 
 Mary daugh of John Crawford gent bapt 6"' day of ffebruarie. 
 Richard sonne of Richard Williamson gent bapt 8'" day of ffebruarie. 
 
 ' This Thomas was buried on the 2 Jan. 1639-40. 
 
 - The transcript for this year, 1630 (which is in Latin), preserved in the Bishop's Registr)', is signed '' Rich. Kyrke curate, 
 Randle Holme, Tho. Johnsonne, churchwardens." 
 
 ' "John an infant son of Xpofer Robinson musuian " was buried 15 Februarj', 1631-2. 
 
 ' Another daughter, Elizabeth, was baptized 12 Dec. 1632. 
 
 ' That is the site of the old Nunnery of St. Mary's, which was principally in this parish. It belonged at this time to the 
 Breretons of Handforth, co. Chester. 
 
 * This was a well-known family in Flintshire at this time.
 
 THE REGISTERS OF ST. MARY'S. 117 
 
 1642. 
 Elizabeth daugh of Edward Berrie gent hapt 10"' day of May. 
 Ellen daugh of John Patterson m''chant bapt 31"' day of July. 
 Katharine daugh of John Brassie gent bapt 29"' day of November. 
 
 1643-' 
 .•Mice daugh of John Salisbury gent and Anne Bradshavv illegitimate bapt 19"' day of September. 
 Elizabeth daugh of Edward fifryer gent bapt 16"' day of October. 
 Alice daugh of Roger Lloyd ' Archdeacon bapt 27"' day of Januarie. 
 
 1644. 
 Elizabeth daugh of Richard Wiitmson gent bapt 26"" day of March. 
 Hester daugh of S' Wittm Mainwaringe' Knt bapt lo"" day of July. 
 Hannah daugh of John Patterson [merchant] bapt 13"' day of December. 
 Thadeus sonne of Thadeus Quirke a stranger bapt 9'" day of Januarie. 
 Joane daugh of Theobald Burgh esq'' bapt 2° day of ffebruarie. 
 John Sonne of Thomas Baker gent bapt 11"' day of March. 
 
 1645- 
 Elizabeth daugh of James Carrey gent bapt 17"' day of Aprill. 
 John son of John Annyon of Brewers Hall baptized the 2 day of May. 
 
 1646. -7 
 [A gap here between May and February.] Charles ffle teller Clarke. 
 
 1647- 
 ffrancis sonne of M' Cundeth bapt i" day of Ma)'. 
 
 1648. 
 Elizabeth daugh of M' Rocke bapt 15"* day of October. 
 
 1650. 
 Elizabeth daugh of Richard Jannyon gent bapt i" day of July. 
 John sonne of John Rocke bapt 16"' day of flebruarie. 
 
 1653- 
 [After 3'''' Feb. the entries are all " borne " not " bapt."] 
 
 1654- 
 [The early portion, March 25 to Aug" 27, missing, not having been copied into the volume.] 
 
 1656. 
 Elizabeth daugh of Nathaniell Booth' esq'' bapt 2 " day of September. 
 
 1657- 
 Elizabeth daugh of Edward Gregge' gent bapt 17''' day of Aprill. 
 
 ' U will be noticed that there are more entries in this and the following years, no doubt relating to the gentry from various 
 places who had come to reside in Chester owing to the Civil War troubles. 
 
 - Mr. Roger Lloyd wa.s not Archdeacon of Chester, but of Kilmacduagh in Ireland. 
 
 ^ Sir William Mainwaring, Knt., eldest son of Edward Mainwaring, Esq., Chancellor of the County Palatine of Chester, 
 was killed during the siege of Chester, 9 Oct. 1644, and was buried in the Cathedral, where a large monument was erected to 
 his memory in 1 67 1. 
 
 ' Nathanial Booth was of Mottram -Si. Andrew, near Macclesfield, Esq. See also under Baptisms, 1660, foslea. 
 
 ' Mr. Edward Gregge was the son and heir-apparent of Kobert Ciregge, of Ilapsford, Esq., who was an Examiner in the 
 Exchequer at Chester, and resided in .St. Michael's parish. This child was buried at St. Michael's on the 2nd July, 1657.
 
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 ii8 ST. MARY-ON-THE-HILL, CHESTER. ' 
 
 1658. 
 [Up to the end of 1658 the handwriting is the same as that at the beginning of the volume, this l)cing 
 the year when all the entries were transcribed from the earlier books or papers]. 
 
 MARRIAGES AN'' 1630. j 
 
 Luke Coniley & Jane Grice both of this p'ish married 29''' day of March. [The first entry.] f 
 
 William Calcott and Jane Teggin' wias married the 3'' day of July. [? Should this be 1^)31.] 
 
 1633-' 
 Maister Nicholas Arnold and I^ettice Moore an heresse married the 29"' day of July. ♦ 
 
 Thomas Manley & Margarett Mollineu.x married the 8"' day of January. 
 
 1634. 
 Thomas Bavand & Alice Richardson married the 26"" day of Aprill. 
 
 1635- 
 Richard Wright & Elizabeth ffitton married the 7"' day of September. 
 John Davenport Esq' & Mary Vaughan married the 26"' day of Octoljer. 
 
 1638. 
 Randle Bridge and Baall Bickerstaffe married the 1 7"' day of June. 
 
 1639. 
 William Owens gent. & Anne Ravenscroft married the 10"' day of May. 
 Joseph Bruen gent & Mary Leech married the 18"' day of ffebruary. 
 
 1640. 
 Richard Williamson gent. & Elizabeth Manley married the 2" day of March. 
 
 1641. 
 James Hurleston & Lettice Gamull ' married the 6"' day of ,\prill. 
 Thomas Hunt and EUinor ffitton married the 13'" day of July. 
 
 1644. 
 M'' Richard Johnson & Mary Challenor married the 22"' day of October. 
 M"^ Miles Pemberton & Margarett Bridge married the 19'" day of November. 
 [No entries of any marriages from 1646 to 1657 inclusive.] 
 
 1659. 
 M"' Thomas Pickeringe & M'" Jane Bromhall was married the xxiij"' Day of Aprell. 
 
 BUR I ALLS AN'-^ 1628.' 
 
 Randle Buckley gent, buried 12"' day of May. [The first entry.] 
 Hubbart sonne of M'' Tho : Berrington bur. 1 7'" day of December. 
 
 ' The widow of Joseph Teggin, the parish clerk of St. Mary's, whose burial is entered in the Register on the 26 May, 
 1630, hardly a week previously. Their marriage is to be found in the Registers of Holy Trinity parish, Chester, as follows : — 
 
 1624. Joseph Teggin clarke of S' Maryes in Chester and Jane Smyth married by virtue of a licence, 29"' June. (Harl. 
 MS. 2177.) 
 
 .'^he was his second wife, his first marriage being thus entered in the same Register : — 
 
 1619. Joseph Teggen clarke of S' Maryes in Chester and Ellen Parry spinster, married by banns asking 22"'' Jan. {IHd.) 
 
 - It may be worth noting that 13 marriages are entered in the year 1630, 12 in 1631, and 21 in 1632. 
 ■' See the pedigree of Gamul postea. 
 
 ' There are many entries of the burials of " prisoners " in this and the later Registers, such prisoners having either died in 
 the Castle closely adjacent to St. Mary's or else having been executed at Boughton and brought to St. Mary's for interment.
 
 THE REGISTERS OF ST. MARY'S. 119 
 
 1629.^ 
 Thomas Powell" Esq"' buried 25"' day of September. 
 John Taylo'' husband of M" Milner bur. 14"" day of March. 
 
 1630. 
 Joseph Teggin' Clarke of this pish bur 26"" day of May. 
 Lawrence Readinge' gent buried ii"" day of July. 
 Elizabeth Godsendus' buried 23"" day of December. 
 Anne Brerewood" was buried 23"' day of December. 
 Dame Katherine Oldfeild ' buried 29"' day of December. 
 Thomas Wright^ was buried 9"' day of January. 
 
 1 63 1.' 
 
 An infant of William Granwalls surgeon buried the same day [21"' day of Aprill] behind the west side 
 of the North porch. 
 
 Thomas Laceby a p'soner prest to death'" bur. in church yard on the north side the steeple the 23"' 
 day of Aprill. 
 
 John Johnson Joan Broome & Katherine Crosse three p'soners that were executed buried att the 
 west end of the Steeple in church yard 25"" day of Aprill. 
 
 M''* Alice Lloyd" spinster buried in St. Katharines He att the side of Thomas ffletchers stone the 27''' 
 day of June. 
 
 ' See note 4 previous page. 
 
 ^ His Funeral Certificate is as follows : " Thomas Powell of Horsley in the County of Denbigh Esq'' departed this mortall 
 life at Horsley upon the xviij"' day of .September 1629 and was interred in .S" Maryes Church in the Citty of Chester. He 
 [was the eldest son and heir of Sir Thomas Powell, lent, who died in 1613 and] married Dorethy daughter to Morris Gwyn 
 [Wynn] of Gwyder, in the County of Carnarvon Esq"', by whom he had yssue .S"' Thomas Powell of Berket \i.e. Birkenhead] 
 in the County of Chester, baronett, now of the age of . . . yeares or there about at the death of his father, who married 
 Kathrine, daughter to S'' John Egerton of Oulton in the County of Chester, K', by whom he hath yssue Thomas Powell, his 
 Sonne and heyre w''' dyed in Feljruary i6l7[-l8] w"'out issue. John Powell 2" sonn and now heyre of S'' Thomas, of the 
 age of . . . yeares married [Margaret] dau. and coh. to Edward PiUeston of Alington in the County of Denbigh, Esq^ but 
 yet hath noe yssue. John Powell [was the] second sonne to the defunct, Roger, 3'' sonne, Richard 4"' sonne. Elinor eldest 
 daughter to the defunct, Margret 2'' daughter, Kathrine 3'' dau, Sidney Powell youngest dau." (Cheshire and Lanauhire Funeral 
 Certifuates, Record Society, vol. vj., pp. 161-2.) 
 
 ' For a note on him, his two marriages, and the marriage of his widow, see p. 118. His burial is thus referred to in the 
 Churchwardens" Accounts : "Joseph Teggin our late Clarke buried in the South He att loghmost [lowermost] formes end." 
 
 * Thus described in the Churchwardens' Accounts: " M'' Lawrence Readinge servant to .S'' Henry Salisbur)' bar[t]. buried 
 at the cominge in of S' Katherines He." His monumental inscription is given on p. 63. 
 
 ' A quaint name, probably bestowed on a foundling found in the parish. In the Churchwardens' Accounts the entry is 
 simply " a strangers child." 
 
 " Her Funeral Certificate is as follows : — " M''^ Anne Brerewood departed this mortall life in Chester vpon the 23 day of 
 December 1630 and was buried in S' Maryes Church in Troutbecks Chapell there. She was daughter to S' Randle Mainwaring 
 of Peuer, in the County of Chester, K', .and married Robert Brerewood of the Citty of Chester, Esq, learned in the lawes .and 
 by her [he] had yssue John, Robert, Jane and Elizabeth Brerewood and three that dyed yonge." [Cheshire and Lancashire 
 Funeral Certificates^ Record Society, vol. vj.. p. 38.) See also the pedigree of Brerewood postca. 
 
 ' Her Funeral Certificate is as follows : — " D.ime Kathrine Ouldfield departed this mortall life at Chester vpon the 27"' day 
 of December 1630 and lyeth interred in S' Maryes Church in Chester. .She w.as d.au. and co-heyre to Tho. Puleston of 
 Leghtwood in the County of Flynt, Esquier and first married Thomas Hanmer of Fenns, in the County aforsayd [Esq.] I))- whom 
 she had yssue William Hanmer. her only child. She married to her second husband S'' Philip Ouldfeild of Bradwall in the 
 County of Chester, Knight, but by him had no yssue. This Certificat was taken at Chester vpon the 10 Janu.iry l63o[-i] by 
 Randle Holme." (Chesiiire ami Lancashire Funeral Certificates, Record Society, vol. vj., pp. 153-4.) Her husband, who 
 was buried in St. Mary's, in December, 1616, is commemorated by the handsome full-length eftigy in the north chapel {sec 
 !'■ 43)- 
 
 ■■ His Funeral Certificate is as follows : — " Thomas Wl-ight of the Citty of Chester. P'eltmaker, w.as Sheriffe of Chester An" 
 1600. He dyed at his howse in Chester the 5 d.ay of January i63o[-i] and was buried in S' M.iryes Church in the Citty aforsayd. 
 He married Anne sole dau. and heyre to Randle Whitbye of Chester but by her he had no yssue." (/bid. — ihi<i., p. 191.) He is 
 described in the Churchwardens' Accounts as " ^p■ Thomas Wright Sherifspeare." . 
 
 ' From this time till 1663 the exact position of each burial is given in the Register. 
 
 *° For an account of the terrible punishment of " pressing to death " see pp. 27-8. 
 
 " Her Funeral Certificate is as follows ; — " M" Alice Lloyd, daughter to George Lloyd, somtyme Bushop of Chester, dyed 
 in Chester the 28 [i/.J June 1631 and w.as buried in S' Maryes Church in Chester. She was neuer married and so dyed without
 
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 I20 ST. MARY-ON-THE-HILL, CHESTER. 
 
 1632. 
 
 John Gathercoale a stranger buried in tiic Ciuirch yard on the North side neere tlie broad stone the 
 1 1"' day of Septemb. 
 
 M" ffrances Tottie' buried in the North He under her husbands stone att the goeinge in of St. 
 Katherines He the 8"" day of October. 
 
 [M"'* Elizabeth Danald . . . November].'- 
 
 1633- 
 
 Richard Lathom 1 , ■ r • 1 >■ < ^u ^ ^ j 1 • 1 ■ 1 1 1 .■ ,1 
 
 bemge 4 [sn-\ p soners that were executed buried iii churcli yard on y soutii 
 
 Katherine \Viniams - . , . ,„ , ^ , . 
 
 side the 4' day of May. 
 James Johnson J 
 
 1634. 
 
 Richard ftletcher' buried in the Church vnder the Lady .Salisburies seate 2" day of Ajirill. 
 
 John Crosse buried in the Chancell before the Ministers seate the 3" day of July. 
 
 Mathevv Browne' gent buried in the south He att M'' Ellis his Pue end vnder the vppermost stone 
 
 there the 26"' day of November. 
 
 M'' Peter Shakerley buried in the North He att the side of Burrowes stone the 31"' day of January. 
 
 •635- 
 Elizabeth wife of Randle Holme' Alderman buried in M' Jaques Ariiodia his forme 29"' day of May. 
 Katherine daugti of fifrancis CianiuU ' esq'' and Mciior of this Ciltie buried in the Tombe 2" day of 
 October. 
 
 1637. 
 Thomas Briscoe ^ 
 
 Raph Wilkinson ( 4 p'soners executed buried at the west end betwixt the north porch and the 
 Ellen Weld & I steeple the 14'" day of Aprill. 
 Ellen Woodward i 
 " S'' William Breretons' pue doore in S' Katherines He" is mentioned in June, 1637. 
 
 y.ssue. This certificate was testyfied to be trew vnder the hand of Randle lluhne of the Citty of Chester, Alderman and Deputy 
 to the Office of Amies." (Cheshire ami Lniuashiic Funeral Cerlifieates, Record Society, vol. vj., ]ip. 134-5.) In the Church- 
 wardens' Accounts the entry is " M™ Alice Lloyd daughter to bushop lloyd buried in S" Katherines He.'' 
 
 ' Her Funeral Certificate was begun but never finished (see Cheshire and Lancashire Funeral Certifica/es, Record .Societj-, 
 vol. vj., p. 197). It gives her arms but no other information. .She was the widow of Edward Tottie of Mollington, who died 
 in 1623. Her will was proved at Chester in 1632. i^ (5a»vv» /lu^. ((/<,. 
 
 - Although there is now no entry of this burial in the Register the following Funeral Certificate was made for her :— 
 " M" Elizabeth Danald dyed in the Citty of Chester vpon the x.s"' day of Nouember 1632 and w.is Iniried in ,S' Maryes 
 Church, in the sayd Citty. She was daughter and co-heyre to Thomas Ince, somtyme Sheriffe of the Citty of Chester and 
 married to her first husband Thomas Massey of Ihe Citty aforsayd, and had yssue by him 2 sonnes. the w'' all dyed yonge. 
 •She married to her 2 husband Christopher Danald of Chester but by him she had no yssue." (/l>iil. — ibia'., p. 65.) Christopher 
 Danald was buried at St. Mary's 25th April, 1633. 
 
 ^ There are many entries of the burial of " prisoners " in the Registers of St. .Mary, but only one or two specimens need be 
 given here (see p. 118, note 4). 
 
 ' In his Funeral Certificate (Record Society, vol. vj., p. 89) he is described as " somtyme Sheriffe of the Citty of Chester, 
 dyed the first day of Aprell 1634 and was buried in S' Marys Church in Chester." 
 
 ' His Funeral Certificate is as follows : — " Mathew Browne of the Citty of Chester, gentleman, dyed at his howse in Hand- 
 k to bridge vpon the . ?-*. day of ."^"^f^. 1634 and was interred in S' Maryes Church in Chester aforsayd. He married 
 
 ' *Kathrine, daughter to Rafe Allen of the Citty of Chester, Alderman, and widow of Mathew Ellis of Over Leigh, nere Chester, 
 
 gent and by him had yssue Thomas, his sonne and heyre of the Age of 14 yeares or therabout at tyme of his fathers death, 
 George, a""" sonne ; .Alice the only d.aughter. He had yssue also by her Elizabeth and Anne and a son not baptized, w^'' all 
 dyed yonge." (Cheshire ami Lancashire L'uncral Cerlificates, Record .Society, vol. vj., p. 49.) See also the pedigree of Browne 
 of Netherlegh /(Ji/t-n. »K«^^*t^i ur^ 1'^ i.,^: tTMur-.^ .vW'w^.wUl /^^.^.te K'-'A aMi»._j^ J<i~l«^ -l/C^^ '^'- CU, Vi,.K [.• l-ji 
 
 '■ See the Holme pedigree (>ostea. 
 
 ■' See the Gamul pedigree /Oi/M. 
 
 ■* This was Sir William Brereton, of Handforth, co. Chester, Bart., afterwards the well-known commander on the side of 
 the Parliament. He held property in Chester, chiefly lands which had formerly belonged to the Nunnery of St. Mary.
 
 
 THE REGISTERS OF ST. MARY'S. 121 
 
 M'' Thomas fFranckland buried in St. Katherines lie at tlie goeinge in to S'' William Breretons seate 
 20"" October. 
 
 Thomas Swinton' gent buried in St. Katherines He before the doore at the feete of M' Readings stone 
 the 2i"' day of Novemb. 
 
 Dame Dorothie Chitwood buried in the Chancel! vnder the stone before the south quire seates 19"' day 
 of December. 
 
 Richard Starkie buried in the Quire att the side of the Lady Chitwoods stone 24"' day of December. 
 
 Edward Mathewes servant to M'' Hugh Whicksted buried in the Crosse He direct before the steeple 
 
 doore 31"' day of Januarie. 
 
 1638. 
 
 Nicholas Wright, Thomas Owen, John Warburton, Richard Holme, 4 p'soners buried at the north west 
 end of the steeple 16"' of Aprill. 
 
 Thomas sonne of Peter Egerton esq'' buried in the Chancell without the Kaile att the side of M'' 
 Colliers" ston[e] 17"' of July. 
 
 M''* Jane Moreton' buried before M'' Ecclestons pue att the south side ould Yongs stone 21"' day of 
 January. 
 
 Mary daugh of Raph Metcalfe gent buried vnder y^' end of Robert Burroughes his wives forme 28"" 
 day of ffebruary. 
 
 Elizabeth Gilbert kinswoman to M'' Garnor buried at the the [sic] lower end of the south He at the 
 entringe of the low[er]most mens forme 3° day of March. 
 
 1639. 
 
 Edward Whitbye' esc|'' late Record'' of this Cittie buried in M'' Gamulls vault in St. Katherines He 
 25'" day of Aprill. 
 
 An infant of M'' Mathew Gleaves buried in the north Church yard the 4"' day of May. 
 
 M''* Ellinor Anderton' wife of Mathew Anderton esq'' buried m St. Katherines He vnder her sohe M' 
 Thomas Swintons stone 26"' day of August. ou^t-vto^ av^j ^s^t. i sk^ck&ri&i a.x^. 
 
 Dame Katherine Powell " wife of S' Thomas Barron' buried in St. Katherines He vnd' AP Worsleys 
 stone' 12"' of Septemb. 
 
 ' [lis Funeral Certificate is as follows : — " Thomas .Swynton of the Citty of Chester, the only Sonne and heyre of Richard 
 Swynton of Kniittesfford, in the County of Cliester, t;ent, departed this mortall Hfe in Chester vpon the xviij"' day of Nov. 1637 
 and was interred in .St. Maryes Church in the Citty of Chester aforsayd and in S' Kathrines He of the sayd Church. The sayd 
 defunct married Mary, dau. to Wittm Walker of Hatfield, in the County of Hartford, by whom he had yssue Tho. Swynton, his 
 only child, of the vVgo of one yeare and [a] halph [j/i] at his fathers death.'' (C/ifsliirc and Lancashire Funeral Cerlifieales^ 
 Record Society, vol. vj., pp. 175-6.) His mother, Eleanor, daughter of Edmund Gamul, Esq., married for her first husband 
 Richard Swinton, gent.: secondly, Thomas Harvey of Chester, alderman, who died in 1613 ; and thirdly, Matthew Anderton, 
 Escj. She was buried at St. Mary's in 1639. 
 
 " The late rector's gravestone. 
 
 ■' Called in the Churchwardens' Accounts " M''* Jane Moreton widdow." 
 
 ' His Funeral Certificate is as follows : — " Edward Whitbye, Esq'' late Recorder of the Citty of Chester, departed this 
 mortall life at his howse of the Bach, neer the Citty of Chester aforsaid, vpon the xviij"' daye of Aprill 1639 and was Interred 
 in S' Maries Church in the Citty aforsaid, in M'' ffrancis Gamulls vault in S' Katherns He in the said Church, the 25 of Aprell, 
 in the yeare aforsaid. The said defunct mar. Ales, daughter to Richard Bauand of Chester, Alderman, and widow to Thomas 
 Gamul, somtyme Recorder of Chester, and [who] was before wife to David Lloyd, somtymc M.aior of the sayd Citty, but the said 
 Edward Whitby had no yssue by her." (Ches/iirc and Lancashire Funeral Certificates, Record Society, vol. vj., pp. 1S3-4.) 
 See also the account of the Gamul family postea. 
 
 ' Mrs. Anderton was Eleanor, daughter of Edmund Gamul, Esq. She was three times married, first to Richard Swinton 
 of Knutsford, gent. ; secondly to Thomas Harvey of Chester, alderman, who died in 1613 : and thirdly to Matthew Anderton, 
 Esq, See the Gamul pedigree and also note I above. 
 
 '' Dame Katherine Powell was the daughter of Sir John Egerton of Egerton and Oulton, co. Chester, Kiit., and was 
 baptized 6th Sept. 1584, at Little Budworth, co. Chester.' She died at Horsley on the 7th September. Her husband. Col. 
 Sir Thomas Powell. Bart., took an active part on the Royalist side during the Civil War. He died about 1650. (Powell 
 Itedi^ree. ) 
 
 ■ This stone war. near the monument described on p. 4s
 
 122 ST. MARY-ON-THE-HILL, CHESTER. 
 
 Edward Brocke' gent buried in St. Katherines lie vnd'' M'' Vaudreys stone 4'" day of October. 
 Thomas Steele gent buried in St. Katherines He att the south side of M'' Readinges" stone 5'" day 
 [of] October. 
 
 M'' John Eccleston' buried on the north side Yongs stone before the entrance of his owne seate i o"' 
 
 day of Januarie. 
 
 1640. 
 
 ffoure infants' of John Owens buried in one Coffin in the South Church yard before the South porch 
 30"' of March. 
 
 Wilham Brocke' esq' buried in St. Katherines He vnd"' M' Vaudreys stone 8'" day of Aprill. 
 
 M" Christian GamuU" wife of ffrancis GamuU esq'' bur in the vault in St. Katherines He 1 1'" day of 
 June. 
 
 M''" Isabell Hurleston' buried in the vppmost seate in St. Katherines He close to the Chancell side 
 26"' of June. 
 
 M'" Alice Whitbye" widdow buried in the vault in St. Katherines He the 18"' day of August. 
 
 M''" Anne Booth widdow buried vnder her first husband Gregories stone in midle He 4"' of Septemb. 
 
 M''" Salisbury widdow buried vnder Readings stone att the entrance of St. Katherines He 13"' day of 
 Septemb. 
 
 Adam Birkhened of Manley esq' buried vnder the Birkheneds stone in the south He 7"' day of 
 Novemb. 
 
 M" Grissell Smith" buried vnder old M'' Boothes stone in St. Katherines He the 22'" day of Decemb. 
 
 Elizabeth wife of M'' William Halton buried att the side of Morgans stone in the midle He the 6"' of 
 January. 
 
 M''* Jane wife of M'' John Williams buried vnder y'' midle of the Sheriffe peeres'" pue against the midle 
 pillar the 26"' day of January. 
 
 1 64 1. 
 
 Elizabeth an infant and daugh of Thomas Salisburie of Leadbrooke esq' buried in St. Katherines He 
 vpon it[s] Aunt M''* Grissell Smith" 8"' day of Aprill. 
 
 M'' John Williams buried vpon his wife'- vnder the midle of the Sheriffes peeres pue and M"" \Vrights 
 seate against the pillar 24"' day of May. 
 
 ' Mr. Edward Brock was a younger brother of Robert Brock, of Upton, gent. His father, Mr. John Brock, of Upton, 
 married Parnel, daughter of Thomas Vaudrey, of the Kiddings, co. Chester, Ksq. This family held property in Chester, and 
 were accustomed to bury at St. Mary's. Hence the reference to " .M'' Vaudreys stone.'' {Sfi! the pedigree of Brock of Upton.) 
 
 ■- Mr. Laurence Reading was buried at St. Mary's on the nth July, 1630 {see p. 119). 
 
 '■' The will of John Eccleston, of Chester, yeoman, was proved at Chester in 1640. 
 
 ' See the baptism of these four children born at one birth, p. 116. 
 
 ' This was William Brock of Upton and the Inner Temple, Esq. {see the pedigree of Brock of Upton poslea). See also 
 note I above. 
 
 '' She was the eldest daughter of .Sir Richard Grosvenor, of Eaton, Knt. and Bart., and was married at Eccleston in 
 October, 1624, to Francis Gamul, Esq., afterwards Knighted and created a Baronet by Charles I. She died in childbirth. 
 {See the Uamul pedigree /w/trt.) 
 
 ' Her will is preserved in //ar/. MS. 2131, f. 199. She desired to be buried in St. Mary's, in Chester, " neere to the 
 good Lady Mainwaring " (see p. 1 14). She bequeathed los. to Mr. .Seddon, clerk, and los. more " to preach my funeral sermon." 
 .She left £ci to the poor of .St. Mary's. 
 
 ^ Mrs Alice Whitby was the widow of Edward Whitby, Esq., the Recorder of Chester, who was buried at St. Mary's on 
 the 25th April, 1639 (see p. 121). She was a daughter of Mr. Richard Bav.and, alderman of Chester, and was three times 
 uiarried, firstly to David Lloyd (Mayor of Chester, in 1593-4); secondly to Thomas Gamul, Esq., Recorder of Chester, who died 
 in 1613 {see the G.amul pedigree); and thirdly to Edward Whitby, Esq., also Recorder of Chester. Her will was proved at Chester 
 in 1640. .She gave a piece of plate and other things to the church in 1639 (see p. 23). 
 
 ° Mrs. Grissell Smith is again mentioned in 1641, when a daughter of Thomas S.alisbury, of Leadbrooke, Esq., was buried 
 upon " its aunt M" Grissell Smith." 
 
 '" The " .Sheriflf peers" were those who had served tlie office of Sheriff of Chester. Two Sherififs were appointed every 
 year. 
 
 '' Mrs. Grissell Smith's burial took place on the 22 Dec. 1640 (see above). 
 
 '^ Mrs. Williams' burial is entered in the Register on the 26th Jan. 1640-1. 
 
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 THE REGISTERS OF ST. MARY'S. 123 
 
 M" Mary Bridge buried close before the pillar in John Grices seate in the midle He 26"" day of 
 
 July. 
 
 Jane daughter of Henry Darwall drowned in the .^bby Co" well buried in her mothers grave vnder her 
 ston[e] on the east side of the south porch 13'" day of August. 
 
 John Sonne of ffrancis Edwards' Gierke Recto'' of this Church and buried in the Chancell in the midle 
 of y"" crosse walke below the stepps neere the end of the Commu[n]ion table 21"' day of Januarie. 
 
 Thomas Kinge gent servant to Henry Birkhened esq"' buried vnder Starkies pue att the end next the 
 wall in y' north He 28"* day of Januarie. 
 
 William Calcott killd by fall of a barne in Eccleston lane by boisterous winds 3° of ffebruary i64i[-2] 
 
 was buried in the south Church yard vnder gte of the flagges in the way att the side of Calcotts stone 4"' 
 
 day of ffebruary. 
 
 1642.- 
 
 An infant of M'' Thomas Parnells buried vpon it[s] moth'' vnder the midle stone att Troutbeks 
 chappell doore in the south He the 28"' day of Aprill. 
 
 Mathew an infant and sonne of M"' William Whittle buried in his wives old seate in the north He 
 17'" day of May. 
 
 M"'* Vrsula Holcroft buried in the Chancell ag' y'' midle goeinge into the Quire seates on the left hand 
 
 14"' of June. 
 
 "John a stranger that dyed att angell " buried i" of August. 
 
 1643. 
 
 Richard Morris Butcher slaine at Boughton' buried in y" corner close to the Dyall post' in south 
 church yard 19"' of July. 
 
 Allen Tompson a souldier wounded at boughton buried in the west corner of the south church yard 
 neere M'' Hunts' little gate in Church yard wall 24"' of July. 
 
 Griffith ap Evan a souldier buried in the west corner of the south Church yard neere M'' Hunts' 
 little gate in the way by the wall 21'" of August. 
 
 Thomas Acton servant to S"' Hugh Calveley buried in south Church yard close to the middle piller of 
 Troutbeks Chappell 3° day of October. 
 
 Robert sonne of Robert Brerewood esq' buried some halfe yard from the side of the vpper Tombe" in 
 Troutbeks Chappell 23'" day of October. 
 
 John Edwards'" f/ie Hangman buried in north Church yard in the west towards Boyds garden nooke 
 1 7"' of November. 
 
 Tolin Eansworth a souldier buried in the north Church yard vnder the wall ag' the midle window 
 . . . November. 
 
 Mathew Knight a souldier buried in the north Church yard vnder the wall against the midle window 
 of the psonage house 28'" day of November. 
 
 Captaine Mathew Curson buried in St. Katherines He in the seate against ffranklands stone 25"' day 
 of January. 
 
 > For a notice of Mr. Francis Edwards see the account of the Rectors, p. 84. The exact position of the grave as here 
 defined is curious. 
 
 ^ In this year there are several references to burials " betwixt the twoe pillers by the old font in south Church yard " and 
 " at the side of y'' piller by the old font in south Church yard " which are very curious and noteworthy. 
 
 ^ This is the first entry in the Register relating to the burials of those who lost their lives during the Civil War. 
 
 ' That is the sun-dial still on the south side of the churchyard [see p. 59). 
 
 ;■' Mr. Hunt was the then rector of St. Mary's, and no doubt lived near to the church. 
 
 " This is an interesting reference to the altar tombs formerly in the Troutbeck Chapel (see pp. 36-8). 
 
 ' The Hangman would appear to have been in constant requisition, for all the prisoners who were executed at Chester, 
 and whose burials are recorded in these Registers, seem to have been hanged at Boughton, and thence carried back to the 
 Castle and buried at St. Marys. 
 
 R 2
 
 124 ST. MARY-ON-THE-HILL, CHESTER. 
 
 Leifetenanl Christian Eares buried in same place same day. 
 
 1644. 
 
 M' John Carter' buried vnder the seates close to the side of M'' Steeles seate on the north side the 
 north He s'" day of Aprill. 
 
 Captaiiie Thomas Gamull" esq'' sonne of Coloiiell S' ffrancis Gamull Kn' and Barronett l)iniL<l in the 
 vault in St. Katherines He 12"' day of June. 
 
 Pollixina Gregge'' buried in St. Katherines lie vnder the Alablaster stone' in the passage to the 
 Chancell the 13"' day of June. 
 
 " a stranger buried in the north Church yard in the slacke' before the midle window." 
 
 William fframwall slaine vpon the guard buried vnder his fathers stone in the north He 7"' day 
 of July. 
 
 M'" Johnson buried in the midle He below the backe corner of M'' Holmes his seate at the side of 
 Mutchell stone the 1 1"' day of August. 
 
 James Hallwood gent buried in Troutbecks Chappell att side of 'I'yrers stones 28"' day of October. 
 
 Thomas Birkhened'' gent buried in the south He vnd'' the marble stone' 14"' day of Novemb. 
 
 Raph Hollinshead gent buried in the Crosse He betwixt Healds seate and the end of the longe forme 
 27"' of Novemt). 
 
 M'' Robert Chapman and M'' Thomas Dalton twoe souldiers kild on Haugh greene buried in the 
 north Church yard in the Corner ag' Gamulls tombe 3° of Decemb. 
 
 Anne daugh of M' Leigh of Baguley" esq'' buried in the Chancell 29"' day of December. 
 
 M''" Grace Whitmore buried in Troutbeks chappell 30"' of December. 
 
 Colonell Thomas Leigh^ esq'' was layd downe in the vestrey to be kept till he could be removed, the 
 8"' day of January but afterwards was removed to Prestburie church. 
 
 1645- 
 
 M'' Phillip Ravenscroft'' buried in Troutbeckes chappell vpon his Aunt Brerewood first day of May. 
 
 Bridgett wife of Robert Byron a stranger buried in the South Church yard at the east end of the 
 Chancell the 15"' day of May. 
 
 William Daye a Trooper slaine in Handbridge buried in North Church yard at the way side against 
 the north end of St. Katherines He 21"' of May. 
 
 John an infant and sonne of W Elliott buried in y'' midle He vnder the side of ffletchers stone 28"' 
 of May. 
 
 [So in original.] 
 
 . . . . . daugft to S'jeant Dalton buried in the north Church yard vpon the side of the hill 
 
 before y'' next piller to the porch 31"" day of May. 
 
 ' His will ns John Carter of Chester, yeoman, was proved at Chester in 1644. 
 
 ■- This is a very interesting entry, as it records the burial of the only surviving son and heir of Sir Francis Gamul, Knt. 
 and Bart. He was no doubt killed during some of the fighting in or near Chester. This entry is interesting as showing that 
 the father had probaljly been created a Baronet prior to this date. 
 
 ' Daughter of Mr. Thomas (iregge of Bradley, near Grappenhall, co. Chester. Mr. Thomas Gregge had married Katherine, 
 daughter of Robert Brock of Upton, Esq. (ifethal pedigree). 
 
 * This is no doubt the stone, so often referred to, belonging to the Birkenhead family. Tlie grant of a burial-place in the 
 chancel for the Birkenhead family will be found on p. 61. 
 
 ' " Slack " is a Chester word meaning a hollow. 
 
 " The will of Thomas Birkenhead of Chester, gentleman, is still preserved at Chester. 
 
 ' She was the daughter of lulward Legh, of Baguley, Esq., by his first wife Elenor, daughter of William Tatton of 
 Withinshaw, Esq. 
 
 " This was Thomas Legli of Adlington, Esq., who died in Chester during the siege of that city. The date of his burial at 
 Prestbury is not known, as the Register of that parish is defective at this date. He and his sons took an active part on the 
 Royalist side during the Civil War (see East C/ieshiir, vol. ij., p. 243). 
 
 " Of the family of I'lavcnscroft of Bretton, co.- Flinl. See liis monumcnlal inscription formerly in the church, p. 67.
 
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 THE REGISTERS OF ST. MARY'S. 12- 
 
 M'' Thomas Bold drowned and buried in St. Katherines He betwixt M' Steeles stone and the old Pue 
 the third day of August. 
 
 Thomas sonne of John Grey kill'd by an enemy and buried by the end of his mothers seate on the 
 north side the midle He 20"" day of August. 
 
 Nathaniel Williams was slaine and buried in the Church close before the south doore last of August. 
 
 M'- Thomas sonne of Hugh Wilbraham' esq'' buried in the Chancell 23'" day of September. 
 
 John Carter slaine att walls buried vnder the vppmost window of Troutbecks chappell ag' the staire 
 head in the south Church yard 26"' day of September. 
 
 Ellen Smith shott and kiUd buried vpon her mother before the south doore betwixt the backe of 
 the lowmost seate & the staires vnder the narrow longe stone 27"' of September. 
 
 Thomas Griffith shott and kil'd buried in the south Church yard at the side of the flaggs at the west 
 end of Williams stone 4"' day of October. 
 
 Henry Morris a trooper shott and kil'd buried in the west corner of the south Church yard behind 
 the porch 5'" of October. 
 
 Robert Thorneley kil'd buried in the south porch 5'" of October. 
 
 Thomas Grosvenor shott and kill'd buried in the south Church yard with his head to the Church yard 
 wall at the turneinge westward from Bennetts stone the 20"' day of December. 
 
 M'- Oliver ChisnalP buried in the lower end of y'' north He close to the north side of Johnsons stone 
 
 28'" day of January. 
 
 Edward Smith of the Rocke was slaine & buried in the lower end of the south He at the head of 
 Dykas his stone close to the formes 28"' of January. 
 
 Randle Hunt gent buried in the Chancell before the Clarks seate 9'" day of fifcbruary. 
 
 M'' Robert Ravenscroft ' buried in Troutbeks chappell the 1 2"' day of ffebruary. 
 
 M"' Casteene servant to S"' William Brereton' buried in St. Katherines He in the vppmost seate 17'" of 
 
 fifebruary. 
 
 Captahie Henry Brereton buried in Troutbeks Chappell the 19'" day of ffebruary. 
 
 Charles Worsley a souldier buried in the north Church yard vpon the Corner of the hill before the 
 porch the 23'" day of fifebruary. 
 
 Margrett' wife of Hugh Wilbraham esq' buried in the Chancell 23"' day of March. 
 1646. Charles ffletcher Clarke [/..?., parish clerk]. 
 
 A souldier buried on the hill before the porch in the north Church yard 29'" day of March. 
 
 M'' William Whittle" buried vnder Thomas ffletchers stone in St. Katherines He the 20'" day of 
 
 Aprill. , , T 1 
 
 [No entries between 17 May and 16 January]. 
 
 M'- Thomas Weston' buried vnder his fathers stone in the midle He at the doore goeinge into y-- 
 Chancell 26"' of ffebruary. 
 
 In 1647 Chester was visited by a violent outbreak of the PLAGUE, which began in the 
 Spring and lasted about ten months. All those who could leave the city appear to have done 
 
 ' This Hueh Wilbiaham, Esq., was of Eccleston, near Chester, and of St. Andrew, I loll^orn, London, a younger son of 
 Thomal Wilbrfham of Woodhey, Esq. He married for his f^rst wife Margaret, daughter of R.chard Grosvenor of Eaton, 
 Esq. Her burial took place at St. Mary's on the 23rd March, 1645-6. 
 
 2 Probably a member of the well-known Lancashire family of Chisenhall of Chisenhall, who were staunch Royalists. 
 
 " Probably of the family of Bretton, co. Flint (sec p. 67). 
 
 ' This was the celebrated Sir William Brereton of tiandforth, co. Chester, Bart., the Parliamentar)' commander. 
 
 ' See note i above. 
 
 '■■ This is probably Mr. Willi.am Whiule of Chester, tanner, whose will, proved in 1646, is still at Chester. 
 
 ' The will of Mr. Thomas Weston, of Chester, proved 1646, is still. .at Chester.
 
 126 ST. MARY-OX-THE-HILL, CHESTER. 
 
 .so, but a large number of deaths (over 2,000) occurred amongst those who were left. By the 
 end of June d] persons died in one week, and this number rose in August to 209, after which it 
 slowly declined. The mortality appears to have been pretty evenly distributed over the whole 
 of the cit)% as will subsequently be shown. The following horrible description is taken from a 
 printed contemporary account, probably one of the small quarto newspapers of the time, but it 
 is not possible to say which : — 
 
 "There dyed in Chester City of the Plague, from July 7 to July 15 1647, in the Parishes of 
 
 Oswels 14 
 
 Peters 3 
 
 Trinity 8 
 
 Johns 5 
 
 Michaels 23 
 
 and in the City 
 
 Martins 15 
 
 Maryes 25 
 
 Olives 12 
 
 Brigets 9 1 Cabins 29 
 
 " The totall of the burialls this weeke in Chester 141. 
 
 " The Plague takes them very strangely, strikes them black of one side, and then they run mad, some 
 drowne themselves, others would kill themselves ; they dye within a few hours, some run up and down the 
 streets in their shirts to the great horrour of those in the City." 
 
 The distress in the city was brought to the notice of Parliament, when the following 
 ordinance was passed by the House of Commons in August, 1647 : — 
 
 " Whereas Chester is grievously visited with the pestilence, very few families being clear ; by reason 
 whereof almost all persons of ability have left the said city, there remaining for the most part only the poor, 
 who are altogether deprived of trading, and if not presently relieved are likely to perish for want, and 
 endanger the adjacent counties. And whereas the county of Chester is exceedingly impoverished by the 
 late war; 'tis ordered that the ministers of London and Westminster, those in the counties of Chester, Kent, 
 Sussex, Surrey, Southampton, Middlesex, Essex, Hereford, Cambridge, Suffolk and Norfolk, do, on the next 
 Lord's day after the receipt of this ordinance, earnestly move their people to contribute for the relief of the 
 said distressed inhabitants." 
 
 In Harl. MS. 1929, f 36, I find the following printed list of the burials which took place at 
 St. Mary's, from which it will be seen how severe the mortality was : — 
 
 "A Catalogue of the Burialls in the City of Chester of the Plague from the 22'" of June 1647 to the 
 14 of October 1647 
 
 i[st] week 67 At S' Maries 5 9 week 152 At S' Maries 22 
 
 2 week 57 9 TO week 166 26 
 
 3 week 141 25 II week 123 28 
 
 4 week 114 19 12 week 114 22 
 
 5 week 153 30 13 week 71 8 
 
 6 week 156 28 14 week 69 14 
 
 7 week 209 20 15 week 42 8 
 
 8 week 182 16 16 week 52 9 
 
 To this there has been added in ink that t'ne burials at St. Mary's in the 17th week were 5 ; i8th, 3 , 
 19th, 4 ; 20th, 7 ; 2ist, 5 ; 22nd, i ; 23rd, i. 
 
 The totall of the Burialls of the Plague in 16 weeks is 1875 Persons. 
 
 A fuller account of the deaths in each week, divided into parishes, occurs in Hail. MS. 
 1922, f. 27, but it is too long to give here.^ It may, however, be stated that in the 23 weeks from 
 June 22 to the end of November, 1647, no less than 2,032 persons died, and if the population of 
 
 ' It may, however, be consulted in the Cheshire Sheaf, vol. I, pp. 183-4, having been contribuled liy Dr. Brushfiekl.
 
 thp: registers of st. mary'S. 12; 
 
 Chester be taken at about 10,000, very many of whom had left the city, it will be at once 
 apparent how heavy the mortality was. The following is a summary of the deaths, arranged 
 under the respective parishes : — 
 
 Oswalds 396 Maries 315 Michaels 130 
 
 Peters 75 Olives 59 Pest-house ... 208 
 
 Trinity 232 Bridgets 86 ^^^^ — 
 
 Martins 173 Johns 358 
 
 Out of the 315 deaths which took place in St. Mary's parish the burials of only 55 are 
 recorded in the Register, so that had it not been for the above contemporary account the rate of 
 mortality, if based upon the burials entered in the Register, would have been grossly under- 
 estimated. 
 
 1647. 
 
 Henry sonne of M"' Tho ; Birkhened buried in the midle He att widdow Roberts pue doore vnd' their 
 owne stone 23* of April!. 
 
 A Child of M'' Rockes buried on the north side close to the Church porch the right hand goeinge into 
 
 y" Church the ninth day of May. 
 
 M" Anne Wright' widdow buried in her owne pue her head ioyneinge close to the north side of the 
 
 piller the third day of July. 
 
 Katherine Baxter and her three Children buried in the south porch within 2 foote of the church doore 
 
 the 22'" day of Septemb. 
 
 Captaine Cheshire^ buried in St. Katherines He vnder the Lady Smiths stone 3" of October. 
 M" Kathenne Cooke' buried in the north He vnder their owne stone 1 1'" day of October. 
 
 1648. 
 M'* Amy Knott buried in the midle He her feete ioyneinge close to Jane Cottons 25'" of Decemb. 
 
 1649. 
 
 M"' Peter Starkie buried in his wives pue 7"' of July. 
 
 A Sonne of M'' Jannions buried buried \sii\ in Troutbecks chappell on the west side of the lowermost 
 
 tombe' and the midle window 9"' day of July. 
 
 1650. 
 
 M'-' Ellinor Gredge buried 5'" of Aprill and her sister buried 12"' April! both vnder meacockes stone in 
 
 St. Katherines He. 
 
 1651. 
 
 M'* Crosse buried in the north He vnder her own stone the first day of May. 
 
 Serjeant Veinson buried in the Church neere the poore mans box 22'" day of October. 
 
 An infant of M" Poole buried at her owne pue doore the 5'" day of December. 
 
 An infant of M'' Richard Wright buried in the north He att Richard Hills pue doore the the \_sic\ 27'" 
 
 day of December. 
 
 M'- Stourtons' [«V] wife dyed att Bretton hall buried in St. Katherins He vnder M'- Lloyds stone the 
 
 11'" day of March. 
 
 A Sonne of M'' Tartons' \_sic\ buried vpon his mother the 24'" day of March. 
 
 ^The will of Ann Wright of Chester, widow, proved 1647, is still preserved at Chester. 
 
 ■^ In the Churchwardens' Accounts he is described as "Capten Chessher out of Castell," being no doubt quartered in the 
 Castle. He is probably to be identified with John Cheshire of Halton, gentleman, the inventory of whose effects, dated 1647, 
 is still preserved at Chester. 
 
 ^ The administration to the effects of Katherine Cooke of Heswall, dated 164S, is still at Chester. She was, I think, 
 connected with the family of Francis Edwards, the late Rector of St. Mary's {see p. 84). 
 
 <■ This shows that the tombs in the Troutbeck Chapel were existing in 1649 {see p. 32). 
 
 ' In the Churchwardens' Accounts these two burials are noticed as follows :-" M'" rurton buried in St Katherin's yle " 
 and '• M'- Turtons Sonne buried in the same grave" Sec Mr. Turton's burial in the next year.
 
 128 ST. MARY-ON-Tlli:-lllLL, CHESTER. 
 
 1652. 
 A Sonne of M' Thomas Browncs of Saltney side buried in liis ownc pue 6"' day of June. 
 M"' Denmans father buried in the midle He the 20"' day of June. 
 
 M' Torton' buried in St. Katharines He vnder M''* Andertons stone 23'" day of August. 
 An infant of M' Trevis buried vnder his ownc stone the 13"' day of March. 
 
 j6s3- 
 M'' George Browne" buried in .M' Thomas Browne liis brothers seate 6"' of May 1(553. 
 
 In consequence of an Act of Parliament passed this year, a person had to be appointed in 
 each parish to take charge of the Register, and to enter all births, marriages, and burials in the 
 .same. The appointment of the Registrar for, as he was then called, the " Register ") in St. 
 Mary's parish is thus recorded in the Churchwardens' Accounts : 
 
 [APPOINTMENT OF A REGI.STKAU IN 1653.] 
 At a meetinge of the pishners whose names are subscribed at & vpon the xx"' day of Septemb in the 
 y"' of o' lord 1653 accordinge to the Direccon & appointm' of a late Act of Parliam' touchinge marriages of 
 the xxiiij"' Day of August last past, to chuse & elect a Register to such endes & purposes as are Declared 
 in the s'' Act. The said pishners w"" full & free voice & consent haue made choice of Thomas Humfrlys 
 gen' to be Register accordinge to the s'' Act. Wittnes o'' hands the Day & y"' afores''. 
 
 (Signed) R.\NDLE Holme Thomas Stannv 
 
 Tho: Browne Richakd Grosuenor 
 
 Thomas wellshman Robartt Burrowes 
 
 John Grey Willm Lloyde 
 
 M"* George Chamberlen Thomas Ley 
 
 Raph Leigh Thomas Coulthurst") Church 
 
 Alexander Huk (?) James Michell 
 
 ""1 Church 
 ) wardens." 
 
 He does not seem to have attended to his duties very carefully, as there are two blank pages 
 in the Register, no entries being recorded between the i6th Sept. 1653, and the 21 April, 1654.^ 
 
 1654- 
 
 S' Robert Brerewood ' buried in Troutbecks Chappell the ninth day of Septemb. 
 
 S'' fifrancis Gamull ' buried in his owne vault 27"' of Novemb. 
 
 A Sonne of M' Richard Dunbabins buried in Troutbecks Chappell the 28"' day of Decemb. 
 
 Randle Holme" sen'' Alderman buried on the north side in the Church in M' Browne of \|)lon i>uc 
 the 30"" day of Januarie. 
 
 A daughter of M' Grubbs from the Castle buried in the west Churchyard in the way the 5"' day of 
 March. 
 
 M"' Pearetree" Parson of this Church buried in the Quire against the window the 16'" day of March. 
 
 ' See two entries in the last year, 1651. 
 
 ' See his monumental inscription on p. 68. 
 
 ^ From the Churchwardens' Accounts the two following entries of burials are of interest at this time, "my lady Gamull's 
 man " and " M'' George Manley." 
 
 ■* The long Latin inscription placed to his memory w ill be found on p. 66, and an account of his family will be given 
 later on. 
 
 See/>os/ea for an account of the Gamul family. .Sir Francis Gamul entertained King Charles I. whiUl at Chester, and 
 was created a Baronet by the King about 1644-5. 
 
 "" This was the second of the four distinguished Chester antiquaries cjf these names, a full account of whom will subsequently 
 be given. 
 
 " For a short account of .Mr. Pearl ree sen p. 88.
 
 
 THE REGISTERS OF ST. MARY'S. 129 
 
 1655- 
 Hugh Whicksted' buried in Troutbecks Chappell the 29th day of March. 
 
 Hannah daugh to AP Jo : Trevis buried in the north He vnder M'' Totties stone the 4"" day of August. 
 An infant of M'' Robies buried in the north He close to M"' Totties stone the 25"" day of August. 
 Doctor Snell - buried in the Quire neere M"^ Pearetrees tombe the 7"" day of ffebruary. 
 W^ Lacy buried in the Quire the 11"' day of ffebruary. 
 
 1656. 
 
 An infant of jM' [WiUiam] Cullams buried in the south He on the 28''' day of Septemb. 
 
 Three Witches' hanged at Michas Assizes buried in the corner by the Castle Ditch in Church y"* 8"" 
 of October. 
 
 Mathew Key a Souldier buried in the crosse He goeinge into the Steeple 21"' day of October. 
 
 AP Alice AVhicksted wiaa buried in the midle He ouer ag' her owne pue doore 22"' day of January. 
 
 M' Harding a souldier buried in the North church yard neere the blew stone the 6"* day of ffebruary. 
 [A son of his was buried i8th May, 1656.] 
 
 1657- 
 
 Captain George Ravenscrofte' buried in Troutbecks Chappell the 30"" day of October. 
 
 1658. 
 Majpi- Coole' baried in Troutbecks Chappell att the head end of the Chappell the 20"" day of April). 
 Elezabeth Daughter to Af John Barnett was Buried in the south yle within M"' Manleys pue on the 28 
 of June. • 
 
 Docketer Parsley' was Buried in St. Katberines yle on the xvij"" Day of September. 
 
 John sonne to M'' William Couentrey" was buried in St. Katherines yle on the first Day of Nouember. 
 
 As already stated, after 1659, the entries in the earliest volume of the Registers, now pre- 
 served in St. Mary's, are in different handwritings, having been made either at the time or at 
 the end of each ecclesiastical year by the clergy or the parish clerk. The entries become more 
 numerous as time goes on, and there are more w hich require to be here noted. 
 
 [ CHRISTENINGS— (coititiucd). ] 
 
 1659. 
 [The entries are now in a different hand and the spelling is poor.] 
 
 1660. 
 Nathanall sonne of Nathanall Booth [Esq.]" was bapt the 23"' Day of October. 
 
 1661. 
 Ann Daugh of M' Nathanall Booth' was Bapt the x'" Day of Desemb'. 
 
 ' Mr. Hugh Wickstead's monumental inscription is given on p. 64. 
 
 - For an account of the Rev. Dr. Snell, Archdeacon of Chester, &c., see pp. 75-6. 
 
 ^ For a full account of the trial of these three witches see pp. 28-9. 
 
 ' Of the family of Bretton, co. Flint. See his monumental inscription on p. 67. 
 
 ' In the Churchwardens' Accounts is the following entry : — " Received for the use of the parrish Church at the Iruriall of 
 Maior Coole, that was a stranger and interred in Troutbecks Chaijpell. 3* 4''." 
 
 ° Who could possibly have recognised under the designation of "Dcclcr Tarsley '" the Rev. Christopher Taslew, P.P.. 
 late rector of Hawarden, co. Flint, whose monumental inscription will be found on p. 67 ? 
 
 " Grandson of Dr. Christopher I'aslew, and buried in his grave (sec p. 67). He was bapt. 25th Aug. 165S. 
 
 " Nathaniel Booth, Esq., was of Mottram .'^l. Andrew, near Macclesfield, co. Chester. A son, Thomas, was buried at .St. 
 Mary's on the 18 March, 1659-60 ; and a daughter, Elizabelh, was baptized there on the 2 Sept. 1656 (see p. 117) 
 
 S
 
 i;o ST. MARV-OX-TIII'MIILL, CHESTER. 
 
 1662.' 
 
 [Change of handwriting after October, when the entries are all in the handwriting of Nicholas Stevenson, 
 
 the Rector — the hand of an educated man.] 
 
 1663. 
 
 Sarah daughter of M' Holt a stranger bound for Ireland bapliz'd the 27"' of Aug. 
 
 Mary daughter of M" Harris a stranger bound for Ireland baptiz'd the i" day of Septem. 
 
 Catherine daughter of M'' George Edge bapti/.'d the 22"' day of Septem. 
 
 Alice daughter of M' Thomas Edwards baptiz'd the 23'' day of October. 
 
 Catherine daughter of M'' Thomas Wright baptiz'd the si.\t day of Decern. 
 
 1664. 
 Thomas son of M'' Alexander Rigby" bapti/."d the fourteenth day of March. 
 
 .665. 
 Anne the daughter of M' Thomas Hough baptiz'd the 21 day of Fcbru : 
 
 1667. 
 Catherine daughter of M'' Richard Parker' w.is baptiz'd the 14"' day of May. 
 
 1669. 
 Benianiin son of M'' Thomas Weston' baptiz'd th; i6''' day of November. 
 John son of M' Thomas Swan baptiz'd the 24"" of November. 
 
 1671. 
 Gertrude' daughter of M'' [Robert] Foulke[s]" baptiz'd on the 8 day of October. 
 Edward son of M'' Edward Cooke" baptiz'd on the 17"' day of March. 
 
 1672. 
 Elleanor daughter of W Kennericke Eaton^ baptiz'd on the 29"' of June. [Bur. 7"' Dec] 
 
 1673. 
 John SDne of M'' George Minshall bapt on the 13"' day of November. [Bur. i8"' Nov.] 
 Elizabeth Daughter of M'' Thomas Streete' bapt on the 22 of November. 
 Mary Daughter of M"' George Minshall bapt on the 28 day of November. 
 M''' Alice Mors [?] Daught of Lord Mors [?] '" bapt on the 13"' of Desember. 
 Marthay Bridge Daught of M'' Richard Bridge" dyer was bapt vpon the 19'' Day of March. 
 
 1675- 
 Randle sonne of M'' Randle Willcocke bapt on the seconde of May. 
 
 ' At the Imttom of each page the entries are usually signed Ijy the rector and churchwardens. 
 
 - Robert, another son, was baptized on Feb. 25, i565[-7]. 
 
 ' See hii mirriage to Philippa Browne in 1666, p. 13^. His other children baptized here are, Philifpa, 14 April, 1669 ; 
 Elizabeth, 4 March, 1672-3 ; Richard, 2 Nov. 1675, bur. 25 Nov. 1681. 
 
 ■* See the pedigree of Weston fostca. 
 
 ' See her marriage in 1696, p. 135. 
 
 ° The other children of Mr. Robert Foulkes baptized here are, Hugh, 3 July, 1673 ; John, 25 July- '675, buried 25 Nov. 
 1675 ; Peter, 5 Nov. 1676 ; Edward, 8 Doc. 1678.; George, 29 Au;;. 1682 ; John, 1 1 Nov. 1684 ; Mary, 21 March, 1685-6 ; 
 Richard, 25 March, 1688; Thomas, 5 Nov. 1690; Charles, 28 April, T692. A son, Williain, was buried 9 Aug. 1681. 
 
 ■" The other children of .Mr. Edward Cooke baptized here are, William, 7 Nov. 1675 ! -''""' ^5 Sept. 1676 ; Hui;h, 21 
 Sept. 1677 ; Joseph, 12 Aug. 1679. 
 
 " The other children of Kendrick Eyton, Esq., baptized here will be given later on (see 1682 and subsequent years). They 
 were by his second wife. 
 
 ° Another child of Mr. Thomas Streete baptized here was Thomas, 30 Oct. 1675. 
 
 ■'' This name is not very clear. It might be " Motrs," but the word " Lord " is quite plain. I cannot ex])l.iin it in any way. 
 
 " The other children of Mr. Richard Bridge mentioned here are, John, baptized 19 March, 1676 ; IVilliain, born 23 March, 
 1677.
 
 THE REGISTERS OF ST. MARY'S. 131 
 
 Katherin Daught of M' Synion Tensley' bapt on the 3'''' of October. 
 Anne Daught of Dauckter Gerrade" bapt on the 25"' day of January. 
 
 1676. 
 Petter' sone of M'' Robartt ffouIke[s] bapt one the 5th Day of November. 
 
 1677. 
 Fetter Garratt sonne of Dockter Garrad' was bapt vpon the 24"' Day of August. 
 
 1678. 
 [Change of handwriting in May — an educated hand again.] 
 William son of M'' Thomas Yealde bapt y° 25 of February. 
 
 1679. 
 
 Katherine daughter of Edw. Lutwyche' Esq bapt y'' 29"' of February. 
 
 1680. 
 Mary daught. of M'' Randell Aston bapt. the 26 day of September. 
 
 Dorathy daught. of M" Thomas Bennett' bapt y'' 19"' of November. [Bur. 17 March, 1685-6.] 
 Margarett daught. of M'' Raph Llester" bapt y'' 5"' day of December. 
 
 1681. 
 John son of M'' James Crockson [? Croxton]' bap' y'' 21 of July. [Buried 13 .'Vug.] 
 John son of M' John Johnson'' Glover bap' y'' 26 of July. 
 Thomas son of M'' Thomas Gardener bap' y'' 2 of December. 
 
 1682. 
 Mary daugh' of M"' Samuell Eaton'' bap. y'' 2 day of June. [Bur. 3. June.] 
 Harbitt son of John Wright Esq. was bap' y'' 3 day of August. 
 Samuell son of M'' Rowland Warringe"' bap' y^' 20"^ day of August. 
 Ann daughter of Kendericke Eaton" Esq. bap' y" 14"' day of October. 
 Jonathan son of M'' John Hale'" was bapt. y'' 28 day of Nouember. 
 
 ' Afterwards more commonly spelt "Tilsley." Other children are, Geoffrey, bapt. 28 .\pril, 167S ; Sarah, bapt. II Dec. 
 1679. 
 
 - I'"or an account of Dr. Peter (ierrard and his monumental inscription see p. 70- 
 
 ' This Peter Foulkes became a very distinguished ecclesiastic. He matriculated at Oxford from Christ Church on the 12 June, 
 1694, as the son of Robert Foulkes of Chester, gentleman, aged 17. He became Student of Christ Church in 1694, and took 
 his B.A. degree in 169S, that of M.A. in 1701, and B.D. and D.D. in 1710. He was created Canon of E.xeter in 1704, 
 sub-Dean in 1723, Chancellor in 1724, and Precentor of E\eter in 1736. In 1714 he w.as instituted to the rectory of Bishops 
 Cheriton and to the vicarage of Thorverton, both in Devonshire, in 1716. He died on the 30th .-Vpril, 1747, .and w.as buried in 
 E.xeter Cathedral i^see Tester's Alumni Oxonienses). He left a sum of money to the poor of .St. Mary's (see foslea under 
 Charities). 
 
 ■* Edward Lutwyche, Esq., afterwards knighted, was Recorder of Chester from 16S4 to 1686. 
 
 » The other children of Mr. Thomas Bennett baptized here are, Elizabeth, 28 Oct. 1679 ; Ann, 8 March, 16S1-2, buried 
 25 Tilly, 1687; Gconre, 3 Dec. 1682; Kendrick, 5 April, 1685, buried 21 Oct. 1694 ; /(?//«, I July, 1686; Thomas, 5 July, 
 16SS ; Dorothy, 11 May, 1690, buried 4 .Sept. 1690 ; Feter, 19 July, 1691 ; Jane, 4 Sept. 1692. A daughter, Jane, was buried 
 25 May, 1685. 
 
 ' Other children of Mr. Ralph Lester baptized here are, Ralph, 5 Feb. 16S1-2, and Sarah. II March, 1682-3. 
 
 ' Other children of Mr. James Crockson baptized here are, Dorothy, I Nov. 1682 ; James, 28 Feb. 1685-6. 
 
 ■* The other children of Mr. John Johnson baptized here are, Mary, 25 March, 1683 ; Margaret, 16 Nov. 1684 ; Eleanor, 
 25 July, 16S6 ; Edward, 25 Sept. 16S7, buried 30 May, 1691 ; Thomas, I May, 1689, buried 19 Dec. 1689 ; IVtlliam, 27 
 ^Iay, 1692. Another son, Edward, was buried 7 Nov. 16S4. 
 
 " Other children of Mr. Samuel Eaton baptized here are, Elizabeth, 14 Oct. 16S3 ; Thomas, 14 Feb. 1685-6. 
 
 '" For other children of Mr. Rowland Waringe baptized here see 1691. 
 
 " This was by his second wife, his first wife having been buried here in 1677 (see p. 13S). 
 
 •= The other children of Mr. John Hale baptized here are, Eraiues, 28 Oct. 1683 ; J/ary, 23 Oct. 1684 ; Ann, 13 Dec. 
 16S5; Samuel and .1/a/y, 16 Sept! 1686, buried 17 Sept.; A'obert, 23 Oct. 16S7, buried 4 March. 1694: Ednian, 29 Oct. 
 I53S, buried 31 Oct. ; Jane, 5 Jan. 1689-90 ; Edman, 2 Oct. 1691, buried 4 Oct. ; Mary, 9 April, 1693, buried 9 May, 1694 ; 
 Edman, 20 May, 1694, buried 21 May. 
 
 S 2
 
 ST. MARY-ON-TIIE-IIILL, CHESTER. 
 
 Jonathan son of M' Jonathan Newton bap' y*" 1 1 day of January. 
 
 1683. 
 (iarrard son of Kenderick Eaton Esq'' bapt. y*^^ 8"' day of January. 
 Sarah daught'' of M''' Hall widow was bapt. y'' 3'' day of February. 
 
 1684. 
 Jane daugh"' of Esq'' Alporte' bap' the 29'" day of April. 
 Mary daught'' of M"' John Clarke bapt the 12'" day of October. 
 
 1685. 
 Catherine daugli of Ala Thomas Simpson bap' y'' 26'" of Aprill. 
 James son of M'' Thomas Heald bap' the 31 day of May. 
 Mary daugh"' of M'' John Wrench" bap' y'^ 15"' day of Nouemb'. 
 Mary diugh"' of M'' Moses Dannatt* was bap' the 22'' of Noucnib'. 
 Elizabeth daugh"' of Kenderick Eaton Esq'' bap' y'' 13 of Decemb''. [ISur. 7 Jan.] 
 
 1686. 
 Samuell son of Llifftennenll Saunderson bap' y'' 15"' day of June. 
 Rai)h son of M'' Richerd Hatton was b.ip' y'' first of July. 
 William son of Kenderick Eaton Esq'' bap' y'' 28"' day of Decemb''. 
 John son of John Wright Esq'' was bap' y"^^ 13'" day of January. 
 
 1687. 
 William son of M'' Thomas Simpson Atd bap' y'' 7'" of Aprill. 
 lillinor daugh"' of Kenderick Eaton Esq'' bap' y'^ 17"' day of February. 
 
 Ann daugh"' of Rich : Leuinge' Esq'' was bap' the 2" day of March, [Bur. 14 .\pril, 1688, as "daughter 
 of Recorder Levinge Esq'."] 
 
 1688. 
 Richerd ' son of Roberlt ffoulkes Gen' was bap' y'' 25"' of March. 
 Thomas son of M'' Thomas Scofeilde bap' y'' 24"' of Aprill. 
 Ellin Daugh"' of John Wright Esq'' was bap' y'' 29 of May. 
 
 1689. 
 William son of M'' Thomas Reice Bap' the 7'" day of Aprill. 
 Eliz daught' of Captin Keyrey was bap' y"' 7"' day of May. 
 Margrett daugh"' of M'' John fifarrar" was bap' y" 13"' of May. 
 Meniin daugh"' of Captin Currey was bap' y'' 13"' day of June. 
 John son of Captin Morris Arrindaile bap' the 15 day of June. 
 
 Joseph son of M'' Joseph Woodes' was bap' y'" 16 day of June. [Bur. 27"' March, 1690.] 
 Edward son of M'' Thomas Scofeild Bap' y'' 29'" day of Septemb''. 
 
 ' Prob.ibly one of the children of RoLeit Alport, of Overton, Esq., who was buried at Malpas, on the 1st Feb. 16S6 7. 
 ■- Other children of Mr. John Wrench b.-iptized here are, Richani, 2 Feb. 16S7-S; John, 29 .Sept. 16S9, buried 24 July, 
 1694. ; William, 12 July, 1691 ; Grace and Sam/i,T, May, 1694, the former buried 12 May, the latter 5 May, 1694. 
 " The other children of Mr. Moses Dannatt baptized here are, Martha, 24 Nov. 1689 ; Jotm, 21 Feb. 1691-2. 
 
 ' Richard Levinge, Eiq., was Recorder of Chester from l6S5 to 16S7. Previous to this he had acted as Dejjuty Recorder 
 to .Sir Edward Lutwyche. 
 
 • This Richard Foulkes, like his bro:her Peter (icc p. 131), nuitriculatud at Oxford from Christ Church 27 May, 1706, aged 
 iS. He took his B..\. degree in 1710, and that of M.A. on the 16 .March, 1712-13. He was Rector of Seaton, co. Rutland, 
 in 1719, and of Buhvick, co. Northants, in the same year (Foster's Alumni Oxonienses). 
 
 « Other children of Mr. John Farrar baptized here are, Jolin, 14 March, 1690-1 ; Eleanor, 8 Oct. 1695, buried 19 Dec. 
 1695 ; ^Vilhani, 24 Nov. 1696; Peter, 23 Oct. 1699. Another daughter, Eleanor, was buried 23 May, 1705, and a son, Roger, 
 was buried iS Dec. 1705. 
 
 ■ Other children of Mr. Joseph Woodes baptized here are, Joseph, 23 Jan. 1692-3 ; U'liliam, 27 Jan. 1694-5 ! Joseph, 
 31 July, 1698 ; Dorothy, 16 March, 1700. In this last entry he is described as " of Bridge street."
 
 THE REGISTERS OF ST. MARY'S. 
 
 Thomas son of M"' Robertt Mason bap' the 7"' day of January. 
 
 1691. 
 Dorothy daugh"' of Richerd Lleuinge' Esq'' bap' y"' 22 day of .\prill. (^jl^^^^ ^y^g-fj^fcu . j«, |», . /3;t . 
 John son of M'' Rowland Warringe^ was bap' y'' 13"" day of Dece|■nb^ [Bur. 21 March, i(h)2-^.] 
 Elizabeth daugh"' of Kenderick Eaton Esq"' Bap' y" 2 1 day of February. 
 
 1692. 
 Thomas son of Robert ffleetwood was bapt y" 20"' day of Novemb''. 
 Richerd son of M' John Dewsbery ' was Bap' y'' 1 1"' day of Decemb''. 
 
 1693. 
 Elias son of M' John Forcett Bap' y' 16 day of July. [Bur. 29"' Oct.] 
 Andrew son of M'' Thomas Duke' was bap' y"^ 3 of August. 
 Joseph son of M' John Pembcrton' was Bap' y'' 4"' day of March. 
 
 1694. 
 Thomas son of M' Thomas Leigh was Bap' y" 31 day of March. 
 Sarah daugh" of M' Rich"" Smith was Bap' y'' 16 day of Septemb''. 
 
 1695. 
 Dorothy daughf to M'' William Nickolls of 'Vpton bapt y'' 28 of May. 
 Thomas son to Charles Gardner Esq' was bap' y' 6"' of Octob'. 
 John son to Leftenantt Skye was bap' the 23 day of ffebruary. 
 
 1696. 
 Ann daugh'' to Cap'-' W" Yorke was bap' y^' 26 day of Aprill. [Bur. 6'" Aug.] 
 Henry'' son to Thomas Brookes' Esq' was Bap' y'' 16 day of August. 
 Lettis daugh"' to M"' Rich : Cartwright was Bap' y° 30"' of August. 
 Ann daugh"' to W' Gamueir Esq"' was Baptiz y" 24"^ day of Septem'". 
 Thomas son to Thomas Kennion Gen' was Bap' y' 17"' day of March. 
 
 1697. 
 John son to Charles Gardner Esq'' was bap' y'' 14'' day of June. [Bur. 17th June.] 
 Roger son to M'' Samuell Hewson^ was bap' y'' 16"' day of July. 
 Peter son to Peter Weston''' Esq'' was Bap' y'" 17"' day of August 
 Catherine daugh" to M'' Roger Ball was Bap' y'' 21 day of August. 
 
 ' See note 4, previous page. 
 
 ^ This was by his third wife, his first, Abigail, having been buried 13 March, 16S4-5, and his second wife, Hannah, having 
 been buried 20 March, 16S5-6 (see pp. 139-40). His other children bapti^ed here are, Kichard., 16 December, 1692, buried 24 
 Dec, and Eli'-abeth^ 18 Sept. 1694, buried 17 Oct. In the burials (see pp. 139-40) he is described as a '• razor-grinder " ! He 
 died 14 May, 1695, ^'^^ '^e inscription to his memory and his coat of arms will be found on pp. 4S and 76. 
 
 ^ Mary, another child of Mr. John Dewsbury, was baptized here 30 Oct. 1698, and a daughter, Marlha, was buried 17 
 Oct. 1696. 
 
 ' Other children of Mr. Thomas Duke baptized here are, Eleanor, 13 June, 1695 ; Rebecca, 20 Nov. 1696. 
 
 ' Another child of Mr. John Pemberton baptized here was Tltoinas, 30 July, 1695. 
 
 '■ This Henry Brooke matriculated at O.Nford from Brasenose College on the 15th March, 1713-14, aged 17, being described 
 as the son of Thom.as Brooke, of Chester, Esq. (afterwards a Baronet). He took his B.A. degree in 1717 and that of M..\. in 
 1720, and was elected a Fellow of All .Souls College. He became B.C.L. in 1723 and D.C.L. in 1727, being elected Regius 
 Professor of Civil Law in that University in 1736, which he held till his death on the 24th March, 1742 (Foster's Alumni 
 Oxonienses). His elder brother was Rector of St. Mary's from 1737 to 1744 (see p. 95). 
 
 '' This was Thomas Brooke, of Norton, Esq. (afterwards Sir Thomas Brooke, Bart.), the eldest son and heir-apparent of 
 Sir Richard Brooke, of Norton, Bart., who died in 1710. He had married in 1688 Grace, daughter of Roger Wilbraham, of 
 Townsend, near Nantwich, Esq. 
 
 ' Of Crabwell, near Chester. See the Gamul pedigree postea. 
 
 " Dorothy, another child of Mr. Samuel Hewsjn " of Castle Lane," was baptized here 13 .March, 1699-1700. 
 '" See the pedigree of Weston postea.
 
 134 ST. MARY-ON-THE-HILL, CHESTER. 
 
 Margrett daugh"' to William Gamuell' Esq'' was Bap" y"" 19"' of Septemb'. 
 Jonathan son to M' Jonathan Walley of y'' Rugh hill Bap' y"" 10'" of March. 
 Charles son to Charles Walley" Esq' was Bap' y' 10"' day of March. 
 
 1698. 
 Thomas son to M'' Thomas Gill was Bapt' y*" 8"' day of Aprill. 
 John son to M'' John Walker was Bap' y"" 14'" day of Aprill. 
 Joseph son to M' Danniell Snow was Bap' y'' 10"' of July. 
 Roger son to Thomas Brookes Esq"" was Bap" y"" 17"' of July. 
 Mary daugh"' to William Gamuell' Esq'' was Bap' y' 29'" of August. 
 Ann daugh"' to M'' Thomas Hickock yeaman was Bap" y'' 28 of Nouemb'. 
 Sarah daugh" to Peter Weston Esq^ was Baptized the 8 day of Decemb'. 
 
 Jane daugh"' to Charles Walley' of Castell lane Esq"' was Bap" the 17"'' of January. [Bur. 27th Jan.] 
 Thomas son to M'' Thomas Williams of Bridgestreet ]Vett Glouer was Bap" y" 17"' of March. [Bur. 
 
 14th April, 1699.] 
 
 1699. 
 
 Thomas son to M' Vaughan Soden of Bridgestreet Ironmonger was Baptized y" 16 day of July. 
 
 Peter son to John Farrar of Castell lane Gen' was Baptized the 23'' day of October. 
 
 Robert son to Charles \\'alley of Castell lane Esq'' was Bap' the 19'" day of Decemb'' 
 
 William son to Charles Gardner of Castell lane Esq'' was Baptized the 21 day of January. [Bur. 5th 
 
 Feb.] 
 
 I 700. 
 
 Joseph Son to George Wright of Castell lane Waterkader'' was Baptized the 31" day of March. 
 Jane Daugh" to John Loyde of Castell lane Esq'' was Bap' the si.xt day of August. 
 Elizabeth Daugh"' to M'' Thomas Williams of Bridgstreet Glouer \i2iS Bap' y"" 25 of August. 
 Francis son to Francis Priace J/'' Giinn'- of the Caitell was Bap" the 3'' day of Nouemb''. 
 Pusey son to Thomas Brookes Esq'' of the Hau:^hgreen was Bap" the 3'' day of Nouemb''. 
 Lettis Daugh" to Peter Weston Esq'' of Bridgestreet was Baptized the 29"" day of Decemb'. 
 Mary Daugh"' to Edward Gough of Bridgstreet Pipemaker was Bap' the second of February. 
 
 1701. 
 John son to Charles Walley Esq'' of Castell lane was Baptized the 9'" day of Aprill. 
 Thomas son of Henry Braderton of handbridge Tobaco cuter was Baptized the 1 1"' day of May. 
 Charles son to Timothy Chaneller Clarke to Water Workes was Baptized the 18"' day of July. 
 [The Baptisms in the first volume of the Registers end on August 25th of this year.] 
 
 S^MARRIA GES— {continued). ] 
 1661. 
 Thomas Dauis & Joyly Wilde was Married the xxi.x"' of Aprell. 
 
 1665. 
 Matthew Ellis' of Over-Lee Greene Gentle : and Anne Birkenhead of Backford married the twentie 
 fift of January. 
 
 1666. 
 
 Richard Parker and Pliilippa Browne' married on the 6"' day of Decem : 
 
 ' See note 8, previous page. 
 " See the pedigree of Foulkes postea. 
 ^ Query : a water-carrier. 
 ^ See the monumental inscription on p. 48. 
 
 ^ See the pedigree of Browne of Netherlegh. There are several eiitries of the baptisms of Richard Parker's^children 
 see p. I jo). See also p. 139.
 
 ^irM^, Wv,_^^oX.. OUG hh^ ^^L,^J.ih. ^Jii^h?" 
 
 THE REGISTERS OF ST. MARY'S. 135 
 
 1670. 
 Charles Wirrall of Mollington and Catherine Kirks married on the 12'" of November. 
 M'' Thomas Manwaring and M"' Ehzabeth Hunt married on the 17th of November. 
 
 .677. 
 M'' Henry Browne and M'" Marg' Skelhorne marryed with a Licence on the 8"' day of Decemb''. 
 
 1679. 
 
 M'' Edward Herbert and M''' Dorothy Shone marryed with a Licence (dated y' lo"' of June) on y'' 
 
 1 1'' of June. 
 
 1681. 
 
 M"' Raph Poole & Ann Kenderick was maried with a Hcence, dated y'' 15 day of Aprill, on tlie 16 of 
 
 April). 
 
 M' James Comberbach & Ellinor Johnson was maried with a licence, dated y^ 13 day of Aprill, on y*" 
 
 14 of Aprill. 
 
 1686. 
 
 William Fox and Ann Comberbach was mar'' with a Licence the 7"' day of Aprill. 
 
 M'' James Peacke' and M'" ffrances Weston was married w' a Licence the 7'" day of Nouemb''. 
 
 1687. 
 W Thomas Scofeild and M"" Rachell Williams was mar. w' a Licence the 18'" day of June. 
 
 1689. 
 ^^ William Pargeyney" & M'" Rachell Holme was married with a Licence the 30"" day of DecemlV. 
 
 1690. 
 Thomas Probertt and Margrett Liuerpoole' was married with a Licence the 5"' day of ffebruary. 
 
 1692. 
 
 [So in original.] 
 M"' William Williams' of Wraxham & .... was mar' w' a Licence y'' 10'" day of Septembr. 
 
 1693. 
 M' Hugh Dauis and M'" Elizabeth Nichols was married with a Licence the 7"' day of Nouemb". 
 
 1694. 
 M' Thomas Rogers & M"' Elizabeth Burrowes was Married with a Licence the 25 day of July. 
 
 1695. 
 M'' Richerd Speede & M''* Mary Lloyde [of] wraxham was married w' a Licence the 25 day of June. 
 
 1696. 
 
 M"" Roger Ball& Catherine Gibbones was Married with a Licence the 13 day of Aprill. 
 
 Charles Walley Gen' & W" Gatruce [s/c] ffoulkes' was Married with a Licence the 11"' day of 
 
 ffebruary. 
 
 1697. 
 
 M'' Francis Inesley & Ellin Wright was married the 6'" day of Aprill w' a Licence dated the same day. 
 
 M'' Dannell Snow & Mary Faucett was married w" a Licence the 11'" day of Aprill. 
 
 ' This was the Rev. James Peake, Vicar of Bowdon, co. Chester, a non-juror {see his monumental inscription p. 73). 
 
 ^ .ShouUl be Mr. William Biirj^ancy of Puliord, who married Rachel, daughter of the third Randle Holme (x« the pedigree 
 of that (a.m\\y posiea). Her burial took place 31 March, 1693 (sec p. 141). 
 
 ^ There are many entries of the name of Liverpool or Lerpool in the Registers of Bunbury, co. Chester. 
 
 ' By a reference to the Marriage Licence Act Books in the Bishop's Registr)', Chester, it appears that this marriage was 
 between \\'illiam Williams of the City of Chester, gentleman, and Mria (? Mary or Margery) Lloyd of Wrexham, spinster, 
 and the dale of the licence is the loth September, 1692. 
 
 ' CerO-uJe, the eldest daughter of Mr. Robert Foulkes, was baptized at St. Mary's, Slh October, 1671 {see p. 130). There 
 arc several entries of the baptisms of their children on p. 134.
 
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 136 ST. MARY-ON-THE-HILL, CHESTER. 
 
 i6()9. 
 Francis Priace" Master Gunner and INIarllia ISolland were Married w' a IJccnce y'' 1 2 day of Nouemb'. 
 
 [The last entry of a Afarriage in tiic first volume oi tlie Registers is dated 21 May, 1700.] 
 
 ^BURIALS— (continued).^ 
 1659. 
 Elezabeth wife to M"' Mathas [Matthews] " was Buried in the midell ylc vnder M'' Westons ston on the 
 3' Day of Ap . 
 
 M'' Houldfeld [Oldfield] was Buried in the Troppleckes \_sic\ chapell clouse by the towme \sic for 
 tomb] on the 4"' Day of July. 
 
 M' Randle Holme' Alderman was Buried in the north Side witliin M' Brownes pue on the first Day 
 
 of Septemfc. 
 
 i56o. 
 
 Robartt Massey //>[c]wff/'fr buried xvj'" day of July. 
 
 Elezabeth Daughter to M"' John Wreddech [Reddich ?] was Buried in the north yle by M'' Dauis pue 
 
 Dower on the xxvj"' Augus[t]. 
 
 i65i. 
 
 M"' Elezabeth Holmes' Widdow Wife to M' Randle Holme Alderman Ju was buried on the North 
 side of the Church within M'' Brownes pue of Vpton on the xxvj"' Day of March. 
 
 Abigail Daughter to M' John Potter was buried in the midell yle close to Widdow Robartes pue 
 on the 8"' Day Apr. 
 
 M"'" Jane BiUitt Widdow was buried in the Troupplekes [j/<] Chapell harde by the Doure on the xij"' 
 Day of Augus[t]. 
 
 M'' Leigh a stranger was buried in the midell yle clouse by Humphry Jackeson pue dower on the 
 
 xvj"' Day of Nouember. 
 
 1662. 
 
 John Haslewall a Detter in the Castell buried in the Croscyle aneance the Clocke' on the xv"' of 
 
 May. 
 
 M'' Richard Huntt" minister of St. Maryes was buried in the queare on the north side of Dockctcr 
 
 Snealls ston on the xxvj"' Day of Augus[t]. 
 
 1663. 
 
 Francis son of M'' John Brerewood buried in Troutbccks Chappel ' the 25" day of Ai)ril. 
 
 Hannah daughter of M'' James BuUen buried on the Sixt day of July. 
 
 Richard son of M"' Jones buried on the 29"' day of Octo : 
 
 M''^ Catharine Rathbone wife of John Rathbone buried the iS"' day of Novem : 
 
 1664. 
 Francis [«V] daughter of M''" Lightfoote buried on the 31 day of March. 
 
 ' Ilis first wife w.is buried at St. Mary's on the 24th Oct, in this year (-iet fostea). 
 
 - She is descrilied in the Churchwardens' Accounts as "M" Matthews late the widdow of M'' Thomas \Veston, a 
 parrishner." 
 
 ' This was the second Randle Hohnc, a distinguisheil antiquary (see the account of the Holme family />osfca). The 
 monumental inscription to his memory will lie found on pp. 46-47. 
 
 * This was Elizabeth, the widow of Thomas Dodd, and the second wife of the second Randle Holme, who is here called 
 "junior" to distinsjuish him from his father who had died in 1655 (see Holme pedigree /o.t/f(r). 
 
 ' This is the first reference in the Registers to the clock, but it is frequently mentioned in the Churchwardens' Accounts. 
 
 " For an account of Mr. Richard Hunt, rector of St. Mary's, see pp. 87-88. In the Churchwardens' Accounts is an entry, 
 " received of M'' Browne for a gravestone to lay upon Mr. Hunt, 6s. 8d." For a notice of Dr. Snell, Archdeacon of Chester, 
 see pp. 75-6. 
 
 ' This is, I think, the last reference in lliis Register to Troutbeck's Chapel, which was then in ruins, the greater part of it 
 having fallen down in 1661.
 
 THE REGISTERS OF ST. MARY'S. 137 
 
 James son of M' Trevers buried on the last day of April. 
 
 M" Philippa Browne' wife of M' Thomas Browne [of Netherlegh] bui icd on the 9''' day of i\Iay. 
 
 Almonde Williams buried on the 28"" of May. 
 
 Alice daughter of M'' Alexander Rigby buried on the 28' day of June. 
 
 Magdalene the wife of Richard Eccleston buried on the 11"' of July. 
 
 Elizabeth daughter of M'' Thomas Sorocold" buried on the 22' of Aug : 
 
 Mary daughter of M'' John Pigot buried on the 26' day of S-ptem : 
 
 M'' George Chamberlaine buried on the 3" day of Novem : 
 
 M' Ralph Bruen' buried the 16"' day of Janua : 
 
 1665. 
 M"^ Sidney Brerewood ' wife of John Brerewood Esq'' buried 0:1 thj 16'' diy of Fehrua : 
 M' James Bullen buried on the third day of March. 
 M'' Laurence Fletcher' buried on the lift day of March. 
 
 1666. 
 M' Richard Williamson buried on the 31" day of March. 
 M' Fr.incis Locket" buried the 2'' day of March. 
 
 1667. 
 M'~ Anne Locket, " widow, buried on the 2'' day of April. 
 
 A stranger who died in the streets buried by the Constables of Hanbridg on the 17"' day of Aug. 
 M' Thomas Colthurst buried on the 28'" day of Oct : 
 [M'' Jacques Arnodio' buried this year. (Churchwardens' Accounts.)] 
 M'' Marie Arnodio" buried on the 20"' day of Februa : 
 
 1669. 
 Darcie Lessals buried on the 16"' day of June. 
 M'' Henry Myvat [? Myvod]' buried on the 2^^ of Dccjn.bjr. 
 
 1670. 
 M''^ Sarah Ince'" wife of William Ince Alderman of Chester was buried on the 18 day of October. 
 
 1671. 
 M" Margaret Pemberton" wife of \V Pemberton buried on the 27"' day of Decern : 
 
 1672. 
 
 Milliiilon daughter of Ifennery Houcraft buried on [the] first .March. 
 
 ■ See her m5nuitient.-il inscription on p. 6S. 
 
 _ - The entry in the Churchwardens' Accounts of .i p.ivm;nt for the laystall of '^ S^ Jeffrey Shakerleys nephew in S' 
 kathermes He relates, I think, to this burial. .Sir Gaa.frey .Shakerley was Const ible of the Castle at this time. 
 ' Called Mr. Raph Braine in the Churchwardens' Accounts, but Bruen is most probably correct. 
 
 'She was one of the daughters and coheirs of Sir Francis (lamul, Knt. and Bart, (see that pediCTee), and was buried in 
 his vault. 
 
 ' \\t W.IS the p.irish clerk. 
 
 '= The entry in the Churchwardens' Accounts is " M"' Lockett his wife and maide." 
 There is no entry of his burial in the Register, but in the Churchwardens' Accounts are these two entries :— 
 Rec. for the Leastall [or Ijurial-place] of M' Jacques Arndio buried in S" Katherines yle ... lo o 
 
 Rec. for the Leastall of .M'" Arndio buried S' Katherins yle lo o 
 
 " She was the daughter of Sir Thomas Aston, of Aston, co. Chester, Knt., and married for her first husb.ind Mr. Rich.ard 
 Browiie, of Upton, near Chester (see that pedigree postea). After his death, in [anuarv, 162+-5, she married secon'lly M. Tacque.; 
 Arnodio, "a frenchman. ' She died 17 Feb. 1667-8, aged 87. ' ' ' - t 
 
 " See the burial of .Mrs. .Margaret Myuod ir. 1675. 
 
 ■° ,^'"^,'.* "l™""n<= 1 '" 'he Ciuirchwardens' Accounts fur 1670 as being the relict of y[\. George Ch.imbcrl.iin, an.l then 
 married to Mr. Ince. 
 
 " See her marri.age in 1644. p. ikS.
 
 138 ST. MARY-ON-TIIK-HILL, CHESTER. 
 
 M' Nicholus Steuenson' Rector buried one the 14"" Day of Aprill. 
 M"' Anne Starkey buried out of the Castell on the 27 of May. 
 M'' George Minshay [Minshall] buried one the 19"' Day of June. 
 M'' Kiarkes" minister buried vpon the ,\\v"' Day of Noveiiilier. 
 
 1674. 
 M"' Grace Wynne was buried vpon the first Day of January. 
 M'' Ralfe was buried vpon the 14 Day of february. 
 Petter sonne of Dauckter Garrade' buried on the ,xj' Day March. 
 
 1675- 
 M'' \Villiam Potter buried one the 13'"' Day of Desember. 
 M'" Margearett Myuod [? Myvod] ' buried on the 1 7 Day of february. 
 
 1676. 
 AP' Pullfeartt [" M' Tliomas Pullford "] buried on the x.wj'" Day of Aprill. 
 M' John Beckett buried one the 5"' Day of May. 
 
 ^^ (landey a soger [«V] out of the Castel buried one the 1 1" Day May. 
 John Sonne of ^P' Raph Leigh was buried one the 3"' Day of July. 
 
 1677. 
 M'" Voughan of Vpton was buried vpon the 13"'' Day of Aprill. 
 M"' Dyason buried on the 10"' day of August. 
 
 Margearett Daught' of M' Gleaue buried vpon the xxviij"' Day of .Septem. 
 M'" Calcocke [sic] was buried in the voute vpon the 26 Day of Octab. 
 M'" Grace Wrighte wife of Alderman Wright buried the 2'"' Day of November. 
 Maddam Eaton wife to M'' Kendricke Eaton' was buried vpon the 29 Day of January. 
 Rachel daughter of W John Ashbrook was buried upon the i" day of March. 
 
 1678. 
 ftP" AUes Bunell buried on the 26 Day of March. 
 AUice daughter of M'' Yells buried on the 6'" day of May. 
 George Snell " buried on the i"' day of June. 
 
 M" Margaret Philips bur'' (with a Certificate) on the 22'' day of August. 
 ^P John Johnson bur' (with a Certif:) on y'' 5"' day of Septemb'. 
 Doctor Peter (Jerard ' buried (with a Cert) on y'' 9"' day of December. 
 M' Gilbert Hough buried (with a Cert.) on the 13"' day of December. 
 Peter Dewsberry Churclnvarden was buried with a Certific : on the i'' day of ATarch. 
 "Charles Fletcher juni"' Parish Clarke January y' first 167S" [occurs in the margin]. 
 
 ' For an account of Mr. Nicholas Stevenson, rector of .St. Mary's, see pp. S9-90. 
 
 - For an account of Mr. Kirkes, rector of .St. Mary's, see p. 90. 
 
 ' See p. 70, note 2, for a notice of Dr. Peter Gerard. 
 
 ' See the burial of " M'' Henry Myvat " in 1669. 
 
 ' This Kenrick Eyioii, Esq. (as his name should \k spelt), was the eldest son and heir of Sir Kenrick Eyion, Knt., of 
 Kyton Isaf, co. Denbigh, who was buried at Bangor-is-y-coed on the 21 Nov. 16S1. The " Maddam Eaton " here buried was 
 his first wife, Rebecca, daughter of Abraham Johnstone, by whom he had a son and heir, Kenrick Eyton, Esq. By his second 
 wife, Elizabeth, buried at Bangor 3 Nov. 1699, he had more issue, of whom six were baptized at .St. Mary's (jce pp. 130-132). 
 He was buried at Bangor on the 1 1 June, 1709. (See a paper by Mr. A. N. Palmer, on the later history of the parish of Bangor- 
 is-y-coed, in the Arducologia Camhrciisis, April, 1890.) 
 
 " Query : Was this the son of Dr. George Snell, Archdeacon of Chester {see pp. 75-6). 
 
 ' S»c his monumental inscription on pp. 69-70, where a short account of him will be found.
 
 ic^.^^e.^^S'^'^^iJU'^Ty^ ,1/fGi^^-ij^ L^^ _ Cu^o^, UJJL fv<^f.M^ /6-Ji.. 
 
 THE REGISTERS OF ST. MARY'S. I39 
 
 1679. 
 
 Mary Wife of M'' Edward Bridge burft on y^' 23" of June. 
 
 M' Raph Wliitley was buried on y"' 7"' day of Octob'. S**.^j>^yfS^. 
 
 M' Edward Bridge was buried on y'' 11"' of Novenib''. 
 
 M'' Simon Tilsley buret y'' 28"' of Decemb'. 
 
 1680. 
 
 Mary wife of M'' Barker buried y'' 8 day of May. 
 
 Greace' \sic\ wife of M'' Tliomas Basnett buried y'' 18'" of June. 
 
 M"" Rigbey wife to Alex. Rigbey Gent burS y'' 21 of Seplemfe. 
 
 M''" Dorothy ffarrar was buried the 7'" day of fifeb[r]uary. 
 
 1681. 
 M''* Ann Lloyde was buried vpon y'' 20"" day of July. 
 M''* Joyce Dicas wife to M' Rand Dicas bur on y'' 28 of Septemb''. 
 
 Edward ■ son to Edward Wynn Esq. was bur. on y' 29 of September. [Bapt. 9"' Feb. 1679-80.] 
 Alexander son of Edward Wynn Esq was bur. on y'' 4 of October. 
 M'' Samuell Steeles a stranger was bur on y'' 7 day of October. 
 Margrett daught' of M' John Johnson was bur on y'^ 29 of October. 
 Samuell son of M' Radford was bur on y' 3 day of Nouemb''. 
 Mary Uauis Widdow Gentlewo was bur on y' 22 of Nouemb''. 
 M"* Elizebeth Euens Widdow was bur on y° 23 of Nouemb'. 
 Thomas' son of M*' Richard Parker was bur y" 25 of Nouemb''. 
 William son of M'' Edward Starkey was bur on y'^ 10 of ffebruary. 
 M'''" Grace Cropley was buried on y'' 21 day of March. 
 
 16S3. 
 M'' William Dicas senior was bur y' 25"' day of August. 
 M'' Thomas Barlow' of Vpton was bur y" 7"' day of September. 
 - M' George Bunnell Brewer was bur y° 14"' day of January. 
 
 Sara daugh'' of M''* Hall was buried y'' 10'" day of ffebrua[r]y. 
 
 1684. 
 
 Amy wife of M' Rodger Bradborne bur y'' 24"" of May. 
 
 Jane daugh"' of M'' Spencer bur y'' 23 day of June. 
 
 Elizabeth 'Varum of BeachpooU hnr y' 30"' day of December. 
 
 Abigail wife of M'' Rowland Warringe bur y'' 13"' day of March. 
 
 1685. 
 
 John Gleaue Gen' was buried y'' 8'" day of June. 
 
 Phillip Smillwood "' from y'" Castell bur y' 11"' day of June. 
 
 Ellinor daugh"' of John Wright Esq"' bur y'' 18'" of July. 
 
 Josiah son of M''" Hough Wid bur y'' 30"" day of July. 
 
 Catherine wife of M' John Williamson bur y' 22 of Septemb''. 
 _ Zacaria son of M'' Waringe Razargrinder bur y'' 4"' of Nouember. 
 
 ' Grace, the daughter of John Aldersey, of .Spurstowe, gentleman, is said to have married a Mr. AV<7;fl>-rf Basnet, of Eyton, 
 CO. Denbigh, and this entry may possibly relate to her. 
 
 ^ For their monumental inscription formerly in the church see p- 7^- 
 
 3 This is a mistake of the copyist for RuharJ, son of Mr. Richard Parker. See his monumental inscription on p. 68 and 
 his baptism on the 2 Nov. 1675 {see p. 130, note 3). 
 
 ' He gave a paten to the church, which is still in use there (see p. 23). 
 
 ' A pedigree of Smallwood of Chelford will be found in East Cheshire, vol. ij., p. 366. 
 
 T 2
 
 140 ST. MARY-ON-THE-HILL, CHESTER. 
 
 Mary wife of M'' Richerd Brereton bur y'' 9"' day of ffebruary. 
 Hanna wife of M' Waringe razargrinder bur y' 20"' of .March. 
 
 16S6. 
 Thomas Phibbs Cariicr was bur y' 25"' of May. 
 M' Thomas Yealde was bur y'' 30"" day of May. 
 Sarah wife of M'' Henry Baforne bur y' 6"' of July. 
 Elizabeth wife of M'' Randell Aston bur y'' 5"' of August. 
 Thomas son of M' Edward Starkey bur y'' 16'" of Nouember. 
 M'' Thomas Newlands a stranger bur y'' 21 day of January. 
 M' Thomas Jones was buried y' 17"' day of March. 
 
 1687. 
 Shargentt Powell was bur y' 26 day of March. 
 Thomas son of AP Thomas Jones deceased bur y'' 27 "' of .March, 
 ffrancis Granger a shargentt bur the 11"' day of Aprill. 
 Jane wife of W John Dickisson bur y"' 19'" of July. 
 
 16SS. 
 M' Raph Hollinshead was bur the 30"' day of August. 
 Thomas son of ^P Rich : Hatton was bur y'' 19"' of October. 
 M"' Richerd Lownes of hanbridge was bur y'' 16 day of January. 
 A son in Law of ^P Wright next the Castell bury'' 15''' day of ffebruary. 
 
 i68g. 
 M"* Dobson was buried the 2 1 day of May. • 
 
 Dorothy daugh'" of ^P Howerd was bur y'' 24"' of June. 
 William Needham' Esq'' was bur y"" 25"' of June. 
 
 M"' Needham Late wife of Esq' Needham' desesed bur y' 14"' of July. 
 M"' Harrisson was buried the 14"' day of August. 
 
 Ellin daugh"' of M'' Thomas Bradshall \_sic for Bradshaw] bur y'^' 15"' of Septemb''. 
 Brooke son of Cornall [? sic for Colonel] Brasier was bur y' 27 day of September. 
 M'' Randell Dicas was bur y"' 3 day of October. 
 
 Piircifoe [? sic for Percival] son of John Dewsbury was bur the 29"' of October. 
 .\n Infantt of M' Dobsons of Dublin was bur y'' 19"" of Nouember. 
 John Wright" Esq' of Brewers hall was bur y'' 9"' day of Decemb"'. 
 IVP Thomas Basnett was bur the 10"' day of March. 
 ^P' Robert Meycock of Vpton was bur y'' 20"' day of March. 
 
 1690. 
 M' William Dicas was buried the 29"' day of March. 
 M'" Andrew ffernahaugh was bur the 13"' day of Nouemb''. 
 John Laine Gunner was bur the 22 day of Nouemb'. 
 John Gryzell Gen' a stranger was bur y" 30"' day of Decemb'. 
 M"' Elizabeth Sharrard was buried the 14"' day of March. 
 Margrett wife uf AP' John ffarrar bur y' 21 day of March. 
 
 1 69 1. 
 Raph son of M'' Richerd Hatton was bur the 10'" day of Aprill. 
 
 > I have printed a full pedigree of the family of Needham (ancestors of the Viscounts Kilmorey) in my History of Sandbach ■ 
 198-9, but I cannot at present identify this William Needham, Esq., and Elizabeth his wife. No will of any William 
 
 Needham, Esq., of about this time is now to be found at Chester. 
 ^ See his monument.al inscription formerly in the Church, p. 71.
 
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 THE REGISTERS OF ST. MARY'S. 141 
 
 William Rauen' Gen' was bur the 18'" day of Aprill. 
 EUinor wife of M'' Henry Baforne was bur y'' 22 of May. 
 Henry son of M' Henry Baforne was bur y' 17"' of June. 
 M™ Alice Birkinhead Widow was bur. the 4'" day of January. 
 Mary daugh" of M' Thomas Potter was bur y'' i day of February. 
 Lady Catherine Brerewood" was buried y'' 2" day of March. 
 
 1692. 
 William son of M' Thomas Reece was bur y'' 2 1 day of June. 
 M"' Richer[d] Skarrett was buried y" 19"" day of Nouemb''. 
 Modlantt wife of Robertt Catherall bur y' 21 day of ffebruary. 
 
 1693. 
 
 M* Rachell wife of M' William Purgeny' \sic for Burganey] was bur y"' 31"" of March. 
 
 Louuett [?«f for Lovett] son of Edward Peeres Esq' was bur y'' 12"' day of Aprill. 
 
 [So in original.] 
 
 daugh"' of Cnptin Poyne was bur y'' i da)' of May. 
 
 John Roden Gen' was Buried the S"' day of May. 
 
 Catherine wife of M^ Nicolas Locker was bur y'^ 9"' of August. 
 
 [.So in original.] 
 Godfery .... a soulder was shott to death & bur y'' 9'" of October. 
 
 Shusanna wife of M'' Edward Aston bur the 16'" day of Nouemb''. 
 
 M'' John Jones Aiorney was bur the 7"' day of January. 
 
 George son of M' George Hickock was bur y'' 9"' day of ffebruary. 
 
 Robertt Harefinch a Debtor out of y'' Castell was bur y*' 17"' ffebruary. 
 
 1694. 
 M'' Thomas Potter Cheesefactor was bur y'' 2 of May. 
 Richard Wilberham Esq' was bur y'' 16 day of May.^ 
 M'' John ffawcett of Glouerslone was bur y'' i day of June. 
 Randell son of M'^ Robertt ffarrington was bur y' 8 day of June. 
 M"^ Henry Beyforne \sic for Baforne] Beerbruer was bur y' 26 day of Nouemb'. 
 M'' Edward Cooke was buryed y"" lo"" day of Decemb'. 
 Eliz : wife of M'' Edward Starkey was bur y' 8"' day of Jannuary. 
 ^V Rich : Wright (/ Glcuerstone was bur y'' 29'" day of Jannuary. 
 Eliz daugh" of jNP Edward Aston was bur y'' 7"' day of February. 
 M' Peter Potter was bur the 22 day of February. 
 Thomas son of 1\P' Thomas Leigh was bur y' 3 day of March. 
 
 1695. 
 AP Thomas Reece was buryed y'' 22 day of Aprill. 
 ]\r Rowland Warringe' was bur y' 15 day of May. 
 George ffinlow drawer of Dee was buryed y"" 7"" day of August. 
 Margrett wife to M'' Roger Ball was buryed y'' 27 day of Nouemb''. 
 
 ^ This gentk-man was llie Last huir male of the old Cheshire family of Raven of KKvorih, in Sandbach pari.sh, of which a 
 full pedigree will be found in my History of Sandbach, pp. go-I. He was the eldest son of William Raven, ol KIworth. gent., 
 who died in i6S6, by Katherine (Bromfield) his wife, and was born at Sandbach, I3ih Nov. 1654. He died wiihoul issue, and 
 his two sisters became his coheirs. Administration to his effects was granted at Chester in 1691. 
 
 '- See the pedigree of Brerewood /<».f/e'(Z. 
 
 ^ See her marriage in 1689, p. 135. 
 
 ' Troutbeck's Cha[>el had been repaired in 1693, and in the Churchwardens" Accounts this burial is entered as having taken 
 place " in the new part of the church.' 
 
 ' His monumental inscription and coat of arms will be found on pp. 48 and 76. Sec also p. 133, note 2.
 
 142 ST. MARY-ON-THE-HILL, CHESTER. 
 
 Frances wife to John Lownes of N^ampwitch was bur y' 13 of ffebruary. 
 M' John Johnson Gloiier was Buryed y'' 14'" day of March. 
 
 1696. 
 Margrett wife to M'' Charles Garrard was bur y"' 30"' day of June. 
 Rebaka wife to M' Thomas Duke Churchwarden : Bur: y'' 22'" day of Nouenib". 
 M"' EHz: Booth wife to M' Lawrance Booth' was bur y' 27'" day of Nouemb". 
 EUzabeth daugh'' to M' Thomas Mullennex bur y' 1 1"" of ffebruary. 
 dipt. WiUiam Yorke was Buryed the 28"' day of ffebruary. 
 
 1697. 
 Katharine y' wife to M' Thomas Simpson was bur y*" 25"' of June. 
 M' John Houseman- was Buryed y' 18'" day of Nouemb^ 
 James son to M'' James Bradley was buryed y"^ 8"' day of February. 
 Phillip Beateman' of Vpton was buryed y'' 17"' day of February. 
 M^' Easter \sic for Esther] Cullam Widdow was Buryed y" 21 day of February. 
 
 1698. 
 Walter Bathers Gunner was Buryed y" 18 day of Aprill. 
 M"" Mary Stringer was buryed y- 29"" day of Aprill. 
 Elizabeth Bateman"* Widow of Vpton was bur y'' 8 of September. 
 
 George Finlow Dyed in ye Parish of St. Tolliues [St. Olave's] by a Sudden Axcedcnt and buryed y' 
 first of Nouemb'. 
 
 Roger Ball a supposed Gen' was Buryed the 24"' day of Nouemb'. 
 
 Nathaniall Bradburne of Bridge street of y'' Parish of St. Peters Gen' was buryed y' 30"' of January. 
 
 Edward Webb of Bridgstreet Porter of the Mint was Buryed the 3 day of Febru. 
 
 1699. 
 Thomas Helley of Northgate Street of the Parish of St. Oswels Marchant was buryed the 6"" of 
 June. 
 
 Ann y"= wife to Francis Priace' Master Gunner of the Caslell \so.s bur y'^ 24'" day of October. 
 
 M"' Catherine Dicas Widdow of Bridge street of St. Peters Parish was buryed y' 2"" day of Nouemb'. 
 
 M"' William Bellis of Bridgstreet Ironmonger was buryed the 6"' day of Decemb'. 
 
 Hesther y'' wife to Samuell Hewson of Castell lane Gen' was Buryed the is"" day of March. 
 
 M'' Randell Holme' seni' of Bridgestreet Herrald of Armes was Buryed the 15"' day of March. 
 
 1700. 
 Adam Birkenhead of Bridgestreet a yong man Dyed att AP Tho : Birkenheads house and was Buryed 
 the 7'" day of Aprill. 
 
 Jane wife to James Crockson of Castell lane Gen' was Buryed the 27'" day of May. 
 M"' Jane Booth''' of the Castell of Chester spinster was Buryed the 8"' day of August. 
 
 Edward Crompton A Peniioner souldier' was Buryed the 9"' day of August. 
 
 4 
 
 ^ Mr. Lawrence Booth was Constable of Chester Castle. He was the second son of Lawrence Booth of Twemlow, co. 
 Chester, gentleman, and was baptized at Goostrey 31 Jan. 1664-5 (-^^^ pedigree of Booth of Twemlow in my Hisloiy of Sandbach, 
 p. 270). He died in 1701 (see p. 143) leaving issue. 
 
 ' For his monumental inscription formerly in the church sec p. 71. He came from Kidderminster. 
 
 ' See their monumental inscription formerly in the church, p. 71. 
 
 ' See his second marriage on Nov. 12th in this year, p. 136. 
 
 ' This was the third Randle Holme, a very distinguished antiquary. Sec his monumental inscription (p. 47), and the 
 account of the Holme {sxriAy postea. 
 
 ' A daughter of Mr. Lawrence Booth, Constable of Chester Castle {see note i)- 
 
 ' The burials of other " pentioner soldiers " occur in subsequent years.
 
 
 THE REGISTERS OF ST. MARY'S. 143 
 
 1701. 
 
 M" Lidia Peck' of the P^ish of St. Bridgets spinster was Buryed the first day of June. 
 
 M" Anne Loyde of St. OUiues P'ish spinster was Buryed the 19"' day of June. 
 
 IVP Laurance Booth" High Cunsiahk of Chester Castell \i2.9, Buryed the 29"' day of August. 
 
 EUzabeth Throppe of Bridgstreet ^Vidow Dyed by A sudden Acceden' & Buryed the 14"" day of 
 Nouemb''. 
 
 1702. 
 
 Elizabeth Daugh"' to M^ Rich'' Wright' Minnister of St. Marys was Buryed the 24'^ day of May. 
 
 Humprey Kelshaw Gen' was Buryed the 22'' day of June. 
 
 Mary Daugh" to Henry Braderton of handbridge Tobako Cutter was Buryed the 30"' day of Octob'. 
 
 Charles son to John Pouey of the Castell, vnderkeeper of the Gole was Buryed the 17"' day of 
 Nouemb^ 
 
 Mary Daugh" to John Pouey vnder keeper of f Castell Gole was Buryed the first day of Decemb^ 
 
 1703- 
 
 Mary daught'' to Edward Gough of Castell Lane Pipemaker was Buryed the 26"' day of Aprill. 
 
 Edward Cooke An Attorney was Buryed from '\V Deuenports house of Huntington on the 8"' day of 
 July. 
 
 \'rsalley Daugh"' to M' John Caper of Castell lane was Buryed the 4"" day of Januar}-. 
 
 Francis Priace' one of Her Majesties Master Gunners of Chester Castell was buryed the 4"' day of 
 March. 
 
 Thomas sonn to iSP' Charles Walley of y" Water Gate street in Trinity P''ish was Buryed y'' 9"' day of 
 March. 
 
 A Souldier belonginge to S'' John Temples regiment mentioned. 
 
 1704. 
 A servant of " M'' Anthony Townsend " buried 24"' April. 
 M'' Thomas Jackson Wett Glouer was bur y'' 1 2"" of May. 
 
 !NP Richard Wright of Castell Lane an Attorney was Buryed the 16 day of June. 
 
 M™ Catherine Hughes of Bridgstreet Widow was Buryed out of Dorothy Shelleys house the 16"" day 
 of January. 
 
 Owen \Villiams A Soldier belonginge to Cap' Barnel Loyde was Buryed the 21 day of January. 
 
 Rich'' Wenlock A Sargn' belonging to y"" Inuelieds [Invalids] was Buryed the 16"' day of February. Jixxj^a^i-rC . 
 
 1705- 
 AP George Pennentt in the Northgate Street of the P'ish of St. Oswells was Buryed the 4"" day of 
 Aprill. 
 
 M' Jonathan Bruen of Bridgstreet was bur from M" Vennebles the 20"" day of Aprill. 
 
 Thomas Twambrook of the estgate Street Confection'' was Buryed the 7"' day of June. 
 
 Rob' supposed son to M"' Rob' Booth was Bur y' 29"' day of October. 
 
 Elizabeth y^' wife to M'' Wright of Glouer stone Brasier was Buryed the 25"" day of Decern b'. 
 
 Thomas son to M'' Peerse Griffeth of Castell lane was bur y'' 5 of March. 
 
 Hannah Daugh"' to W Thomas Gerharde of y'' eastgate street bur y' 5 March. 
 
 [The last Burial entry in Volume L of the Registers is dated 17th March i705[-6].] 
 
 ' Probably a daughter of the Rev. James Pcake, a non-juring clerg)'man (sec p. 73), who died in 1719. 
 
 - For a short account of him sec p. 142. 
 
 ' See her monumental inscription, p. 72. 
 
 ' See his second marriage, p. 136.
 
 I4[ ST. MARV-OX-rHl'.-HlLL, CHl'.STI'.R. 
 
 The second volume of the Recistkrs of St. Mary's is a long narrow folio volume, with 
 l):irchmcnt leaves, commencing early in the i8th century. It is in good preservation, and is 
 verj- vf)luminous. On the fl>'-leaf is this inscription : — 
 
 The Regester of S' M.iryes in y'' C!itty of Chester and Bought al y'' Parish Cost In )'" )'ear 
 1704. Paid Per this Rookc one Pound 'Pwclfc shillinges. 
 
 Mr. Richard Wright, Prebend, Reef. 
 RoiiKRT Brkrewoop, Esq' \ Church 
 John Priuoi',, Ccn' J W'dcns. 
 
 The Baptisms begin on the 25th .August, 1701, and end on the 26th August, 1740. They 
 are followed by the Burials, which begin on the 8th April, 1706, and end on the i8th August, 
 1740, and the Marriages, which begin on the 21st May, 1700, and end on the 4th March, 174C-1. 
 
 As was the case with the first volume, the following extracts contain all the entries of any 
 importance, witli the exception of those relating to the Clercv of the parish, already i)rinted in 
 the account of the Rectors, and those referring to the following families, Brerkwood, Holme, 
 Brock of Upton, Browne of Upton, Browne of Netherlegh, Acton, Hunt, M.ani.ev, and 
 Weston, of which pedigrees will subsequently be given. 
 
 CHRlSTEN/yGS. 
 
 1701. 
 I'diino' Daught' to M' John Farrar' of Castell lane an Attorney was P)ap' the 20''' d.iy of January 
 
 170l[-2]. 
 
 Thomas sonn to Benjamine Hani[\>:y Dniiner to y" Ini/c/ieds was Baptii;'' y'' 22'' day of March i7oi[-2]. 
 
 I 702. 
 
 CiiarJcs sonn to Jolm Poweuall Kcifcr of y Cas/c// was Baptiz'' y'' 12"' day of Aprill i 702. 
 
 Mary Daught'' to W Edward Burrowes" Inholder was Baptized the 10"' day of May 1702. 
 
 Jenmina [sic] Daught'' to Francis Priace M'' Gunner of y Castell was Baptized the 23 day of August 
 1702. [Bur. 24 Aug. 1709.] 
 
 Anne Daught'' to M'' Edward Wrench' of Clouerstone Watchmaker was Baptiz'' the 27"' day of Octob'' 
 I 702. 
 
 1703- 
 
 Richard sonn to M' John Kelshaw' vnde' St. Marys hill was Baptized the 10"' day of May 1703. 
 
 Vrsella Daught'' to !\P John Capper of Castell lane was Baptized the 29"' day of Decemb' 1703. 
 
 1704. 
 Saulsbury son to John Loyde of Castell lane Esq'' was Baptized the 27"' day of July 1704. 
 
 1705- 
 Hugh sonn to M' William Done'' of Castell lane was Baptized the second day of Aprill 1705. 
 Thomas sonn to AP' Perse Criffeth of Castell l.uie An Attorney was Bap' the 22" day of February 
 1705-6. 
 
 1 The li.iplism of another child of Mr. John Farrar also occurs : Roger, 26 March, 1704. 
 
 ^ The baptisms nf the following chiklrenof Mr. Edward Biirrowcs also occur : — Edward, 3 Oct. 1703 ; Anne, 9 fan. 1704-5, 
 Bur. I Sept. 1723 ; Henry, 31 Jan. 1705-6, Eur. i4April, 1707 ; Edward, 7 June, 1707, Bur. 31 Oct. 1709 ; Tliomas, iS March, 
 \-!C&-<); Elizahetli,<)'iio\. 1710, " Daugh"to M'' E:dward Burrowes Sherife," Bur. 12 Sept. \T\/s,; Anibroiis, 22 May, 1712 Bur. 
 31 Aug. 1 7 14. 
 
 ' The baptisms of tlie following children of Mr. Edward Wrench al.so occur : — Edward, 13 March, I703[-4] ; CatJicrinc, 
 30 Aug", 1705 ; Tliomas, i Sept. 1706 ; Jolm, 21 June, 1709 ; Dorothy, 21 Jan. I7ll[-I2] ; jVary, 16 Aug*', 1713. 
 ' The baptism of the following child of Mr. John Kelshaw also occurs -.—John, 19 Nov. 1704. 
 ' The baptism of amther child of Mr. William Done also occurs : Charles, 5 Nov- 1706.
 
 thp: registers of st. mary's. 145 
 
 1706. 
 
 ^Villiam & George sonns to W Thomas Heatly of Bridgstreet was Baptized the 2'' day of May 1706. 
 [Bur. same day.] 
 
 Anne Daugh" to M''" Dempson of hanbridge was Baptized the 6* day of June 1706. [Bur. 27 June.] 
 
 Alaxand'' son to M'' Alaxnnd'' Denton vnder St. Mary hill Woollen Draper was Bap' the 30"' day of 
 June 1706. 
 
 Rebekah Daugh"- to M' Hugh Whishaw' of Castell lane was Baptized y' 10'" Day of Nouemb"- 1706. 
 
 [Bur. 8 Aug. 1 7 10.] 
 
 Phillip sonn to M'' Phillip Baleman-^ of Cuppins lane [Butcher] was Baptized the 30'" Day of Nouem"' 
 
 1 706. 
 
 John sonn to M' Thomas Hughes' ironmonger was Baptized the second day of January i7o6[-7]. 
 
 George Roe a Childe Left in the Parish in Esq'' Hunts roe [Row] and Kept by the P'ish Bap' y"- 5"" 
 day of February i7o6[-7]. [Bur. 7 Mar. i7o6[-7.] f\t*.^My .vA^e> '^^IrrlL. ^n^ -vAW- — >:> 
 
 1707. 
 
 John sonn to M'' John Bridge of Hanbridge T-)yer was Baptized the first day of January i707[-8]. 
 
 1709. 
 Cotton Daughter to M'' Ambrous Borrowes Zr/feM' was Baptized the 3 day of Aprill 1709. 
 Martha Daugh'-' to M"' Raph Pickmore ChurcMvarden was Baptized the 30'" day [of] Decern"'' 1709. 
 Charles sonn to M'' Charles Broster was Baptized the 30'" day of January i709[-io]. 
 
 1710. 
 John sonn to M' 'William Witter' of Bridgstreet Glover was Baptized the 19'" day of January 
 
 i7io[-ii]. 
 
 1711. 
 
 Richard sonn to ^^ William Jenninges' of Bridge street Glouer was Baptized the 5'" day of Aprill 171 1. 
 Sarah Daugh" to M' Thomas Reece" of Cuppinslane [Maltster] was Baptized the 13'" Day of July 1 7 1 1. 
 
 1712. 
 John sonn to M'' John Allen of y"" Haugh green was Baptized the 15'" Day of January i7i2[-i3]. 
 
 1713- 
 Mary Daughf to M'' William Johnson' of Cleton lane Wett Glouer was Baptized y" 1 6'" Day of July 1 7 1 3. QSlc^^^ ^ts^^^dUi^ 
 Tanc Daughf to M'' Thomas Kirkes" of Castell lane An AUorney was Baptized y" 11"" Day of Decemb^ 
 1713. [Bur. 20 May, i7i4-l 
 
 > The baptisms of the following children of Mr. Hugh Whishaw also occur -.—Kichanl, 4 Feb. 1707-8; Frames, 27 Feb. 
 ,708-9 ; Mary, n May, 1710, Bur. 27 July, 1727 ; Bugh, 18 July, 1711 ; Jieheka'', 12 Dec. 1712. Adaughter >«., was buned 
 27 Feb. 1714-15. 
 
 2 The baptisms of the following children of Mr. Philip Bateman also occur -.^EJu'ar.i, 14 March, 1707-8 ; PAil/i/; 5 June, 
 1709, " sonn to Phillip Bateman Churchwarden." 
 
 ^ The baptism of the following child of Mr. Thomas Hughes also occurs -.—Anne, 23 Aug" 1708. 
 
 ■■ The baptisms of the following children of Mr. William Witter .ilso occur -.—Joseph, 21 Feb. 1711-12, "sonn lo ir 
 William Witter of Handbridge Wett Glouer"; Mary, 24 Feb. 1712-13 ; Thomas, 28 Nov. 1715 ; Richard, 30 Jan. 1710-17 . 
 Margrett, 6 Feb. 1719-20, Bur. 19 Feb. 1719-20. A daughter, Elizabeth, bur. 16 Sept. 1720. 
 
 ' The baptisms of the following children of Mr. William Jennings also occur :—MW»a'«, 28 Feb 1719-20; ^^ ^f-"Sh'«'' 
 Frances, w.as buried 12 Dec. 1719; AV'S 26 Janv, 1721-22, Bur. 19 Nov. 17^4; Sarah, daughter to Mr. \\ .U.am Jennings, 
 Wet Glover and Churchwarden, bur. 9 May, 1721 ; a daughter, Ursella, was bur. 31 Aug. 1714. 
 
 = The baptism of the following child of Mr. Thomas Reece also occurs -.—Charles, 29 June, 1712. A son, Robert, buned 
 13 Sept. 1713. 
 
 ' The baptisms of the following children of Mr. William Johnson also occur :->/;«, 14 Sept. 171&; a daugnter, 
 Margaret, buried 9 Jan. 1717-18 ; Mary, 30 Dec. 1720, Bur. 22 Jan. 1720-I ; Charles, 26 June, 1722, Bur. n Uec. 1722. 
 dso'1727. 
 
 ' The baptisms of the following children of Mr. Thomas Kirkes also occur t^r/zcwiw, 8 Sept. 1715 ; Sfann, 20 Apnl, 1717, 
 tJur. 15 Aug. 1717.
 
 
 146 ST. MARY-ON-THE-HILL, CHESTER. 
 
 1715- 
 Jane Daught' to M' George Prescoth' Cheesfactor was Baptized the 27"' Day of Septemb' 17 15. 
 Jane Daughf of John Deucnporte v/n/er j'ey/or 0/ //le Cas/e// was Baptiz'' the 7"' day of Nouemb' 1715. 
 
 1 7 16. 
 Sarah Daught' to iM' Robartt Kinsey" of handbridge Baptized the 25"' Day of Aprill 17 16. 
 Mary Daugh" to M"' Robartt Jones juni' an Attorney in Bridgstreet Baptized the 22'' Day of Septem'"' 
 1716. 
 
 Daniell sonn to M'' Henry Jackson'' Eiisii^ne of the inuelieds Baptized the 4"' Day of Nouemb'' 17 16. 
 Elizabeth Daught' to M' Thomas Wright of Cuppins lane Baptized y'' 19"' Day of March i7i6[-i7]. 
 
 1717. 
 
 Roberttson to Cap' John Deyall Esq' in Castell lane Baptized the 3'' Day of Aprill 17 17. 
 
 Samuell son to M' Thomas Duke' of Handbridg Wett (llouer Baptized the 8"' Day of December 
 1717. 
 
 John son to Johnson Manwaringe' of Castell lane (ion' Baptized the 23'' Day of January I7i7[-i8]. 
 [Bur. 29 July, 1719.] 
 
 Gilbrett son to Cap' John Pickeren Esq' Baptized y'' 28"' Day of February i7i7[-i8]. 
 
 1718. 
 
 Elizabeth Daught' to M'^ Thomas Tagg' of y'= Church Street An Attorney Baptiz"" the first day of June 
 
 1718. 
 
 Wedmaster y'" son to Jacob Dawson a souldi' in CoH Hansons Redgment Baptized the 15'" Day of June 
 
 1718. 
 
 1719. 
 
 Hannah Daught' to William Wightman' Gen' Leuftn' to Cor"" Kirks i?/(/^/;/ Baptiz'' y'' 17'" Day of July 
 1719. 
 
 William son to Tobias Cooke* of Handbridge 07ie of / Mast' Miller' of Dee Mills Bap' y'' 28'" Day of 
 August 1 7 19. 
 
 John son to John Cooke" vndertaker of Dee Mills Baptized the 8'" Day of Nouem'" 1719. [Bur. 17 
 March, i7i9[-2o].] 
 
 Richerd son to Richerd Priace'" of y' Township of Vpton Scool master Baptiz"* the 14"' Day of Decem'"' 
 1719. 
 
 Elizabeth Daught' to John Bennett Clarke to y' Cheese JVai rehouse Baptized the 31 Day of Decern'" 
 1719. 
 
 ' The baptisms of the following children of Mr. George Prescott also occur : — PVilliain, 26 Aug", 1717 ; Siisanali, 21 May, 
 1719, Bur. 5 Feb. 1722-3 ; Gregory, 15 June, 1725, Bur. 13 Oct. 1725. 
 
 - The baptism of the following child of Mr. Robert Kinsey also occurs :— Robert, 22 Sept. 1717, " son to Robartt Kinsshaw 
 of Handbridge Gen'." 
 
 ' The baptism of the following child of Mr. Henry Jackson also occurs -.— Medises (daughter), 5 April, 1719. 
 
 ' The baptism of the following child of Mr. Thom.is Uuke also occurs : — Andrew, 4 April, 1721, Bur. 15 Aug. 1721. 
 
 ' See p. 155, note 2. 
 
 ■^ The baptisms of the following children of Mr. Thomas Tagg .ilso occur ■.— Anne, 23 July, 1719 ; Elizabeth, 23 Nov. 1720 ; 
 Eleanor, 8 April, 1722 ; Ja.jies, 29 March, 1724. 
 
 ' The baptisms of the following children of William Wightman, Gent., also occur (in the later entries he is called 
 "Captain ") : — Saltine (daughter), 23 Nov. 1721 ; William, 17 Nov. 1723, Bur. 7 Nov. 1724; a daughter, Hannali, Hur. 13 
 June, 1726 ; David, 23 Jan. 1726-7, Bur. 7 Nov. 1733 ; Sarah, I Feb. 1727-S, Bur. l" Oct. 1729 ; Ihoiiias, 20 Sept. 1729, Bur. 
 15 Nov. 1733 ; William, 16 Dec. 1730 ; Eliza, 23 Sept. 1734, Bur. 26 Sept. 1734 ; Roberts, 9 Oct. 1735 ! Robert, son of Capt. 
 \Vm. Whiteman, bur. 18 Oct. 1741 ; Joseph, 5 Nov. 1736. 
 
 ' The baptisms of the following children of Tobias Cooke also occur : — Tobias, 14 May, 1721 ; Ann, 30 May, 1723 ; John, 
 7 Jan. 1724-5 ; Maty, 4 Jan. 1727-2S ; Charles, 5 Dec. 1729 ; Margaret, 6 Nov. 1730, Bur. 19 March, 1730- 1. 
 
 ° The baptisms of the following children of Mr. John Cooke also occur -.^John, 23 Oct. 1720 ; Charles, 5 Jan. 1723-4 ; 
 William, 17 May, 1726 ; Ralph, 23 Feb. 1727-8, " Son to John Cook : Church Warden." 
 
 " The baptism of the following child of Richard Price also occurs : — George, 10 Sept. 1722, Bur. 23 Sept. 1722.
 
 THE REGISTERS OF ST. MARY'S. 147 
 
 1720. 
 Rebecca Davghter to M' John Crachley was Baptized y" 26'" Day of Decern'" 1720. 
 Elizabeth Davghter to M'" Mary Johnson' of Clayton Lane VViddow was Baptized y' lo"" day of 
 ffebruary i72o[-i]. 
 
 1721. 
 John Son to M'' Thomas Rowley' of Brewers Hall was Baptized the 20"' Day of Aprill 1721. 
 Edward Son to Cap"- Rich" Parsons was Baptized y'' 30"' day of Aprill 1721. 
 
 1722. 
 John Son to M' John Cotgreave' Brewer & Mary his Wife of Handbridge Baptized y'' 2'' day of October 
 1722. 
 
 1723. 
 Sarah Daughter to M' Joseph Porter Malster & Jane His Wife of Bridge Street Bap' y'^ 31" day of 
 March 1723. 
 
 John Son to John Jones' Servant to y' Earle of Plymouth & Susannah his Wife of Handbridge Bap' 
 y"" 14"' day of July 1723. 
 
 Charles Son to M' William Bardon' Doctor of his Majusties Yatch and Elizabeth his Wife Baptized y'' 
 9'" day of October 1723. 
 
 1724. 
 
 Rebecca Daughter to M'' Bartholomew Duke : Silver Smith & Elizabeth His Wife of Handbridge 
 Bap' y" 21" day of May 1724. [Bur. 21 March, 1724-5.] 
 
 Jane Daughter to Samuel West Perriwig Maker & Christian His Wife of Bridge Street Baptized y' 7"' 
 day of June 1724. 
 
 Thomas Son to M'' Thomas Rowley" Yeoman & Martha his Wife of Saltney Side Baptized y'= 7'" day 
 of June 1724. [Bur. 21 June, 1725.] 
 
 Elizabeth Daughter to Charles Whitehead City Mason and Elizabeth his Wife of Bridge Street Bap' y"^ /^^^ ^ 
 22" day of November 1724. ^^^'-fy 
 
 1725- 
 Mary Daughtet to William Marshall Officer of Excise & Margrat his Wife of Clayton Lane Bap' y'' 11'" 
 day of July 1725. 
 
 Hannah Daughter to Timothy Doland Needle Maker Prisoner i„ f Northgate & Rachell his Wife : the hrtr<~^>''^^ 
 Child upwards of Twelvemonths Old : Baptized the 12"' day of October 1725. 
 
 Martha Daughter 10 Joshua Wilde' Gaoler of the Castle Prison & Martha his Wife Baptized the 16"' day 
 of November 1725. 
 
 1726. 
 
 W'" Burgess Son to Ralph Dod Gen' & Susannah his Wife of Handbridge Baptized the 7'" day of July 
 1726. 
 
 Thomas Son to Rich'' Jesson Superficer \sic\ of the Excise & Elizabeth his wife of Bridge Street Bap' 
 y" 20"' day of July 1726. 
 
 Mary Illigitimate Daughter to Rich" Jones Master of Comediens Borne of the Body of Ann Downs 
 Baptized y'' 9'" day of October 1726. 
 
 ' " William son to M" Mary Johnson" was Ijuried 25 Nov. 1720. 
 ' See also under 1724. 
 
 ^ '^^'^ baptism of the following child of Mr. John Cotgreave also occurs :—jWij?)', 18 Aug"', 1724. Martha, "dau. of 
 Alderman John Cottgreve," was buried 19 April, 1746. 
 
 ' The baptism of the following child of John Jones also occurs :— Elizabeth, l" March, 1724-5. 
 
 ' The baptism of the following child of Mr. William Bardon also occwxs:— Elisabeth, 21 JanJ, 1725-6. 
 
 " The baptism of the following child of Mr. Thomas Rowley also occurs -.— Thomas. 16 July, 1725. See also 1721. 
 
 ' The baptisms of the following children of Joshua Wilde also occur i—Crerre. 19 Sept. 1727 ; /oshua, 18 Feb. 1730.I; 
 Adam, 24 Aug*', 1732. 4 ? r / / > / 
 
 U 2
 
 148 ST. MARY-ON-THE-HILL, CHESTER. 
 
 Mary Daughter to Thomas Corles' Scrivener & Elizabeth His Wife of Bridge Street Baptized y'' 23'' 
 day of October 1726. 
 
 1727. 
 
 Thomas Son to M' Thomas Walley'" Yeoman & Alice His Wife of the Rough Hill Baptized y"" 20"' day 
 of July 1727. 
 
 James Son to M' \V"' Johnson' skinner cS; Marg' His Wife of Bridge Street Baptized y' : 8"" day of 
 August 1727. . 
 
 John Son to M' Joseph Piggott Attorney & Helena His Wife of Castle Lane Bap' the 14"' day of 
 December 1727. [Bur. 21 Nov. 1729.] 
 
 George Son to M'' Hezekiah Hall Pliysician and Sophia His Wife Bap' y'' 27"' day of December 
 
 1727. 
 
 1728. 
 
 Ann Daughter to Alld'" Henry Bennett' of Moston & Elizabeth his Wife Baptized y' 18"' day of August 
 1728. 
 
 1729. 
 Ann Daughter to Thomas Jones Drumer in y' Hon : Gen" Sabiues Ret^"' ^ Eliz : his AVife Bap' y'' 4"' 
 
 day of January i729[-3o]. 
 
 1730. 
 
 Mary Daughter of Solomon Tovey' Cap'" & Mary his Wife of Clayton lane Baptized y' 21" day of 
 December. 
 
 1733- 
 
 Mary Dauter of Ralph Leicester" of Castle Lane Esq' lS: Katherine his Wife bapf' y' 2" day of May. 
 
 Mary Daiiter of Matthew Trueman of Clovcrstone Musician'' & RLiry his A\'ife baptiz'd y'' 23'' day of 
 September. 
 
 Florentia Daut' of John Kilpatrick" of Glov' Stone Serf of y Invalides & ALary his W: baptiz'd y'' 
 25"' day of October. [Rur. r" Oct. 1734.] 
 
 1737- 
 
 AVilliam Son to M' Williame Thomson' watch Maker ^: Mary his Wife of Glover Stone Baptized the 
 5'" day of July. 
 
 Sarah Daughter to John Hodgson yeoman of Eccleston in Yorkeshire Stranger & Sarah his Wife 
 Baptized y"^ 7"' day of October. 
 
 Febey [Phoebe] Daughter to Edward French AJ aster Gunner & Elizabeth his AVife Bap" f 1 2'" of 
 February. 
 
 ' The baptisms of the following children uf Thomas Corles also occur ■.—ElhahdJi, 19 Nov. 1727. Uiir. 4 Feb. 1728-9 : a 
 (laughter, Sarah, was buried 30 Jan. 1728-9 ; a son, John, buried 6 Oct. 1733 ; Thomas, 13 March, 1734-5, IJur. 27 May, 1735 ; 
 Martha, 15 Jan. 1737-S, Bur. 11 Feb. 1737-8; J'eui; 30 March, 1739. 
 
 ' " fonathan son to M'' Thomas Walley " was buried 15 Dec. 1727. Sec also 1713. 
 
 ^ " Eleanor dau. of M"' W"' Johnson " was buried 17 Feb. 1725-6. 
 
 ' This Henry Bennett was a member of a well-known Chester family, the son of a Mr. Henry Bennett, who was one of 
 the Sheriffs of the city in 1681 and Mayor in 1698. He married Elizabeth, daughter of . . . Morgell of Moston, by 
 whom he had five daughters coheiresses. The daughter Anne, whose baptism is here recorded, married John Townshend, of 
 Hem House, in 1760, and had issue. 
 
 '" The baptisms of the following children of .Solomon Tovey also occur :—/o/;«, 27 March, 1735: Ann, 24 fan. 1736-7 ; 
 Bettey, 13 July, 1738. 
 
 " The baptisms of the following children of Ralph Leycester, Esq., also occur : — George, 12 Dec. 1735 ; Eihvani, 8 June, 
 1739; Susannah Norres, 21 June, 1742, Bur. 21 Jan. 1744-5 ; a dau./««c, bur. 2 March, 1742-3 ; Thcodocia, 9 Oct. 1743 \ Shu- 
 sanah,^ April, 1746; Huft, 2 Oct. 1748; Osiuall, 21 March, 1752. The father of these children was Ralph Leycester of 
 Toft, CO. Chester, Esq., who died in 1777. He married about 1727 Katherine, daughter and coheir of Edward Norris of 
 Speke, CO. Lane, Esq., M.D., by Anne, his wife, daughter and heir of Peter Gerard of Crewood, Esq., M.D. 
 
 ' The baptism of another daughter of John Kilpatrick also occurs : — Florentia, II June, 1735, bur. 14 July, 1735. 
 
 ■• The baptisms of the following children of Mr. William Thomson also occur : — Elizabeth, 28 March, 1739 ; ason,fohn, 
 buried 31 Oct. 1741 ; Ellen, 24 May, 1742, Bur. i" March, 1744-5 5 />/ao'> 7 May, 1746; Margrett, 21 Janr, 1754; a dau. 
 Ellin, buried 28 Feb. 1754.
 
 THE REGISTERS OF ST. MARY'S. i49 
 
 1739- 
 Harrey Son to M John How (ient & Margrett his Wife at f Parsoiiige Baptized y' 2" day of May. 
 WiUiam Son to M' Jn" Smith of Upton yeoman & Mary his Wife Bap" y" 8"' day of May. 
 Mary Daughter to M' Rob' Taylor' Atorney & Ann his Wife of Castle lane Baptized y' 3' day of 
 
 October. 
 
 1740. 
 
 Bagott Son to Humphrey Read ' Clen' & Mary his Wife of Clayton lane Bap" y" 8'" day of June. 
 [The last entry of a Baptism in Volume II. is dated 26 August, 1740.] 
 
 MARRIAGES. 
 
 1704. 
 Thomas Whetnell ' Esq' of Namptwitch & M"^ Mary Wright were Married with a Licence y' 18'" day 
 
 of May 1704. 
 
 M' Roger Jones Curett of Banger & Mary Edwards were Married with a Licence the 24'" day of June 
 
 1704. 
 
 1705- 
 Robartt Hide' of Catnell Gen' & M"^ Ellino' Mather were Married with a Licence the 26'" day of 
 
 October 1705. ^ 
 
 Hugh Whishaw Gen" of Castell lane & M"' Frances Bramton were Married with a Licence y' 23 day 
 
 of December 1705. 
 
 1709. 
 
 M' Daniell Coulson & M''' Catherine Loyde were Married with a Licence the 10'" day of Septem"^ 
 
 1709. ,_. 
 M' William Witter & M"" Ellin' Johnson were Married with a Licence the 22 day of Decern '' 
 
 1709. 
 
 1710. 
 
 Dionysius Kelley Gen" .V M'^'" Catherine Peck were Married with a Licence the 24'" Day of July 
 
 17 10. 
 
 1712. 
 
 William Farrall Gen' & M" Elizabeth .... were Married with a Licence the 6 Day ol 
 
 Octob" 1 712. 
 
 Thomas Dod an Attorney & M'" Catherine Glasier were Married with a Licence the 21 Day of 
 
 Decemb"' 17 12. 
 
 1715- 
 M'- Thomas Loyde an Attorney & M'^ Margrett I'arrey were Married w' a Licence y^ 27'" Day of May 
 
 1715. J 
 
 Henry Jackson Enssine of / Inuelieds [Ensign of the Invalids] & Marg' Hall were Married the 22 
 
 Day of July w' a Licence Dated y"' 20'" July 1715. 
 
 M' Thomas Reece Malster & W~ Mary Hatfeild were Married with a Licence y" 5'" Day of January 
 
 i7iS[-i6]. 
 
 > The baptisms of the following children of Mr. Robert Taylor also occur -.--^"'O;. U M^ch, 1740-1 ; Thomas, 16 June, 
 1743 ; Ann, 31 July, 1744 ; Ursula, II June, 1746 ; Mascie, born Jan. 27">, bapt. S I<eb. 1752. 
 
 - The baptism of the following child of Mr. Humphrey Read also occurs -.—Humphre); ZI March, 1742-3- 
 
 ' This Thomas mtUnhall oi Nantwich, Esq., married Mary, daughter and heiress of '*>f. ^f \ ^'^J"''! J"^'';::^',';°:^° 
 St. Marys and Prebendary of Chester (see pp. 90-1). He was buried at Nantwch on the 19th ?''^) ' , 7?9. >''" ^n, «^duNs s^ur 
 vived him for 50 years, being buried at Nantwich on the 19th Dec. 1759 (Hall s //nV^/T cj i\a,Uwuh, p. 464)- Ihej had 
 issue two sons and three daughters. 
 
 * This was Robert HyJe of Catenhall in the parish of Krodsham, co. Chester.
 
 ISO ST. MARY-ON-THE-HILL, CHESTER. 
 
 1 716. 
 
 John Pickeren Gen' and M" Elizabeth Townsend Spinster were Married with a Licence y'' 31 Day of 
 
 January I7i6[-i7]. 
 
 1720. 
 
 Richard Parsons Gen' & M'^ Penellopey Townsend were Married with a Licence the 28"' Day of July 
 
 1720. 
 
 1 722. 
 
 Charles Eyton Gentleman of y'' Parish of St. Oswalds & Mary Barker Spinster of Buns Lane of St. 
 Michals Parish Married y' 27"' day of .\prill i7:;2. By y' Rev'' M' Hugh Wilbrahani by vertue of a Licence 
 Granted by y'' Rt. Worshipfull Peregrine Gastrell Chancalour [sii"]. 
 
 The Rev'' M' \Villiam Bennett Minister of Barroiv & Margrett Knowles Spinster of y'' same Parish 
 Married y'' 7"" day of July 1722. By y'' Rev'' M'' Edward Davies by Vertue of a Licence Granted by y'' 
 Rev"' M'' Arthur Fogg, Surrogate. 
 
 Banns published at Hawarden by the Rev'' M' Latewood, Nov. 1722. 
 
 Banns published at St. Bridget's by the Rev'' M' Thomas Parrey, in January i722[-3]. 
 
 The Rev'' M"' Aubrey officiates in ?"eb. i722[-3]. 
 
 1723- 
 
 A Licence granted by the Rev'' D'' Thane, Surrogate, in Oct. 1723. 
 
 Edward Bridge (ien' & ILIizabeth Dicas \\'iddow both of the Parish of St. John Baptist Married y' 
 13"' day of Novenib' 1723 By the Rev"'' M'' Hugh Wilbraham by vertue of a Licence Granted by the 
 Rev'"' Doctor ffogg Surrogate. 
 
 John Robinson Gen' of Raby in the Parish of Neston & Rebecca Sharpies Spinster of Leverpool 
 Married y' 13 day of ffebruary i723[-4] By the Rev'"' M'' Cha' Alldcroft by vertue of a Licence Granted 
 by the R' Worshipfull Peregrine Gastrell Chancell''. 
 
 1724. 
 Banns published by The Rev. M' Thomas Leftwiche in Nov. 1724. 
 
 1725- 
 The Rev""* M"^ Parry officiates in July 1725. Banns published by the Rev'"' M' Robert Fogg in Sept. 
 
 1725- 
 
 A Licence granted by the Rev'"" John Prescott, Surrogate, in Oct. 1725. 
 
 The Rev"'' M' Thomas Leftwich, Surrogate, officiates in Nov. 1725. 
 
 Licences granted by The Rev"'' M' Charles Henchman, Surrogate, in December, January, and 
 
 February. 
 
 1726. 
 
 M"' Joseph Snow Jun' Shopkeeper of Gloverstone & Mary Hall Spinst' of St. Peters Parish Married 
 y'' 14"' day of Aprill 1726 By the Rev"" M' Aldcroft by vertue of a Licence Granted by y' R' Worshipfull 
 Per : Gastrell Chancell'. 
 
 Licences granted by the Rev. Thomas Leftwiche, Surrogate. Banns published by the Rev. John Ince 
 in May i 726. 
 
 The Rev'' M' Dockerell officiates in Aug" 1726, and the Rev'' W Aubrey in Nov. 1726. 
 
 Robert Crachley Gen' of the County of fflint & Mary Burrowes Spinsf^ of this Parish Married y" 14"' 
 day of February i726[-7] By the Rev""* M' Aldcroft by vertue of a Licence Granted by the R' Worshipfull 
 Per : Gastrell ChancelP. 
 
 1727. 
 
 The Rev. VJ Willcock officiates in April 1727. 
 
 Licences granted by the Rev. D' Fogg and the Rev. Thomas Leftwiche, Surrogates. 
 
 The Rev. M'' Dockerill officiates in May, and the Rev. M' Aubrey in July.
 
 THE REGISTERS OF ST. MARY'S. i;i 
 
 Richard Wickstead Gen' & Metilda Hodson Spinsf of Castle Lane & of this Parish Married y'' ii"" 
 day of July By the Rev'"' M' Aldcroft by vertue of a Licence Granted by the Rev"'' M' Thomas Leftwiche 
 Surrogate. 
 
 Banns published by the Rev. M'' Thomas Parry in November. 
 
 Abraham Sheram Gen' o/ Sf. Andrews Holborne London and Eliz : Bannister Spinsf of Marbury 
 
 Married y' 17'" of Januarj- By the Rev'"* M'^ Aldcroft by vertue of a Licence tJranted by the Rev"*' M"^ 
 
 Tho" Leftwiche Surrogate. 
 
 1728. 
 
 The Rev"'' M' Lancaster officiates in April, the Rev. M' Aubrey and the Rev. M' Robert Fogg in 
 June, and the Rev. M'' Aubrey in February. 
 
 Licences granted by M'^ John Worsley and the Rev John Cartwright, Surrogates, in June. 
 
 Banns published by the Rev. Benjamin Culme and the Rev. Roger Jones, Curate of Mold, in July. 
 
 Daniel Killpatrick Writeing Master of St. Martin's Par"'' & Christiane Saunders Spins"' of y' Par"'' 
 
 Married y*" 17'" day of ffebruary By the Rev"'' M' Aldcroft by vertue of a Licence Granted By the R' 
 
 Worshipful! Peregrine Gastrell Chancellour. 
 
 1729. 
 
 Licences granted by the Rev. M"^ Thomas Leftwiche, Surrogate, in May, and by the Rev. M' Thomas 
 Baldwin, Surrogate, in January. 
 
 The Rev. M' Robert Fogg officiates in May and August ; the Rev W Arthur Williams and the Rev- 
 M' Aubrey in July. 
 
 Banns published by the Rev. M'^ Willcoxson Curate of Frodsham, in July, and the Rev. M' John 
 Oliver, in August. 
 
 1730- 
 
 The Rev. M' Culme officiates in May, and the Rev. M' Markham in September and January. 
 
 William Moss, Apothecary iJic Elizabeth Toft Spins" Both of Middlewich Married y' 25"' day of June 
 By the Rev"'' M' Aldcroft by vertue of a Licence Granted by the Rev"'' John Cartwright Surrogate. 
 
 George Ryley, Chirurgeon & Mary Gibbons Widow Both of Namptwich Married the 20''' day of 
 August By the Rev'"' M' Low of Bunbury by vertue of a Licence Granted by the R' WorshipfuU Per: 
 Gastrell Chancet. 
 
 A Licence granted by the Rev. John Mapletoft, Surrogate, in November. 
 
 Banns published by the Rev. M' Brown, Curate of Stoak, in December, and by the Rev. M' Thomas, 
 Curate of Christleton [Xleton], in March. 
 
 1731- 
 
 Banns published by the Rev. M' Blackbourne, Curate of Dodleston, in April. 
 
 The Rev. M' Markham officiates in April. 
 
 Thomas Hargrave Writingmasf & Sarah Wild Spinsf both of y' parish by License married y"" Nine- 
 teenth day of June. 
 
 William Pool ' Gentl" & Grace Pelham Spinster both of Pool Hall in JVerral h\ Licence married y'' 
 20"' day of December. 
 
 1734- 
 
 Joseph Hall (ient of the Parish of St. Peter & M'^ Benedicta Whitmore Spinsf of this Parish Married 
 by Licence the 25"' day of November. 
 
 1736- 
 
 M' John Witter Apothecary & M''* Alice Swarbreck Spinsf^ both of this Parish Married by Licence 
 the twenty Sixth day of Aprill. 
 
 ' According to the pedigree in Onnerod's Cheshire, vol. ij., p. 424. this William Poole was of Hooke, co. Sussex, E^. 
 (cousin of Sir Francis Poole, Hart., M.P. for Lewes, who married Frances, daughter of Henry Pelham, Esq.), and Grace, 
 daughter of Henry Pelham, Esq., of Lewes in Sussex, was his tirsl wife, by whom he had no issue.
 
 ST. MARV-ON-THE-HILL, CHESTER. 
 
 George Plews, Officer of Excise, & Ann Hale Spinster both of CJloverstone in this Par**" Married l)y 
 Licence the 27"' day of September. 
 
 Banns published by the Rev. M' Thomas Wrench in Oct. 
 
 1737- 
 
 Jonathan Brayne of Northwich in the County & Diocess of Chester Oentleman &: Mary Tagg of y'' 
 Parish of St. Mary on y'' Hill in y'' City of (.'hester Spinster Marled by Lycence y'' 9"' of February by the 
 Rev: M'' Thomas Wrench. 
 
 1738- 
 
 Thomas Bennett, Gent. & .\rabellah Dod Spinster both of this Parish was .Marled by Licence y'' i" of 
 July. 
 
 John Killpatrick, Sarjent of y Invalieds & Susannah Bream Widow of Bridge Street Marled by Bannds 
 Published the 17"' day of December. ' 
 
 '739- 
 
 Thomas Pallin of Farndon Gen' & Jane Hatton of y' Same place Widow was Marled by Licence the 
 24"' day of April. 
 
 The Rev. M'' Rench \sic for Wrench] officiates in May. 
 
 The Rev. "^V 'Yhomz.i ^\AwiVj Minisler of Eccleston & W^ Cathrine Wrench of Gloverston Spinster was 
 Maried by Lycence y'' 16"' day of Feb^ 
 
 [The last Marriage entry in Volume H. is dated 4 March, 1740.] 
 
 BURIALS. 
 
 1706. 
 M'''* Susannah Gerrard' Widow of St. Michell P'ish was Burj'ed the 21 day of Aprill 1706. 
 Charles A Blackamnre sen/an' to 'W Daniell Peck was Buryed the 14"' day of July 1706. 
 Margrett y'' wife to M' Henry Bumbury of Bridgstreet was Buryed the 15"' day of August 1706. 
 Henr)' sonn to M'' Henry Berkenhead of St. Bridgets P'ish was Buryed the 2'' day of Septem'"' 1706. 
 M' George Townsend of Bridgstreet was Buryed the S"" day of October 1706. 
 Thomas sonn to M"' Thomas Heatley an .Attorney was Buryed the 27"' day of October 1706. 
 Elizabeth Daugh" to M'' Henry Berkenhead of St. Bridgets P'ish was Buryed the 3 1 day of Decern'" 
 1706. 
 
 [BKnnk.] 
 
 . . . . y" wife to M"^ John Wrench of St. Peters P''ish Watchmaker was Buryed y'' 28"' day of 
 January i7o6[-7]. 
 
 Elizabeth Daugh"' to Henrj- Hughes of hanhridge scoolmast" was Buryed the 15"' day of February 
 i7o6[-7]. 
 
 Alderman Thomas Simpson of hanbridge was Buryed the 22'' day of March i7o6[-7]. 
 
 Cap' Dunkon Cambwell [Duncan Campbell] of St. Johns lane was Buryed the 23 day of March 
 i7o6[-7]. 
 
 1707. 
 
 M' John Twedle Cap' of the Inuelieds was Buryed the 9"' Day of ^^ay 1707. 
 
 M'' William Helley of Vpton seni'' was Buryed the 1 2"' day of July 1 707. 
 
 M'' James Crockston [Croxton] an .Vttorney of the P'ish of St. John was Buryed the 25"' day of July 
 1707. 
 
 M' Thomas Gleaue & Mary Barker By a Sudden Accedent were Drown'' at Weper Pooll & Bur : y*" -^ 
 day of January 1 707[-8]. 
 
 ' She was the widow of Dr. Peter Gerard buried at St. Mary's 9 Dec. 1678 {see p. 138).
 
 
 •^tXUfxSj oJ 
 
 THE REGISTERS OF ST. MARY'S. 153 
 
 .\r John Hale, of Bridgstreet, Clarke to Rob' Brerewo )d Esq', Justice of y"" Peace, was Buryed the 8"" 
 
 day of January i707[-8]. 
 
 Thomas Wilberham Gen' of y" P'ish of St. Martins was Bur : in Trou[t]backs Chappie y" 6"' day of 
 
 March i707[-8]. 
 
 1708. 
 
 One of the Mereens [Marines] belonging to y Gou'' Brooks' Esq' and Rob' Brerewood Esq' was Buryed 
 
 the 17 day of May 1708. 
 
 John Farrar Gen' of the Castell lane an .\ttorney was Buryed the 3'' day of July 1708. 
 
 Mary' y'' wife to William Done Gen' of Castell lane an .\ttorney was Buryed the 5"' day of July 1 708. 
 
 Madam Sarah Lacy" of Castell lane Widjw was Buryed the 26"' day of January i7o8[~9]. 
 
 Ste cL-froij 
 
 «/ 
 
 1709. 
 
 Madam Lettis Whitley of Peper Street of y"" P'ish of St. Michels Widow was Buryed the 7'" day of i^cJ^-fJ^A^-f^^ 
 
 %y^. Aprill 1709. /4 c,OT.c5-^Q-'-^<0<,'t. 4 Svi. ^^lui^f^^ fjajr>,.<JL . y^O>e. Ss^Qa^I^oJU^ . cUz^ l^no sttj. 
 
 John sonn to CaJ>' John Harrisson of Dublin was Buryed the 3'' Day of June 1709. ^^. 
 
 Isabella Daugh" to Thomas Tindall Esq' was Buryed the 25"' day of June 1709. 
 
 M' Henry Bunibury of Bridgstreet one off Iniielieds was Buryed the 13"' Day of Septem'" 1709. /y-i^o-oJ^J^j 
 
 M' Phillip B.iteman of the P'ish of .St. Oswels Churchwarden was Buryed the 16"" day of October 
 
 1709. 
 
 . . . . sonn to M' Thomas Fernaliaugh ironmonger was Buryed the 10"' day of March i709[-io]. 
 
 1710. 
 Henry sonn to M' William Baforne' of St. Martins Parish [Beerbruer] was Buryed the first day of 
 October 17 10. 
 
 M' John Dicas of hanbridge was Buryed the 4'" Day of October 17 10. /<&<_' cq-*> 
 
 M"" Easter Warbutton' of the Grange Spinster was Buryed the 6"' Day of Decern'" 17 10. 
 
 John sonn to John Pouneall Keeper of y' Xorth Gale was Buryed the 15"' day of January i7io[-ii]. 
 
 1711. 
 Thomas Fairebanke a Stranger from Lancumshire [w] was Buryed the 11"' Day of January I7ii[-i2]. 
 Hannah Daugh" to M' Elkenah Lange an Excise man was Buryed the 28"' day of February 
 
 I7Il[-I2]. 
 
 1 7 12. 
 
 James Huntt a Passinger goinge to Ridgworth in Staffordshire Dyed and was Buryed the 8"" day of 
 Aprill 17 12. 
 
 Samuell Finlow of Bridge Street Drawer of Dee was Buryed the 30"' Day of October 1712. 
 
 Thomas Sonn to Edward Norris" Docto" cf Physick of y"^ Parish of St. Johns was Bur : y*" S"" day of 
 Nouemb' 17 12. 
 
 . . . . Dauis Widdow Late wife to Henry Dauis [Davis] of Ashton Esq' Deceased was Buryed 
 out of the Parish of St. John's on y'' 30"' Day of Decemb' 1712. 
 
 1713- 
 .\n!ie y'' wife to M' Thomas Reece of Cuppinslane Malster was Buryed y'' 3'' Day of Septemb' 17 13. 
 
 ' Governor of the Castle of Chester. 
 
 - She was a daughter of Mr. Whishaw of St. Marj's parish, and was married to Mr. William Done at St. Michael's, 
 Chester, on the 1 8th May, 1704. See the monumental inscription printed on p. 72, and the notes thereto. 
 
 ^ See the monumental inscription on p. 72. 
 
 ' The burial of the following child of Mr. William Baforne also occurs :— yu//», 15 Sept. 1713. 
 
 ' "^he was the daughter of Peter Warburton, Esq., of Hefferston Grange, Chief Justice of Chester. 
 Edward Norris, Esq., of Speke Hall, co. Lane, M.D. of Brasenose College, Oxford, married Anne, daughter and heiress 
 of Peter Gerard, of Crewood, co. Chester, Esq., M.D., whose monumental inscription has already been printed on p. 70. j^^ ,^2 
 
 X
 
 154 ST. MARY-ON-THE-HILL, CHESTER. 
 
 M' Richard WWUnmson yea mond of y' Pentice of y'' P'ish of St. Oswels Buryed the 5'" Day of January 
 
 1714. 
 Frances Daught' to M' Thomas Gill of y'' Castell lane was Buryed the 4"' Day of August 17 14. 
 M' Harberlt Simpson yeamond of y Pentice Dyed in St. Oswels P'rish and Buryed the 7'" Day of 
 August 1714. 
 
 M' Edward \Vrench of dlouer Stone Watchmaker was Buryed the 17'" Day of August 17 14. 
 John sonn to M' John Wilson of y*^^ Parish of Trinity was Buryed the 6'" Day of Septem'"' 17 14. 
 William Wormingham oik of Uis Majeslies Gunners of Chester Castell Buryed y'' 3'' Day of Octoh' 
 
 ITU- 
 IT'S- 
 Edward sonn to M' Peter Briscoe of Bridgstreet in y' P'ish of St. Michels Buryed y'' 7"' Day of June 
 
 IT'S- 
 
 Elizabeth y'' wife to M' Gyles Robarts \P Gunno' of the Castell \sa.-^ Buryed the y'" Day of July 1715. 
 
 M'* Ester Farrar Widdow Dyed in the Castell and was Buryed the 22" Day of August 17 15. 
 
 Mary y'' wife to M'' Thomas Williams of Bridgstreet Wett (llouer was Buryed y'' 20"' Day of Septem'" 
 
 1715- 
 
 Samuell Humprays Druiite'^ to Captin Jones Bur'' y' 26 of January I7i5[-i6]. 
 
 John sonn to M'" Katherine Wrench' Widow of Glouerstone Millin' Buryed y' 14'" Day of Man h 
 
 .7i5[-i6]. 
 
 17 16. 
 
 Mary Daughf to M' John Dewsbury of Cleton Lane Habidash' Buryed the 14"' Day of Aprill 17 16. 
 
 M'~ Vrssaller Gleaue of y" Forrest Street of y'' P'ish of St. Johns Widow Buryed the 27"' Day of Aprill 
 
 I 7 1 6. 
 
 John Arderne (ien' Dyed att Eliz : Wood on the Mount in Handhridge and Bur: y' 16"' Day of 
 
 Nouem'" 17 16. 
 
 1717. 
 
 M'' Dorothy Hughson" of Castell lane Spinster Daughf to Samuell Hughson Gen' Deceased shee was 
 Bur" y' 26 of March 1 7 1 7. 
 
 Elizabeth' Daught' to M' Johnson Manwaringe of Castell lane Buryed y"' Third Day of June 1717 
 
 M' Robartt Jones juni'' an Attorney of Bridgstreet Buryed the 22" Day of June 17 17. 
 ■ Katherine y'' wife to M'' Samuell Deane of y° Parish of St. Oswells Buryed the 21 Day of July 171 7. 
 
 Elizabeth Hall Widow of Glouerstone wife to Cap' Hall Deceased Burye'' y'' 22'' Day of July 1717. 
 
 IsV" Frances Whishaw Wife to Hugh Whishaw Gen' of St. Bridge[t]s Parish Buryed y' 10'" Day of 
 Octob' 17 17. 
 
 M' Henry Berkenhead ' Linnen Draper of the Parish of St. Bridgets Bur'' y" 31 Day of Octob"' 1717. 
 
 John Measome one of his Majesf Gunnors of Chesf Castell Buryed the 25'" Day of January I7i7[-i8]. 
 
 M'" Sarah Jennings Spinst' of Bridgstreet was Buryed the 25'" Day of February I7i7[-i8]. 
 
 1718. 
 
 . . . . A Stranger was Droivned and brought in Chance Medley Buryed the 16"' Day of April 
 1718. 
 
 Stephen Scailes a souldi' from the Towne of Steben in Esex vnder Ca^ John Graiesent Bur" the 17"' 
 Day of Aprill 17 18. 
 
 ' The burial of ihe following child of Mrs. Katherine Wrench also occurs : — Dorot/iy, 28 .\pril, 17 iS. 
 - Her brother, Mr. John Hughson, is mentioned in the Churchwardens' Accounts. 
 
 ■■' Her burial is recorded on the monumental tablet formerly in the church, printed on p. 73. See also p. 15S, note 2. 
 ' He was brother of Thomas Birkenhe.ad of Backfurd. co. Chester, Esq., who died in 1724 without issue, when Henry 
 Birkenhead's two daughters, Frances and Deborah, became coheiresses to the Backford estate.
 
 THE REGISTERS OF ST. MARY'S. 155 
 
 Elizabeth Daughf to M'' Thomas Gill of Castell lane an attorney Bur : y"" 28"' Day of May 17 18. 
 
 Lydia y'' Wife to M'' Joseph Sorton of Hridg street of y' P'ish of St. Tollius [St. Olave's] Wett Glover 
 
 Bur'' y'' 2'' Day of December 17 18. 
 
 Mary Daughf to Edward Cookesey of Handbridge Grandchild to M"' Rowley of Brewers Hall Bur'' 
 
 y'' 17"' Day of Mar. I7i8[-i9j. 
 
 1719. 
 
 M" Mary Morgan of Castell lane Widow was Buryed the 8'" Day of Aprill 17 19. 
 
 William Done' Gen' of y'' P'ish of St. Peters an Attorney & Store Keeper was Buryed y' 25"' Day of 
 Aprill I 7 19. 
 
 John son to Johnson Manwaringe" Esq'' in Trinity Parish Buryed the 29"' Day of July 17 19. 
 
 James Allmand Gen' Dyed att M'' Tho. Berkeneds of Bridgstreet Buryed the 21 Day of August 17 19. 
 
 Elizabeth^ y'' wife to Johnson Manwaringe' Es([' of Trinity P'ish Buryed the Second Day of Decemb' 
 1719. 
 
 James son to Johnson Manwaringe" Esq'' of Trinity P'ish [and] of Eliz : his wife Deceased Buryed y'' 
 7"' Day of Decemb' 17 19 
 
 Charles Dicas of the Parish of St. Michealls Curiorgan [Chirugion or Surgeon] was Buryed the 15 
 
 Day of January i7i9[-2o]. 
 
 1720. 
 
 Mary Daughter to M' Peter Farrar of Glouer stone Stuff Weauer Buryed y'' 19'" Day of June 1720. 
 
 M' William Johnson of Cleton lane Wett Glouer Sherife of this Citty Alderman of y' Compaiiie 'jr= 
 
 Chu : Warden Bur'' y"" 21 Day of Septemb' 1720. 
 
 Charles Fletcher Wett Glover is' Parish Clerk was Buried the Si.xth day of Decemb' 1720. 
 
 M'" Jane Jackson Widdow Buried the third day of fifebruary i72o[-i]. 
 
 William Gravor Wett Glover and Parish Clerk was Buried the twenty Seventh day of ffebruary 
 
 I720[-l]. 
 
 I72I. 
 John Prichard ' Sextone of this Church was Buried y'' 30"' Day of January i72i[-2]. 
 M''* .... Lester Was Buried from Potters Court in Castle Lane y'" 25'" day of February i72:[-2]. 
 
 1722. 
 
 Cathraine Daughter to M' Jn" Wright of Brewars Hall Esq' and Cath : his Wife Buried y'' 30"' day of 
 March 1722. 
 
 Elizabeth Davghter to John Edgerton' Gen' and Elizabeth his wife of St. Oswalds Parish Buried y"" 30"' 
 day of June 1722. 
 
 John GooAyeax jaylor of the Castle Prison Buried the Eighteenth day of July 1722. 
 
 M" Martha Garden Widdow of Saltney Side Bur: y'' 21" day of March i722[-3]. 
 
 M" Mary Pravares Buried from y'' Bridge house y*" 22'' day of March i722[-3]. 
 
 1723. 
 Hugh Done" nephew to Hugh Whishaw Gen' of St. Bridgetts Parish buried y'' i8th day of May 1723. 
 Samuel tlarratt Yeoman of the Township of Upton & Church Warden of this Church Buried y'' 6"' 
 day of August 1723. 
 
 ' Scv the monumental inscription on p. 73. 
 
 ^ Johnson .Mainwaring, of Chester, Esq. , was the son of Mr. James Mainwaring, of Chester, alderman there, who purchased 
 the manor of Bromborough in Wirrall Hundred. 
 
 ■' This Elizabeth was the davighter of Mr. John Acton, of (Jloverstone, and was married to Mr. Johnson M.ainwaring .at .Si. 
 Mary's on the 4th April, 1 7 14 (s€l- pedigree (.)f Aclon pos/ea). See also the monumental inscription on p. 73. 
 
 ' The burials of the following children of [? another] fohn Pritchard, sexton, and Elizabeth his wife, also occur: — fotiii, 
 17 Dec. 1736; IVilliam, 17 Fell. 1739-40. 
 
 ' The burial of the following child of Mr. John Egerton also occurs: — Frances, i«' May, 1724. 
 ' See the monumental inscription on pp. 72-3. 
 
 X 2
 
 156 ST. MARY-ON-THK-HILL, CHESTER. 
 
 1724. 
 
 Ann Daughter to Thomas dill Gen' of Watergate Street and of Trinity Parish Buried the 28"' day of 
 March 1724. 
 
 Rebecca Wife to M' .\ndre\v Duke Chiin/i IVarden er' IVett Glover of Bridge Street, Buried the 
 Second day of August 1724. 
 
 Bridgett Lydcott a Strange Gentlwoman Buried from the Lady Margreat Davies' in Castle lane y'' 12'" 
 day of February i724[-5]. 
 
 M' John Cotgreave' Sen' Beer Brewer Under St. Marys Hill Buried the third day of March i724[-5]. 
 
 1725- 
 Ann Widdow & Relict of Edward Cook Cnii' of Trinity I'arish Buried the tenth day of September 
 
 1725- 
 
 I 726. 
 
 M' Edward Burrowes of Handbridgc Alderman Buried the 22'' day of April! 1726. 
 
 W^ Dorothv Waireing Widdow of Forrest Street Buried y'' 28"' day of December 1726. 
 
 . Daughter to M' Peter Potter" Bookbinder [and stationer] &: his wife of Bridge Street Buried 
 
 the 23'' day of March i726[-7]. 
 
 1727. 
 
 Edward Son to ftP John Skellern Mercer & Ann his Wife of Knuttsford Buried the 26"' day of 
 August. 
 
 Thomas Gill Gen' of Watergate Street Buried y'' 27"' of August. 
 
 Richard Jesson late Supervisor of Excise of Bridge Street Buried the fourteenth day of September. 
 
 William Son to M'' Daniell Porter Attorney & . . . . his Wife of St. Bridgetts Parish Buried y' 
 18"' day of September. 
 
 ^P W" Williams of Cuppings Lane Buried y'' 17"' day of October. 
 
 1728. 
 Roger Gyllym Gen' of Bridge Street Buried y' 4"' day of July. 
 Ralph Gorste Apothecary of Bridge Street Bur : y' 25'" day of July. 
 
 1729. 
 Richard Cowhand Gen' D" [Zfedfor] Prisoner Bxtried from the Castle the Sixth day of Aprill. 
 Bartholomew Duke Inholder of Handbridge &: Cltirch Wiuden of this Parish Buried the 18"' da\ 
 of May. 
 
 William Ravington Baker (& Mayor's Fcrlir) of Eastgate Street Buried the Seventh day of June. 
 Margrat \V\ie to John Cook One of the Undertakers if Dee Mills Buried the 5"' day of October. 
 
 1731- 
 Mary Daughter to Mackworlh Young Gen' of St. Martins Parish Buried the 3'' day of June. 
 Elizabeth Wife of M' Lawrence Swarbreck' of Bridgstreet Collctor of excise Buried y' 18"' day of 
 August. 
 
 1732- 
 Rebeccah Wife of Par Donough Einign of hivalides bur" y' 14"' day of September. 
 Vl" Sarah Dewsbury of Clayton Lane Spinst' bur'' y" 29'" day of January. 
 
 1733- 
 Prank Price' Saxton of St. Maries buried y' 23'' day of March. 
 
 • His monumental inscription, still in the church, has been printed on p. 52. 
 
 ' Frances, dau. of Peter Potter, Stationer, bur. 27 Aug", 1730. 
 
 ^ '•Elizabeth Swarbreck Spinster dau. to M'' Collector Swarbrect buried 15 July 1735." 
 
 ^ He «as married to Margaret Bailey, spinster, 13 May, 1724.
 
 THE REGISTERS OF ST. MARY'S. 157 
 
 1734- 
 Martha Wife of Richard Price of U/'toii Schoolitr bur"" y'' 21" day of Aprill. 
 Charles Done Cien' of the Parish of St. Peters Bur: y'' 13"' day of December. 
 Christiana Wife to Cap'" Thomas Kellsall, Bur : y'' 10"' day of March. 
 
 1735- 
 
 Ann Daughter to John AVright Esq' and Margaret his Wife Buried the Nineteenth day of September. 
 
 Frances Daughter to M' Peter Potter Sheriff of this City & Mary his Wife Buried y'' 29"" day of 
 January. 
 
 1736- 
 
 .\r Thomas Williams Wett Glover of Bridge Street Bur : y"' 14'" day of May. 
 
 Miss Sarah Dewesbury of Clayton lane Buried the tenth day of August. 
 
 Elizabeth Jennings Daughter to M" Carter of Clayton lane Buried the 26"' day of September. 
 
 Mary Wife to John Killpatrick Serjeant of Invalides Near Gloverstone Buried the 6'" day of 
 fTebruary. 
 
 William Son [to] Cap'" William Witter & Ellen his Wife of Handbridge Buried the 7'" day of 
 March. 
 
 I737- 
 
 Gyles Roberts Master Gunner of the Castle of Chester Buried the twentieth day of April. 
 
 Thomas Son to John Brown Captaine & Mary his Wife of Bridg[e] Street Buried the 20'" day of 
 August. 
 
 M" Jane Duggdail Widdow from the Spittle in Boughton Buried the 10'" day of September. 
 
 'SV John Witter of Bridg[e] Street Apothecary Buried the 19"' day of October. 
 
 Martha Wife to M' John Dicas Barber of Bridg[e] Street Buried the 8"' day of December. 
 
 1738. 
 
 Susannah Daughter to M' Edward French Master Gunner is. Elizabeth his wife Buried the 3"' Day of 
 April. 
 
 Ellen' Wife to M' William Witter Capf Buried the 8'" day of June. 
 
 Mary Wife to John Killpatrick Sarjant [of the Invalids'] Near Gloverstone Buried y' 30'" day of 
 July. 
 
 M" Sophiah Hall \Vidow Near y'' Bridge Bur'' y'' 1 7'" of November. 
 
 John Clark Stranger, a person Soposed to be Murdred found in y' Township of Upton in this parish 
 Buried y' 17"' day of December. 
 
 Mary Brasscettle [sic for Bracegirdle] of Handbridge Bur'' y'' 4"' of January. 
 
 1739- 
 W Abigail Lane Widow of St. John's Parish Buried y' 19'" day of October. 
 Thomas Smallwood ' Gen' Deptor Prisoner in / Castle Buried y'' 20'" day of November. 
 Thomas Corliss Scrivenor Near y' Bridge Buried y'' 24"' of January. 
 
 1740. 
 Elizabeth Daughter to M' John Wilbrahamc yeoman .S; Mary his Wife of y' 2 Mile Bouse Buried 
 y" 19"" day of April. 
 
 William Wilson Store Keeper of y' Castle Buried y' 22" day of June. 
 
 [The last Burial entry in ^■olume H. is dated 18 August, 1740.] 
 
 ' A pedigree of Smallwood of Chelford, co. Chester, is given in East Cheshire, vol. ij., p. 366 ; but I am dcubtful if the 
 Thomas Smallwood here mentioned belonged to that family.
 
 158 ST. MARY-ON-THE-HILL, CHESTER. 
 
 The third volume of the REGISTERS of St. Mary's is a long narrow folio volume with 
 parchment leaves. It is in good preservation, and very voluminous. On the fly-leaf is this 
 inscription : — 
 
 The Register of S" Mary in the City of Chester and Bought at y' Parish Cost in y"" year 1740. 
 
 Paid for this Book t,'' 3' o. 
 
 The Rev'' M' Tho^ Brook Rector. 
 
 M'' Randal Sorton ) ^„ „, , 
 
 \ Ch : Wardens. 
 Wm : CowpER Esq' ( 
 
 John Rowland Clark. 
 
 The Baptisms begin on the 31st August, 1740, and end on the 27th May, 1776. They arc 
 followed by the Burials, commencing on the 26th .August, 1740, and ending on the 20th July, 
 1782. The Marriages begin on the 29th March, 1741, and end on the 25th March, 1754, when 
 Lord Hardwick's Marriage Act to prevent clandestine marriages came iiTto force and a separate 
 Register of Marriages, similar to those now in use, had to be provided. 
 
 As in the case of the previous volumes, the following extracts are those of the most 
 importance, with the exception of those relating to the CLERGY, already given in the account 
 of the Rectors, and those relating to the families of which pedigrees will subsequently be 
 given. 
 
 BAPTISMS. 
 
 1741. 
 John Son to John Finchatt Surgeon & Eliz : his wife Near y'' bridge Baptized the 3'' day of August. 
 
 1745- 
 
 Cath : Daughter to Edward ^Villiames Esq'' & Jane his Wife of Nunlane Bap" y' 29"' day of March. 
 
 George Son to M'' George Griffies' Plumber & Hannah his Wife of bridge Street Bap" y'' Thirty first 
 day of October. 
 
 Ann daughter to John Merrideth^ Scoolmaster & Ellen his Wife Near y' Bridg[e] Bap" y'' 19"' of 
 March. 
 
 1747. 
 
 Joseph Son to George Williames Scoole master & Mary his Wife of Handbridg[e] Baptized y"" 16"' day 
 of .\ugust. 
 
 Thomas Son to Thomas Slaughter Esq' & Ann his Wife Near Glover Stone Baptized y'' 30'" day of 
 
 November. 
 
 1748. 
 
 Williame Son to M' Ashton Johnson Skinner & Mary his Wife of Clayton Lane Bap" the 3'' day of 
 May. [Bur. 23 Feb. 1749-50.] 
 
 1750- 
 Robert Wyinne Son to M' Joseph Fluitt' Atorney at Law & Elizabeth his Wife Near Gloverstone was 
 
 Baptized y' 29 of March. 
 
 1751- 
 John Son to Rich'' Young' Writeing Master & Ursicla \sic\ his Wife of bridge Street Bapt' y*" i'" of 
 
 April. 
 
 ' The baptism of the following child of Mr. George Griffies also occurs : —Edward, 8 May, 1747. 
 
 - A daughter, y;<rf«//4, was bur. 28 Dec. 1743. 
 
 ' The baptism of the following child of Mr. Joseph Fluitt also occurs -.^'oseph, 13 July, 1751. 
 
 ' The b.iptism of the following child of Richard V'oung also occurs •.^/ane, 12 Nov. 1756.
 
 M^rcr^ (3^>-0 >^^ l"b75 (XM-^-o-i^ -6eA..«^ 3 ^Ul^ ^A . 
 
 THE REGISTERS OF ST. MARY'S. 159 
 
 1752. 
 Elianor Daughter to Allen Holford Gen' & Elizabeth his wife Near y'' bridg[e] Bap" y'' 20 of April. 
 Thomas Son to Robt. Tulloh //air Curlier & Elizabeth his Wife of Handbridg[e] Bap" y' 24'" of July. 
 
 1753- 
 Elizabeth daughter to Tho" Manwaring' Esq'' & Frances his Wife Near Glover Stone was Baptized the 
 20"' day of January. 
 
 Elizabeth daughter to AV'" Toleman Watch Moveiiieiit Alaker & Ann his wife of Castle Lane Bap" 
 y' 1 8'" of April. 
 
 Martha daughter to Sam" Newell yeoman & Mary his Wife of the Alile 6^ Half House Bap" y'' 25 of 
 June. 
 
 1755- 
 Elizabeth daughter to Rog' Cumberbech^ Esq'' & Frances his Wife Near Gloverston Bap" y'' 2'' day of 
 Nov'. [Bur. 3 Nov. 1755.] 
 
 Kathrine Daughter to M' Jn" James Gen' & Elizabeth his wife of Bridg[e] Street was Bap" the 26 
 day of Nov''. 
 
 1757- 
 Jane daughter to M' Robert Williams^ Skinner & Cathrine his Wife of Clayton Lane Bap' y'' 28 of 
 December. 
 
 1758. 
 Ja* Harvey Son to James Ring &: Manley his wife of Gloverstone Bap'" the 28'" day of March. 
 Watkin Son to M' Fisher Tench & Margrett his Wife of Bridg[e] street was born the 6"' day of 
 
 October & Bap" y'' 10"' day of November. 
 
 1760. 
 
 Charles Son to Charles Malborn' Gunner of y' Castle & Hannah his Wife was Bap" the 17'" day of 
 
 March. 
 
 Mary daughter to Cap'" Edward Bennett' & Eliz his Wife of Clayton Lane was Bap" the fourth day 
 
 of June. 
 
 1761. 
 
 Sarah daughter to W" Lowe Coik cutter & Elizabeth his wife was Bap" the Seventh of December. 
 
 1763- 
 Ann Elizabeth daughter to Peter Davies" Esq' of the Grove in Denbighshire & Elizabeth his Wife was 
 
 Baptized the fifth day of February. 
 
 Thomas Lee Son to M' Jn" Newell Inholder & Sarah his wife Near the Bridge was Baptized y'' first 
 day of March. 
 
 James Son to James Bailey Pipe Maker & Mary his Wife Near Gloverston was Baptized y'' 6"' day of 
 March. 
 
 ' This Thomas Mainwaring, Esq. , was most probably a younger brother of Charles Mainwaring, Esq. , of Bromborough and 
 Chester. If so, he was liorn in 1725, and is said to have married a daughter of James -Mason, Esq., of Shrewsbury. 
 
 ■- The baptisms of the following children of Roger Comberbach, Esq., also occur ■.—Edmund^ 23"" Jan. 1757, Bur. I" June, 
 1765 ; Roger, 20 Nov. 1758 ; Maria, born 17 July, bapt. 3 Sept. 1760 ; Charlotte, born 3 Oct., bapt. 9 Nov. 1761 ; Helen, Ixirn 
 6"' & bapt. 27 Dec. 1762; a son, George, buried 4 March, 1764; Alice, born 18"', bapt. 22 July, 1767. These are mostly 
 ad(Utions to the pedigree of this Roger Comberbach, of Chester, Esq., to be found in Marshall's Getualogical Aecount of the 
 Comberbach Family, 1866, pp. 20-1. 
 
 ' The baptisms of the following children of Mr. Robert 'Williams also occur :— ff7//«<i/«, 17 April, 1759 ; Kathrine, 26 Dec. 
 1760 ; Margrett, 28 April, 1762 ; Robert, i" May, 1763, Bur. 4 April, 1764. A dau. Ann, buried 30 Nov. 1764. 
 
 ' The baptisms of the following children of Charles Malborn also occur -.—Jane, 23 Sept. 1761, Bur. 26 March, l^i>')•,John, 
 17 Sept. 1762 ; Thomas, 21 April, 1765 ; Ann, 7 May, 1767. 
 
 ^ The baptisms of the following children of Captain Edward Bennett also occur -.—Edward, 13 Oct. 1763 ; Mary, 26 Sept. 
 1765. 
 
 " Peter Davies, Esq., of Broughton, co. Flint, was the fourth son of Robert Davies, Esq., of Gwj'saney and Llancrch, co. 
 Denbigh. He was born 19th Nov. 1723, and married Elizabeth, daughter of John Whitehall, Esq., of Broughton, by wnoni he 
 had issue. Llanerch means the Grove or (Jlade.
 
 i6o ST. MARY-ON-TIIK-IIILL, CHESTER. 
 
 1764. 
 Frances daughter to Hugh Wishaw' Clentleman & Mary his Wife of Nun Lane was Baptized y* 23'' day 
 of March. 
 
 Edward Son to Evan Richards Chimney Ciirer & Ann his wife of Gloverstone was Bap" y'' 30"' day of 
 Septem"'. 
 
 1765- 
 John" Son to M'' Hugh Wishaw' (ient & Mary his Wife of Nun Lane was Baptized y'' 25"' day of 
 
 Cathrine daughter to Tho' Sellors Couth Maker & Cath his Wife of Handbridg[e] Bap" y'' 13"' of July. 
 
 1767. 
 
 Edward Son of John (ilegg' Jun'' of Irhie Esq'' & Betty his ^Vife born Feb" y'' 16"' iN: Bapti/.ed y'' 15"' 
 of March. [Bur. 16 Feb. 1777.] 
 
 Mary daughter to W'" Kervey Rone Cutter & jMary liis Wife of Nun Lane Bap" y"' 28"' day of June. 
 
 John Son of William Lawton Drawer [of Dee] and Margaret His Wife near the Bridge Baptiz'' y'' 28 
 of October. 
 
 Mary Daughter of John (iarner' Attorney at Law and Esther his Wife Baptiz'' y'' 4"' Day of November. 
 
 Sarah Daughter of Tho" Pkimbley Peruke Maker near the Bridge and Sarah his Wife Baptiz"' y' 25"' 
 
 of November. 
 
 1768. 
 
 Thomas Son of George Walker near y' Bridge Gould Smith and Sarah his Wife Baptiz"* y"" 14 of Febru. 
 
 Ann Daughter of John Crane Near y" Bridge Surgeon and Margaret his Wife Baptiz : ye 1 7 Day of 
 
 February. 
 
 Walter Son of William Hyatt Heelmaker of the Skinn" Lane and Mary his Wife i5aptiz'' y' \2 of June. 
 
 Watkin Williams Son of M'' Edward Massey Gentleman of Bunts Lane & Mary his Wife Baptiz'' y"^ 19"' 
 
 of August. 
 
 1769. 
 
 Deborah Daughter of Robert Dod ' Esq' near Gloverstone and Mary his Wife Baptiz'' y"" 8"' Day of 
 March. 
 
 Sarah Daughter of John \Valker'' Clerk of this Parish and Elizalieth his Wife Born y'' 28 day of March 
 iS; Baptiz'' the 30"" day of April. [Bur. 29 June, 1771.] 
 
 Maria Ann Daughter of M'' William Lawrence' Store Keeper of the Castle & Ann his wife Baptiz'' y'' 14 
 of Dec^ [Bur. 7 Sept. 1770]. 
 
 ' The baptisms of the following children of Mr. Hugh Whishaw .ilso occur :^/tf/;«, 25 March, 1765; Faiiny^ privately liapt. 
 12 Oct., pubUcly hapt. 19 Nov. 1766, bur. 7 May, 1767 ; Hugh, priv. 2 Sept., publicly 29 .Sept. 1767 ; Ltuy, 12 June, 1772. 
 
 ° John Whishaw became a very (iistinguished man. and in the Gentleman's Magazine for 1841 is this obituary notice : " Dec. 
 2lst. Died in Wilton Crescent, John Whishaw, Esq., M.A., F.R.S,, Senior Bencher of Gray's Inn. He was the elder son of the late 
 Hugh Whishaw, Esq., of Chester, where he was born about 1764. He w.as educated at Macclesfield Grammar School and Trinity 
 College, Cambridge. He edited ' Mungo Park's Travels,' and was the friend and executor of Sir .Samuel Romilly." 
 
 ^ The baptism of the following child of John Glegg, Esq., also occurs : — Betty, 13 April, 1768, " Daughter of John Glegg, 
 Esq'' of Bridge Street." John Glegg of Irljy, in the parish of Backford, co. Chester, Esq., born in 1732, married Betty, eldest 
 daughter of John Baskervyle tllegg, of Withington and (.layton, Esq. Both he and his wife were buried at St. Mary's, the 
 former in 1804 and the latter in 1810 (see/oj/ra). 
 
 ' The baptisms of the following chiMren of Mr. John Garner also occur : — Sara/i, 28 April, 1769 ; George, 22 June, 1770. 
 
 ^ The baptism of the following chiid of Robert Dod, Esq., also occurs : — Kehcckah, 21 Nov. 1770. This Robert Dod, Esq., 
 was of Rowton, co. Chester. He married Mary, sister to John Glegg, of Irby, Esq. 
 
 ''• The baptisms of the following children of John Walker also occur -.—Jolin, born 26 Oct., bapt. 31 Oct. 1770 ; William, 
 19 Jan. 1776, Bur. 4 Feb. 1776. 
 
 ~ The baptisms of the following children of Mr. William Lawrence also occur : — Ann, 31 Oct. 1774 ; William, born 7 Sept., 
 bapt. 6 Oct. 1775 ; Mariah, dau. of William Lawrence, Esq., Store Keeper, bur. 10 April, 1781 ; Ltuy Milhourn, 2 April, 1778 ; 
 I'aul Henry. 21 April, 1779 ; I'aiil Sandly. 3 Oct. 1781 ; Hilwin Grindley, 7 Oct. 1782 ; Charlolle Maria, 20 March, 1785.
 
 THE REGISTERS OF ST. MARY'S. i6i 
 
 1771. 
 Esther Daughter of W'ilham Briscall Button mould Turner ax\<\ Margaret his Wife Baptiz" f 19 Jay 
 
 of April. 
 
 1772. 
 
 Ann Daughter of Faithfull Thomas' Gaoler of y' Caslle & Ann his Wife Baptiz" the 17 day of July. 
 
 [Bur. i"' June, 1774.] 
 
 1773- 
 Mary Daughter of WilHam Thomas Esq'' & Margaret his Wife ISaptiz'' y' 14 day of June. 
 Francis Daughter of Samuel Neils Thread Maker & Hannah his Wife Baptiz" the fnst day of October. 
 
 1775- 
 William Son of Edward Shallcross Ftune ivork Knitter and Mary his Wife Baptiz" y' 3" day of SeptenV. 
 
 1776. 
 John Son of John Taylor Bras^ Founder & Margaret his Wife Baptiz' y'' 7 day of April. 
 [Last entry of a Baptism in Volume III. 27 May, 1770. J 
 
 MARRIAGES. 
 1744. 
 Thomas Walford of Manchester in the County of Lancaster Chapman lS; Mary Hayward spinester of this 
 parish were Married by Licence the 12'" day of Aprill. 
 
 Daniell Hesse of Richman [Richmond] in y" County of York and Diocess of Chester Merchant 
 & Elizab.-th Porter of this parish spinester w^ere Maried by Licence y' 26"" day of Septem'' by y'' Rev" M' 
 
 Greves. 
 
 1745- 
 Marriages celebrated by the Rev. M' Wilcock, Rev. M'' Hinchman, Rev. M'' Greaves, Rev. M'' 
 
 Jackson, and Rev. M' Wiston. 
 
 1746. 
 
 Samuell Gaddes Gen' & Alice Edwards Spinester both of this parish were Maried by Licence y'' 31" 
 
 day of March. 
 
 A marriage celebrated by the Rev. M'' Dtike. 
 
 1747- 
 Most marriages celebrated by the Rev. M' John Prince, Curate, one by the Rev. :M' Thomas Duke, 
 
 and one by the Rev. M'' Barsley. 
 
 1748. 
 
 • Marriages celebrated by the Rev. John Prince, the Rev. John Wilbraham, Rector, the Rev. Nath. 
 Phillpot, and the Rev. Charles Hinchman. 
 
 1750- 
 William Sanders of the parish uf Camberwell in y'' County of Surry Batchelor & Elizabeth Rolph of 
 the parish of St. George Hanover Square in the County of Middlesex Spinester were Maried by Licence y'' 
 
 26 day of September. 
 
 Two marriages celebrated by the Rev. Mr. Sewell. 
 
 1754- 
 Arnold Birch of Manchester woollin Draper & Ann Hayward of this parish Spinester were Married by 
 
 Licence the 4"' day of Feb''. 
 
 Edward Jones Gen' & Mary Halliwell Spinster of Pulford were Married by Licence y'' 2 1"' day of 
 Feb' by y' Rev" M' Bradshaw. 
 
 ' The baptisms of Ihu following childii-n ..f Mr. l-ailhfuU Thomas also occur -.—Maria, \^ laii. 1776 ; a son, /'ail/ifiilt, 
 Imricil 27 Oct. 1772; Geoixiiia, 6 June, 1777, the falhcr being then described as Deputy Constable of the Caslle; George, 
 2S June, 1 7 So.
 
 ■ 63 ST. AIARV-ON-THE-HILL, CHESTER. 
 
 M' Tho" Duke wett glover & Mary Croughton, Spinester, were Married by Licence y'' 2S'" day of Fel/ 
 both of this parish. 
 
 [Last entry of a INLirriage in X'olumc IIL 25 ALnrch, 1754] 
 
 YMAKRIA GES ^—(conlimtcd).'\ 
 
 1754- 
 Richard Janeway of the parish of Manchester and Frances Buckley of this parish, by Licence, 25"' 
 Oct. 1754, by John Wilbraham [rector] clerk. 
 
 '755- 
 Hamnett Dobb of this parish, Gentleman, and Grace Meacock of Great Stanney, spinscer, by 
 Licence, 4'" January 1755, by J. Prince, Curate. 
 
 William Hamilton of the parish of Saint Oswald, Gentleman, and Elizabeth Tonna of this parish, 
 spinster, married by Licence 10'" February 1755, by J. Prince, Curate. 
 
 Charles Wilbraham of this parish and ^Lary Baxter of the parish of Little Barrow, by Licence 27"' 
 Nov'' 1757 by John Wilbraham, Rector. 
 
 1758- 
 
 Richard Wicksted of this parish gentleman and Frances Ransted of the parish of St. John Ba[)tist, 
 married by Licence 7'" May 1758 by John Wilbraham. 
 
 1760. 
 The Rev'' John Tench of Wrenbury in the county of Chester, clerk, and Mary Cotton of this parish 
 spinster married by Licence 7''' October 1760 by Tho- Davies, Minister. 
 
 1764. 
 John Gresty of this Parish Gentleman [attorney crossed out] and Margaret Ords of the parish of St. 
 Peter in Chester, by Licence, 30'" July 1764, by Joseph Eaton Curate. 
 
 1771. 
 Samuel 1'homas of this Parish, Gentleman, and Mary Chatterlon of this Parish, spinster, were married 
 by Licence the 6 Nov. 1771, by S. Boswell. 
 
 I77S- 
 Alexander Denton M.I), of this Parish, and Ann Ridgway of Poolton in the Parish of Pulford, were 
 married by Licence the nth Oct. 1775 by Sam. Boswell. 
 
 BURIALS. 
 
 1740. 
 M'' Sarah Barrington Widow of St. John" Parish Buried the 3"* day of September. 
 M" Ann Dannald Widow Near y'' Bridge Bur" y'' 12'" of September. 
 
 Ann Wife to M'' George Prescott" Marchant of Bridg[e] street Buried y' 24"' day of September. 
 M'' Mary Johnson Widow of Clayton lane Bur' 21 i:)ecem'. 
 M' Joseph Sorton Wett Glover of St. Olives Parish was Buried the 15'" day of Jan''. 
 
 1741. 
 Edward Son to George Tims Actor & Mary his Wife Buried y' 27"' day of April. 
 M'' James Smith yeoman Near y" bridg[e] Bur'' y'' 13"' day of December. 
 M' Charles Cottingham Wett Glover Near y' bridge Buried the twenty first day of March. 
 
 ' The marriages after Marcli, 1754, are entered in a sep.irate vulume, kept for Marriages only, in which full particulars 
 of the parties married are entered, and their signatures are appended as is the case at the present time. 
 
 '■ Mr. (le )rge I'rescutt, of Bridge Street, merchant, was the ancestor of the family of the Baronets of that name now living 
 in Sussex and Kent. Sec under local families foslea.
 
 THE REGISTERS OF ST. MARY'S. 163 
 
 1742. 
 M' Peter Potter Stationer of St. Michailes Parish was Buried the 6'^ day of August. 
 Elizabeth Daughter to John Wilkinson' Apothecary & Martha his Wife of Clayton lane Bur-" y"" 6"' of 
 Novem'. 
 
 Mary Daughter to Cap'" Jn" Brown' Mariner & Mary his Wife of St. Olives parish was Buried y" 13'" 
 
 of February. 
 
 1743- 
 Charles Son to M' Charles Moulson' Tallow Chandler & Mary his \Vife of Cupings lane Bur" y' 25th 
 
 of Aprill. 
 
 M" Cath: Pemberton Widow of y"" parish of y'' Holy Trinity was buried the 29"^ of Aprill. 
 Elizabeth Wife to M'' Tho" Duke A/der" of this City Near y'' Bridge was Buried y' 21"" day of June. 
 M'* Mary Manwaring Araiden Gentlexcoman Near Gloverstone was Bur" the Second day of November. 
 M'' Thomas Heathley Atorney of Gloverstone was Buried the 22" day of March. 
 
 1744. 
 Capt" Williame Witter Wett Glover of Handbridge was Buried the 21"' day of April. 
 M' John Wilbraham yeoman of f 2 Mile House Bur" y'' 19"" of October. 
 Maurice Son to M" Mary Jones Widow of Carnanwi Buried the 7'" day of January. 
 
 1745- 
 M'' Samuell Denton Gen' under St. Mary* Hill Bur" y' 3" of June. 
 Rowland Jones Officer of Excise of Wrexham was Buried the Seventh day of June. 
 Martha Wife to M' George Hayward Dry Glover was Buried the 14"" day of July. 
 Elizabeth Bingley Widow Mistress of the poore House Buried the 16'" day of Septem'. 
 Sarah Daughter to W Jn" Rowley' book binder & Sarah his Wife of St. Michales parish Bur" y'' si'" 
 of October. 
 
 M'' William Bridges Atorney at Law of y' parish of the Holy Trinity was Bur" y'' 7'" day of November. 
 AP John Johnson Manchester Dealer of St. Michails parish was Buried the 23" day of January. 
 George Rogerson of Liverpoole Buried y'' 13'" day of February. 
 Fredrick Son to Dan" Hess' Marchant & Elizabeth his Wife Buried the 21'" day of March. 
 
 1746. 
 M'- John Ward Adujdeiit \sic\ bellonging to my L" Chomundlay Ridgment was Bur" y' 27'" of March. 
 M'' Joseph Hodson Deptor in y' Castle Bur" y'' 29'" of April. 
 
 Margrett Wife to i\P Geo : Scott over y'' Bridge Gate was Buried the 7'" day of June. 
 David Littler Ferriigc Maker [sic for peruke maker] of Handbridg[e] Bur" y" 13"' of July. 
 Edward French Master Gunner of f Castle Bur" y' 16'" of July. 
 M''' Cath. Wrench Widow of Cast[le] lane Bur" y" 2" day of October. 
 M'' James Fleck yeoman of Handbridge Bur" y'' 29"" of October. 
 William Hannah, Gunner of / Castle Bur" y'' 14"' day of December. 
 W Hannah Taylor Near Gloverstone Bur" y'' 26"" day of February. 
 
 1747- 
 Edward Twanebrook Deptor prisoner of f Castle Bur" y'' 31'" of July. 
 
 1 The burial of the following child of John Wilkinson also occurs :^(7/;h, 29th April. 1744. " Martha wife to John Wilkin- 
 son" was buried 22 Sept. 1744. 
 
 ^ The burial of the following child of Capt. John Brown also occurs -.—Mary, 20 Oct. 174S. 
 
 ' Ann, dau. to Mr. Charles Moulson, bur. 2 Sept. 1759. 
 
 ' The burials of the following children of Mr. John Rowley also occur :—/>/;«, 6 Sept. 174S ; John. 16 Jan. 1753 ; Frances, 
 23 Dec. 1764 ; William, 25 Oct. 1771. 
 
 ' Sec his marriage in 1744, p. 161. 
 
 V 2
 
 i64 ST. MARY-ON-THE-HILL, CHESTER. 
 
 Henry Frith Atorney Near y'' Bridge Bur' y' lo"' day of November. 
 
 John Son to M'' John Cooke, Miller Burit-d from Handbridg[e] the 3'' day of February. 
 
 M" Jane Davies \\'ido\v of Castle lane Buried the 25"' of February. 
 
 -M'' Ceorge Prescot' Merchant of Bridg[e] Street Buried the 19'" day of March. 
 
 .M' Stephen Sones Malster Near y'' bridge Bur'' y'' 23'' day of March. 
 
 1748. 
 M' (leorge Hayward dry Clover of Casde Lane Bur'' y'' 7"' of July. 
 John Jackson Goaler of y Castle liuried the 10"' day of August. 
 Arthur Denton ('.en' of St. John~ parish was Buried y'' 18"' day of November. 
 
 1749- 
 Mary Wife to M' James Walley Hatter Near the Bridg[e] was Buried y'' 2'' day of April. 
 M''~ Mary Owens Spinester of A^iin lane Buried y'' 13"' day of September. 
 M'' John Snow Singk Aid" of this City Near Glover Stone was Buried the 7'" day of October. 
 M'' Hugh Wishaw" Gen' of HocknuU Bur' y" 29'" of January. 
 M'' Rebecka Burkenhead ' Widow of Bridg[e] Street Bur" y'' 30'" of January. 
 
 1750- 
 Mary Wife to M'' Joseph Snow' Merchant of St. 0[s]\valds Parish was Buried the Eleventh day of 
 October. 
 
 1751- 
 M'* Kathrine Brewen Widow Near the Bridge was Buried the fourth day of October. 
 
 1752- 
 Kennedy Lancelot Son to Co' Crosby' & Deborah his Wife of Bridge Street Bur' y'' 14"' day of August. 
 Sarah Wife to M'' Joseph Sorton Witt glover of St. Olives parish was Bur'' y'' 29"' day of December. 
 
 '753- 
 W John Evans Inholder Near y'" Bridge was buried the 2'' day of January. 
 
 1754- 
 M' Joseph Snow' Mcrch' of St. Oswells pirish was Buried the first day of Feb'. 
 ^[ary Wife to W Jn" Smith yeoman of Newton Bur'' y'' 5"' of Nov''. 
 
 1755- 
 John Wrench Gent" of Handbridge Buried y'' 16"' day of Jan''. 
 
 Joseph Merrideth' School Master (f St. Peters farish was Buried the 26'" day of Jan''. 
 Eliz Wife to M'' James Walley Aid" Bur'' y'' 6 day of April. 
 
 M'' Margrett Lonsdale Maiden Gentlewoman of St. peters parish was Buried y'' 16"' day of April. 
 Mary Wife to W ^Villiam Thompson Watchmaker of Castle Lane was Bur" y"" iS"" day of October. 
 Joanah daughter to Griffith Jones School Master & Ann his \\'\iQ of Clayton lane Bur'' y' first of Decern''. 
 
 1756. 
 M Lawrence Swarbreck Late Collector of y' Excise was Buried the first day of April. 
 
 ' See note 2, p. 162. 
 
 ^ See the short inscription on p. 53. The manor of Ilockenhiill in Cheshire was bought in 1713 by Mr. Hugh Wliishaw, 
 of Chester, and was S3ld by his son and successor in 1761 to John Walsh, Esq., M T. (Lyson's Clieshhc, p. 797). 
 
 ' She was the widow of Mr. Henry Birkenhe.-id, who was buried at .St. M.iry's in 1717 {see p. 154). Her two daughters, 
 Frances and Deborah, became coheiresses to the Backford estate. 
 
 * "_/<?/;« son to M'' Joseph .^now merchant of St. Oswalls parish" was buried 23 M.iy, 1751, and Anihoiiy, another son, was 
 burieil iS July, 1752. 
 
 ■^ See note 6, p. 165. 
 
 " See the long inscription on his mural tablet, printed on p. 52. 
 
 ' On the 2S Dec. 1743 Judeth daughter of J°' Merredith Schoolmaster and Ellin his wife of Bridgestreet was buried.
 
 THE REGISTERS OF ST. MARY'S. 165 
 
 Richard ' Son to Aid" Peter Dewshury & Lettice his wife of St. Michailes parish was Buried y'' 20"' day 
 
 of August. 
 
 John Gregory Lifetenient bellonging to His Majesty s Garrison in Chester was Buried y" 2'' day of Sep- 
 tember. 
 
 James Walley Aid" of this City was Bur" y' 10'" day of October. 
 
 M" Mary Crestey Widow of the Castle was Bur'' y'" 27"" day of October. 
 
 1757- 
 John \Voodfin Schoole Master of Glover Stone Bur'' y'' i" of Febr^ 
 M'' John Bradock Grocer Near Gloverstone was Buried the 16"' day of Feb^ 
 Thomas Son to Aid" Duke Bur" from St. peters parish the 1 1'" day of Aprill. 
 M" Hannah Burrows Widow Neare Gloverstone was Buried the Eight day of July. 
 John Son to AF Charles Cottingham of y' parish of St. Oswalls was Buried the 24'" day of August. 
 Davied Jones Grocer of Llanvor in Angleysey was Buried y'' \(f^ day of October. 
 Thomas Caldecott Serf: of f Invaleeds Buried y'' 7'" day of December. 
 
 1758. 
 M'' Joseph Sorton Watt Glover of St. Ollives parish was Buried the 28'" day of February. 
 Richard Price School master off Township of Upton was Buried the 27'" day of March. 
 John Killpatrick' Serf: of}' Invalleeds was Bur'' y'' g'" day of December. 
 
 1759- 
 M' Joseph Witter ]Vett Glover of Handbridge w.is Buried the 26"' day of February. 
 M" Phillipa Simpson Maiden Gentk'cvnnan of St. Oswells parish was Buried the 20'" day of March. 
 John Cotgreve' Aid" of y' City was Bur" y" 1 1''' day of April. 
 Miss Juliana Daughter to Cap'" Nichol is Weller & Katherine his Wife of Bridge Street was Buried 
 
 y'" 25"' day of April. 
 
 M''' Elizabeth Jackson Maiden Gentkivonian of St Bridgets parish was Buried the Ellevcnth day of May. 
 
 1760. 
 Ann Daughter to W" Dix' Gentleman & Ann [his] Wife of St. Owsewells parish was Buried the 29"" 
 
 day of April. 
 
 M'" Elizabeth Brea[r]ton Widow of Gloverstone Bur" y' 11'" day of June. 
 
 The Rev" M'' Ralph Vernon' of Bridge street was Buried the 31"' day of July. 
 
 George Buckton Son to M"' W" Earb; Stay M.iker & Margratt his Wife Neir Gloverstone Bur" y" 3'' 
 
 day of October. 
 
 [Several entries of the burials of soldiers "of the Lincolnshire Militia" are entered this year.] 
 
 1762. 
 .... Crosby" Co" of Bridge Street was Bur" y" 9"" day of January. 
 M"" Hannah Vernon' Widow of Water gate Street Bur" y'' 2" day of Feb^ 
 
 ' 5(;« his monumental inscription, p. 55. 
 
 « " Susannah \Yife to Jn° Kilpatrick Serj: oiy" Invalleeds Bur" y'' 15"' of November," 1757. 
 
 3 Mary his wife was buried 19th May, 1758. He is described as " of Handbridge." 
 
 ' The burial of the following child of Mr. William Dix also occurs •.—Tliomas, 24 Dec. 1764. 
 
 Mils monumental tablet, which descriljcs him as " Chaplain to the Right Honourable the Earl of Cholmondeley," has been 
 printed on p. 74. 
 
 " C/iarles Crosbie, Esq., a Lieutenant-colonel in the army, married Deborah, the second daughter and coheiress of Henry 
 Birkenhead of Chester, brother of Thomas Birkenhead of Backford, co. Chester, Esq. Henry Birkenhead was buried at St. 
 Mary's on the 31 Oct., 1717 {see p. 154). .She had previously married William Glegg of Grange, Esq., by whom she had 
 issue. She died 6 March, 1795, aged 88. 
 
 ' She may have been the widow of the Rev. Ralph Vernon {sec note 5).
 
 i66 ST. MARY-ON-THE-HILL, CHESTER. 
 
 Elizabclh Wife to M' Charles Manwaring Gen' of Castle Lane was Buried the 19"' day of May. 
 
 M'* Sarah Oulton si)inester of St. peters parish was Duried the 24"' day of May. 
 
 M'' George Plews Excics man of St. Bridgets parish was Buried the 3'' day of October. 
 
 1763- 
 Peter Son to M' William Linney of St. Michailes parish was Buried y'' 27'" day of December. 
 
 1764. 
 Mary daughter to James Ounn (ien' cV Anne his Wife of St. Michailes parish Bur"' y" 14'" day of March. 
 Sarah Wife to W Thomas Bagg Supervisor Near the 15ridgc was Buried y' 15"' day of .March. 
 Grace daughter to ^P''' Mary Boughton Near the Bridg[e] was Buried y'' 4"' day of April. 
 M'* Mary Crachley Widow of Handbridge was Buried the Sixth day of April. 
 Charles Turner' Gen' of Gloverston was Bur'' y'' 1 5"' of April. 
 
 Rich'' Son to M'' Rich'' Whitehead yVrv/^r of the Castle & Margrctt his Wife Bur"^ y' 24"' of April. 
 Miss Mary Eaton' daughter to M" Mary Eaton Gentlewoman of Cupings Lane Was Buried y'' 22'' day 
 of May. 
 
 Ann Wife to M' George Walker Skinner of Handbridge was Buried the 9"' day of October. 
 Thomas Duke' Aid'" of y' City Near y'' Bridge was Buried the 23'' day of Nov'. 
 M'" .Margrett Sawyer ^^'idow of Cupings Lane Bur'' y'' 26"' day of December. 
 W Sam" Dicas Stay Maker of Cupings Lane Bur'' y' 27"' of December. 
 
 1765- 
 M'' Peter Wilbraham' (Gentleman of S' Johns parish was Buried the Second day of March. 
 M'' George Scott Near y'' Bridge was Bur'' y'' 3'' day of March. 
 
 Richard Voung Writing Master of Bridge Street was Buried the Sixth day of March. 
 AP'' Margrett Aldcroft"' Widow Near y'' Bridge was Bur" y'' 16'" of April. 
 Richard Whitehead Gaoler of y' Castle Bur" y' 10'" of May. 
 A Strang[e] Child Cald Jn° Row Bur" by y' parish y"^ 16"' of July. 
 Magdalene Ford one of y' foundling Children was Buried y'' 8'" day of Nov''. 
 Richard Son to Jn" Whitehead _/>r/(7r of the Northgate was Bur" y'' 13'" day of Nov''. 
 Mathew Blacke a fondling Child Bur" y'' 3" day of December. 
 
 1766. 
 
 M''' Mary Eyton" Widow of Cupings Lane Bur" y' 27"' of Jan''. 
 
 M''" ]\Lary Wilbraham' of S' Johns parish Widow was Buried the 3" day of Feb''. 
 
 Rebecka \\'ife to W John Fernall of Breivars Hall was Buried the 2(1'" day of Feb''. 
 
 Jane Wife to W Edward ^Vrench of Castle lane Bur" y' 21'" of May. 
 
 Elizabeth daughter [to] M' Jn" Lyle Store Keeper of the Castle was Buried the 22" day of December. 
 
 TiLary daughter to AP William Thomas" ALarrinor & Jane his \\'ife of St. Martins parish Bur" y" 31"' 
 
 day of December. 
 
 1767. 
 
 Charles ALalbon Master Gunner of y' Castle was Buried the 29"' day of May. 
 
 Caf John Brown of St. Olives Parrish Burried y" 20"' Day of Sep'. 
 
 ' Called " Captain Turner" in the Churchwardens' Accounts. 
 
 ^ See the monumental inscription to the Eyton family of Pentrc Maddock, co. .Salop, printed on p. 54. 
 
 " See his monumental inscription on p. 54. His death is there said to have taken place on the zyllt Nov. 
 
 * See his monumental inscription on p. 75, in which he is styled Captain Peter Wilbraham. 
 
 ' See note 2, p. 95. 
 
 " See note 2 above. 
 
 " Widow of Capt. Peter Wilbraham. See the inscription on p. 75 and note 4 above. 
 
 ■* Called " Captain Thomas"' in the Churchwardens' Accounts. Sec the inscri])tion to the Eyton family, p. 54.
 
 THE REGISTERS OF ST. MARY'S. 167 
 
 Miss .... Longsdale of St. Johns Parrish Burried the 26 Day of October.' 
 John Rowland Clerk of St. Mar)s Buried y'' 13 Day of Dccm^ 
 
 1768. 
 Latitia- Wife of John Dennis of S" Michaels Parrish Buried y' 16 Day of January. 
 Mary Wife of John Whitehead Golar of the North Gate Buried y" 24 Day of January. 
 Roger Wilbraham' Esq' of S' Michaels Parrish Buried y" 28 Day of January. 
 Ann Dunn Gentleivoman of St. Oswalds Parr" Buried y' 8 Day of March. 
 
 Ann Daughter of John Crane Surgeon Near the Bridge and Margaret his Wife Buried y' t)'" Day of July. 
 Thomas Prescott' Esq' Buried y" 11'" Day of November. 
 
 1769. 
 James Son of William Rowe' Officer & Margaret his Wife Buried y'^^ 4'" Day of January. 
 Mary Wife of John Price of Upton School Master Buried y' 1 1'" day of October. 
 M"' Mary Crachley Widow Buried y" 13"" day of October. 
 Cap' William Thomas' Buried y*^^ first day of November. 
 M" Elizabeth Jackson Widow Gentlewoman Bur'' y"' 28 Decern'. 
 
 1770. 
 M' John Lyle Store Keeper of the Castle Buried y'' 15 of June. 
 M'' Rob' Williams Skinner Buried y'^^ 23 day of August. 
 Charles Manwaring Esq"' Buried 29'" day of Sep'. 
 W^ Dorothy Crachley Maiden Gentleicoman Buried 26 of Octo'. 
 Joseph Son of M'"' Elizabeth Hare Widow Buried the 25 day of Dec'. 
 
 1771. 
 M'* Letitia Haslehurst Widow Gentlewoman Buried y" 27 of Ap'. 
 Mary Wife of M' John Fearnall of Brewers Hall Buried the 19"" day of September. 
 
 1772. 
 M' William Glover Gentleman Buried y' S day of January. 
 M'* Ann Glover Widow Gentlewoman Buried y' 4'" of February. 
 John Price Schoolmaster Buried y" 2^^ day of April. 
 Jane Wife of Holme Burrows' Alderman Buried the 22 day of April. 
 Elizabeth Wife of John Cooke' School Master Buried y*^ 7 of Nov'. 
 George Williams a Show man Buried y" 7 day of Nov'. 
 
 ' She wa.s buried "in the Rectors Chancel" (Churchwardens' Accounts). 
 
 - See the monumental inscription on p. 55. 
 
 ' His monumental inscription, still in the church, has been printed on p. 51. 
 
 * See note 2, p. 162. 
 
 ' Called "Lieutenant Rowe" (Churchwardens' Accounts). 
 
 ^ See the inscription to the Eyton family on p. 54. 
 
 ' See Burials, 1776. 
 
 - " miliam, Son of John Cooke, School Master, and .Martha his wife." bur. 20 Sept. 1778; Moses a,id Aaro,,, twms, 
 buried 23 Dec. 1779. 
 
 ■> This was the unfortunate showman whose place of entertainment in Water Street was blown up by an accidental explosion 
 of gunpowder on Thursday, Nov. 5, 1772. This, which is generally known as " the I'UP.-KT .Mlow Exi.LOSio.v, caused a great 
 loss of life and excited the greatest commiseration throughout the city. It appears from a contemporary narrat.^e that on .he 
 previous day a quantity of ,,ninp<iwder, upwards of 800 pounds weight had been deposited in a warehouse in \\ atergate-s reel 
 linder a Iniilding known by t"^he name of Eaton's Room, in which one Williams the master of a Puppet-show had for some time 
 past exhibited his performances. The company which these idle amusements had <lrawn together on the fatal evening w^s xery 
 great. In the midst of their merriment the powder, by what accident is not known, took lire and in a moment most of the un- 
 happy people were buried under a prodigious heap of ruins." Twenty-three were kdled at once or died shortly afterward,, 
 whilsl over eighty were seriously injured, fifty-three of whom were treated at the Chester Infirmary, then newly opened. 
 " Williams himself, his wife and three or four of the same family are of the number of the dead. 
 
 A sermon preached at Chester on Nov. 8, 1772, by John Chidlaw, was published at Shrewsbury, and speedily ran through
 
 i68 ST. MARY-ON-THK-MILL, CHESTER. 
 
 Elizabeth Wife of the said Williams Buried y'' 7 day of Nov'. 
 
 George Son of the before nam'd C.eorge Williams & Elizabeth his Wife Buried y' 9 day of Nov'. 
 
 Margaret Wife of Le-J Robert Shearing Buried the 12 day of December. 
 
 1773- 
 Grace Jones Maiden Gentie'ivoinan Huricd y' 21 Day of January. 
 Peter Dewsbury' Alderman of this City Buried the 23 Day of February. 
 M" Mary Potter Widow Buried y' 5 day of March. 
 Sarah Daughter [to] M' John Jones Gentleman i<: Sarah his Wife Buried y'' 8 day of Dec'. 
 
 17 74- 
 Ann Wife of James Totty Ojficer of Excise Buried y>- 13 day of February. 
 
 1775- 
 M'* Hannah NVhitenian Widow Buried y' 24 of Sep'. 
 Ann Wife of .\I' William Lawrence Store Keeper of tiie Castle Buried y' 17 day of November. 
 
 1776. 
 /cr/ Robert Shearing Buried y'' 9 day of June. 
 Holme Burrowes" Aid" (f this City Buried the 24 day of July. 
 
 1777- 
 M' Edward Wrench (ienllenian Buried y' 15"' day of January. 
 
 1778. 
 Edward Massie Attorney at Law Buried y' 16 day of April. 
 Benedicta Helena l^i.x Spinster Buried y'' 8 day of November. 
 
 1779- 
 M'' William Anderson Ensign of the Invalids Buried the 26 Day of xVpril. 
 M'* Mary Middleton' Widow Gentlewoman Buried y'^ 21*' of Oct'. 
 M''* Sarah Snow Spinster Buried y' 20"' day of December. 
 Capf John Fearnall Mariner Buried y'' 23'' day of December. 
 
 1780. 
 Hugh Whishaw' Attorney at Law Buried y^' 9"' of Jan'. 
 William Thompson Watchmaker Buried y"" i^' of March. 
 Mary Wife of Peter Swinton Escj' M : D: Buried the 30" day of September. 
 John Son of Cap' John Pigoit of the 56 Regm' by Mary liis Wife Buried y'' 15"' day of December. 
 
 1781. 
 Matition Daughter of Richard Joynson Lab' by Elizabeth his Wife Buried y' 14'" day of February. 
 [Bapt. II Feb. 1781.] 
 
 William Dix Attorney at Law Buried y'' 22'' day of August. 
 
 [Last entry of Burials in Volume HL 20 July, 1782.] 
 
 tliree editions. Another sermon, by Joseph Jenkins, A. M. , " occasioned by a dreadful explosion of gun-powder in Chester,"' was 
 printed at Wrexham. But the most interesting, and now by far the rarest, pamphlet on the subject, was one entitled "The 
 Explosion : or an Alarming Providential Check to Immorality A Poem . . . by a Citizen of Chester . . . Printed by 
 the Author . . . .mdcclxxiii." I have copies of all these publications, and at the end of the last is the complete list (in 
 manuscript) of the names of the 53 persons who were admitted to the Infirmary, with an account of their injuries. The anony- 
 mous author of the above poem was John Bowden, a native of Chester, who was born there in 1747 and died in 1818. 
 ' See his monuinental inscription on p. 55. 
 
 - Mr. Holme Burrows was the son of Mr. Isaac Burrows, of Chester, by his wife Katherine, sister of the last Handle Holme. 
 See the Holme pedigree fiostca. 
 
 •' In the Churchwardens' Accounts her burial is referred to as that of " Mary Middleton gent, in .Mr. William Ratcliffe's 
 vault, by his permission.'' 
 
 ' See the short inscription to his nienu.ry on p. 55 and note 3 on p. 72.
 
 THE REGISTERS OF ST. MARY'S. 169 
 
 T\\G four/k vohtme of the REGISTERS of St. Mary's is, like the last two, a long narrow folio 
 volume with parchment leav'cs. It is in good preservation and is very voluminous, containing 
 Baptisms and B irials only. On the fly-leaf is this inscription : — 
 
 The Register of S' Mary on the Hill in the City of Chester of Baptisms and Burials. 
 
 The Rev'' M"' Robert Hill, Rector. 
 The Rev*" M"' Samuel Boswell, curate. 
 JOH.v VV.alker, Parish Clerk. 
 
 The Baptisms begin on the 29th May, 1776, and end on the 13th December, 1S12, and the 
 Burials begin on the 22nd July, 1782, and end on the 1st April, 1812, the entries in some of the 
 later years after 1800 being very carelessly kept. 
 
 The following are the most important entries, except those relating to the Clergv, given in 
 the account of the Rectors, and those made use of in the pedigrees subsequently to be given. 
 
 BAPTISMS. 
 
 1776. 
 .Vnn IXiughter of Alexander Denton' M : D : & Ann his Wife Baptiz'' y' 6 day of September. 
 
 1778. 
 Edward Bennett Son of Robert Oldham Perukemaker & Alice his ^^'ife Baptiz'' y' 18 day of January. 
 
 1779. ^ . 
 
 George Son of Dennis Edson Architect by Sarah his Wife Bapli//' y*" 13 day of June. (/t^'x.cJ^OAj c^ 
 
 1780. 
 Margaret Daughter of John Mason" School Master by Marg' his Wife Baptiz'' y^' 23'' day of April. 
 
 17S1. 
 Grace Daughter of John Lloyd Gentleman by .Martha his Wife Baptiz'' y' 27''' day of July. 
 
 1782. 
 Harriot Daughter of Tho* Cuming Esq" by Mary his wife Born the 20"" day of February. 
 Alfred natural Son of Mary Cardew Gentlewoman Baptiz'' y' 15"' day of M^rch. 
 William Son of Juhn Letman Chymist by Mary his Wife Bapnz'' y'' 14"" day of July. 
 
 1785. 
 Emiiy Daughter of Hamnett Dobb Esq'' of Mollinglon by Mary his wife Baptiz'' the i"' of December 
 
 1786. 
 Catharine Daughter of M' Witter, Chandler by Sarah his Wife uf Cuppins Lane Bapf* Mar. 24"". 
 William Son of M' U"'" Linney' Staymaker by Jane his wife Bapf' April y^' 7'^ 
 Jane Daughter of M' Rich" Denson Currier by .... his Wife baptiz'' July y'' 3''. 
 Thomas Son of M' Sam' Brittain' of Upton by Martha his Wife Baptiz" Nov. y'' 23''. 
 
 ' The baptisms of the following children of Dr. .\lexancler Uenlon also occur : — Elizabclli, 23 July, 1777 ; John, 8 July, 177S. 
 
 - The baptism of the following child of John Mason also occurs •.—John, 17 Nov. 1782. 
 
 ^ The baptism of the following child of William Linney also azcaxs-.^Joseph, June 13, 1792 — father described as a 
 " Pawnbroker." A dau. Sidney was buried 12 May, 1785 ; a dau. Elizabeth bur. 9 June, 1790. 
 
 ' The baptisms of the following children of Mr. -Samuel Brittain also occur :— Samuel (by .\nne his wife). 16 Nov. 1S03 - 
 the father described .as (lentleman ; .Anne, 27 Sept. 1S05 ; Charles, 15 Nov. iSlO. born 6 Sept. 1806 — father described as 
 Esquire ; WiUiam. 15 Nov. iSlo, born S July. 1S08 ; Thomas, 15 Nov. 1810, born 27"' March, 1810.
 
 ijo ST. MARY-ON-THE-HILL, CHESTER. 
 
 -'5 
 
 1787. 
 Betsy M.iria D.iuglUcr of \\'"' Sinter' Schoolmaster by Eliz his wife Baptiz'd March y' 18'". 
 Sophia Daughter of James Strattan Engineer of the Caslk of Chester by I'eggy his wife Baptiz'd March 
 
 Jane Illigetimate Daughter of D'' Griffith Rowlands by Martha Cornelius Bapii:;'d July y' 6"'. 
 
 Mary Daughter of John Smith" Attorney by Mary his Wife Baptiz'' October y' 2'"'. 
 
 lames Preston Son of VJ Jn" Ridgway Malster by Ann his Wife Baptiz" November y'' 12'". 
 
 1788. 
 Ann Daughter of M' Joseph Bage Paper Maker by Ann his wife Ba[)tiz'' Dec. y"' 17"'. 
 
 1789. 
 
 James' son of John Smith . Attorney, near Gloverstone, by Mary his wife, Baptiz'' Jan' y' 18'''. 
 
 Francis Son of Stewkly Shuckburgh' Esq'' & Charlotte Catherine his wife Baptiz'd April y' 7'" born 
 
 March y" 1 2"'. 
 
 Sarah D' of George Mostyn of Knutsford by Anne his wife Baptiz'd July y" 25'". 
 
 John Son of John .\Ioulton School Miislcr by Ann his wife Baptiz'd Aug' y' 7"'. 
 
 John William Son of Sam' Pemberton' Sec^ to the House of Industry by Jane his wife Baptiz'd Aug' 
 
 y>- 19"'. 
 
 1790. 
 
 Richard Son of Lawrence Durack Dancing Master by Eliz his wife Bapf' July 28"'. 
 
 1792. 
 Edward Porter Son of Joseph Bozley Att-' at Law by Dorothy his wife Baptiz'd Feb-' y' 27"' Born 
 
 Nov. 9"' 1 791. 
 
 1793- 
 ^L^ry Daughter of M' W'" (laman" of Breivers hall by Mary his wife Baptiz" Tan> 29"' born Sep' 27'" 
 
 1792. 
 
 1794. 
 
 Charles Herbert Son of Major Charles Martin" of the Invalids by Eliza his wife Baptiz" Jan'y' 5'". 
 .\nn Daughter of M' W'" Newell' Merchant by Sarah his wife Baptiz'd Aug' y'' 7"' Born Nov' 2°'' 1793. 
 
 ' The baptisms of the following children of William Slater also occur : — -■/«», 2 July, 17SS, Bur, I Mar. lySg; ason,ll'i7tiam, 
 Bur. 22 April, 17S9 ; J/a>y, 24 Nov. 1790. liur. 20 April, 1792 ; Mary\ 27 May, 1792, Bur. 20 Aug. 1792 — father described as of 
 Manchester; Ann, 24jan>, 1794. 
 
 ■- The baptisms of the following children of Mr. John Smith also occur -.—fames, 18 Jan^, 1789 ; Cliarles, 22 Jan. 1795 ; 
 Prichard, 23 Feb. 1797 ; Jotin, 26 Nov. 1798. Mr. John Smith, who was Town Clerk of Chester and died at Liverpool in 
 April, 1808, married Mary, daughter of Charles Mainwaring, of Brom borough, Esq., at St. John's, Chester, on the 15 May, 1786. 
 
 ' This James Smith became a distinguished man. He matriculated at Oxford from Brasenose College, 7 July, 1809, aged 
 20, and took his B.A. degree in 1813, and that of M.A. in 1815. He was Fellow of his College from iSt6 to 1S3S, and \'ice- 
 I'rincipal from 1832 till his death on the 22 Sept. 1838. He died at Liverpool, and a monumental tablet was placed to his 
 memory on the wall of Brasenose College Chapel. 
 
 * Charlotte, dau. of Stukeley .Shuckburg, Esq., bur. 28 July, 1791. 
 
 ' The baptisms of the following children of Samuel Pemberton also occur : — Mary, 20 April, 1791 ; Mary Ann, Feb. 13"', 
 1795, born 21 Sept. 1790 ; Ellen, 13 Feb. 1795, born 19 Aug", 1792. 
 
 " The baptism of the following child of Mr. Joseph Bozley also occurs : — Ann, 1 1 Feb. 1798, born 22 Sept. 1794. 
 
 '' The baptisms of the following children of Mr. William CJaman also uccai -. — Christian, 13 Yeh. 1794; George, 7"' May, 
 1800, born 13 March, 1800. 
 
 ^ The baptisms of the following children of .Major Charles Martin also occur : —yt>/;« IVilliams, 22 April, 1795 — father 
 described as Colonel ; Elizabeth, May 10"', 1797, born 28 Oct. 1796 — father described as Lieut. -Col. 
 
 " The baptisms of the following children of Mr. \Villiam Newell also occur :—fohn, 3 Feb. 1796, born 3 June, 1795, Bur. 
 29 April, 1797 ; Sarali, 8 June, 179S, born Sept. 1796 ; A/ira, 8 June, 1798, born 29 Sept. 1797; Marj;aret, 13 Jan>, 1800, 
 born 21*' Jan. 1799; Mary, 21 Oct. 1803, born 12 Nov. 1800 ; Harriett, 21 Oct. 1803, born 3 Jan. 1803 ; William, 2 Aug. 
 1S05 ; Frames, 27 Jan'', 1809 — .'ather described as Mayor of this City ; Emma, 2 Aug. 1811, born 3 June, iSlO.
 
 THE REGISTERS OF ST. MARY'S. 171 
 
 1795- 
 Thomas Son of Sam' Venables' School Af aster hy Sarah his wife June 28"'. 
 Elizabeth Daughter of Jo' Renaldson Druggist by Margaret his wife July 22'"'. 
 Charles Cowper Son of Charles Cholmondeley^ Esq'' & Caroline Elizabeth his wife Nov' 3'' l,)orn Sep' 
 
 28'" Last past. 
 
 1796. 
 Thomas son of W"' Probart^ Esq"' by Eliz"' his wife Feb'' 10"'. 
 
 Dinah Daughter of Will'" Mackay' Ensign in the Invalids of Chester Castle Ijy Eliz his wife March 23''. 
 \\'illi im Son of M'' W" Golborn' Corn factor by Ann his wife May 26"'. 
 Marianne Daughter of Joseph Renaldson Druggist by Marg' his wife July 3''. 
 
 1798. 
 Joseph Son of M'' Will'" Connah'' Baker by Mary his wife May 2"'' born ATarch 23". 
 
 1800. 
 Charles Son of Ar Cha* Davies' Baker by Ann his wife March 5"'. 
 Randall son of Cap' Randall (iossip of the 3'' Reg' of Dragoons by Leah his wife July T'. 
 
 1801. 
 Ann Daughter of M'' Edward Ducker Rope ^Laker by Eliz"' his wife born Sep"' 9'". 
 
 1805. 
 
 Mary Daughter of George Mellor' Gent" by Mary his wife March i". 
 
 Thomas son of Richard Noseworthy Pay Master in the jo'' Reg" of Foot by Nancy his wife Sep- 
 tember 29"'. 
 
 Edward Son of M'' Edward Roberts Sugar Refiner by Frances Catherine his Wife Oct'' 17'" born June 
 r' 1803. 
 
 1806. 
 
 William Fredrick Jones Son of AF William Bage Paper Manufacturer by Margaret his wife Jan'' 2"'' 
 Born May 13'" 1805. 
 
 Martha Daughter of Tho" Craven Engineer by ALary his wife March 2"'' born July 24"' 1805. 
 
 George Sench a Native of Africa Suppos'd to be about 10 Years Old Bapf' April 2"''. 
 
 John son of John Swarbreck Rogers" Merchant by Ann his wife Baptiz'd ALay 21*' Born Dec' 24"" 
 1804. 
 
 ' The baptisms of the following children of .Samuel Venables al.so occur : — IVilliam, 14 May, 1 797 ; fotiii, 3 March, 1 799 ; 
 Charles, 13 March, 1805, born 23 .Sept. 1802 — father described as Master of the Blue School) George, 13 March, 1805, born 
 20 Feb. 1805. 
 
 - This Charles Cholmondeley was of Overlegh, Esq., the third son of Thomas Cholmondeley of Vale Royal, Esq., by 
 Dorothy, daughter and heir of Edmund Cowper of Overlegh, E-;q. He married at St. Mary-le-Bonne Church, London, 13 
 Jan. 1794, Caroline Elizabeth, third daughter of Nicholas Smythe of Cubley, co. Salop, Esq. From him descend the Chol- 
 mondeleys of Condover, co. Salop. The Charles Cowper Cholmondeley whose baptism is given in the text was the eldest son 
 and was educated at Oxford, where he matricul.ited from Brasenose College, 31 March, 1S14, aged 18. lie took his B.A. degree 
 in 181S, and that of M.A. in 1S22. He became rector of Hodnet. co. Salop, and married in 1822 Mary, sister of Reginald 
 Heber, Bishop of Calcutta. He died 5 February, 1831, leaving issue Reginald Cholmondeley of Condover, Esq., and others. 
 
 ' The baptism of the following child of William Probart, Esq., also occurs :—/v-c-,(V»V/!- L'Oste, 23 Feb. 179S. 
 
 ' The baptism of the following child of William Mackay also occurs -.—fohn Crewe, 25 April, 1798. 
 
 " The baptism of the following child of Mr. William Golborne also occurs -.jemima, 30 May, 179S. 
 
 '■ The baptisms of the following children of Mr. William Connah also occur :— IVilliam, 16 Jan. 1811, born 2 Nov. iSio ; 
 foseph, 6 May, 1812, born 2 Nov. l8il. 
 
 ■" The baptisms of the following children of Mr. Charles D.avies also occur :—.Vrt/-)' -■'""- 28 April, 1802; Elizabeth, Sept. 
 14'", 1S04 ; William, 3'-'' Aug^', 1810. 
 
 ■■ The baptism of the following child of George Mellor also occurs:— JCielianl, 19 Feb. 1S09, born 25 April, 180S. 
 
 ' The baptism of the following child of Mr. John Swarbreck Rogers also occurs -.—Fraiias, 29 June, 1810, born 24 June, 
 l8oS. \ dau. Ann, was buried 26 April, 1S07. 
 
 2 2 '~^Tr~^}'^ — ^- """"■ '"^''rm 
 
 i^T WILLS PLOYED. Oc^i-^ 
 
 Rev. R. H. Cholmondeley. KniRht.-;- j 
 
 bridpTO, S.W., late rector of llodnet, a 
 
 Shropshire £31,4393
 
 1/2 ST. MARY-ON-THE-HILL, CHESTER. 
 
 Thomas ^^'ilkinso^ Son of John Hill' Esq'' Barrister at Law by El iz"' his wife Bapf' July 18'" born 
 
 .May 2o"' 1804. 
 
 1807. 
 
 Piimela Daughter of Job Chapman Baptiz'd Aug' 7"' born May 6"' 1805. 
 
 Robert William \\'harton Son of Robert Young Lieu' Colonel in the 8"' Regiment of ]''oot by Janncttc 
 
 Sarah his wife Baptiz'd Dec'' 24"'. 
 
 i8c8. 
 
 Louisa Catherine Daughter of Charles Macarthy Adjutant in the 8"' Reg' of Foot by Catherine his 
 
 wife May 20"' born April 6"'. 
 
 Kitty Daughter [of] Tho" \\'illiams Jroti Founder by Hannah his wife July 24'" born Jan'' 17'". 
 
 iNLiria Daughter of Henry Brown'" School Master by Sarah his wife Sept"' 7"" born Aug' 19"'. 
 
 ^Lary Ann Daughter of M"' The' Paul of Sealand by Ellen his wife Nov"' 11"' born September 2""'. 
 
 1809. 
 Charles Davies Son of Faithfull Thomas Atf at Law by Mary his wife Baptiz'd August t" born 8"' day 
 of Feb' last. 
 
 1 8 10. 
 
 .\\\n Daughter of \Villiam Hall Drum Major in tlie J\oya/ Nortli Lincolnsliire Militia by Charlotte his 
 
 wife Baptiz'd Nov'' 2"'' 18 10. 
 
 1812. 
 
 William Son of George Hurst Under Keeper of the Castle by Ann his wife Baptiz'd July 26"' born 
 January i 5"' last. 
 
 Joseph Son of Joseph Carter' Gent" by Sarah his Wife Baptiz'd Oct'^ 14"' born Feb'' 10'" 1804. 
 Lucind.i Maria Daughter of Julius Wynne by Lucinda his wife born Nov'' 18'" Baptiz'd Dec. 8'". 
 [The last entry of a Baptism in the fourth volume is Dec. 13, 181 2.] 
 
 MARKIAGES} 
 
 1780. 
 John Lloyd of the parish of Warrington co. Lancaster, Gentleman, i^- Martha Dol)bs of this parish, 
 were married by Licence the 22 July 1780 by me Geo: Vanbrugh. 
 
 1782. 
 
 Edward Turner of the parish of St. John Baptist, Gentleman, and Dorothy I'latt of this Parish, spinster, 
 were married by Licence the 9 April 1782 by JohnWillan Curate. 
 
 Edward Piatt of this Parish, Gentleman, & Sarah Leadbcatcr of this Parish spinster, were married by 
 Licence the 5"' of ALay 1782 by John Willan Curate. 
 
 1785- 
 Richard Maddock of this parish, gentleman, and Elizabeth Orr of this parish, spinster, were married by 
 Licence the 19 Feb. 1785 by me John Willan Curate. 
 
 1788. 
 Edward Ellis of the parish of ^\'rexham, Gent, and Catherine Edwards of this parish, spinster, were 
 married by Licence the 5"' Feb. 1788 by me John Willan. 
 
 ' The baptisms of the following children of John Hill, Esq., also accwx :- I^fajy Anitc, 10 Jan. 1S03, liorn2l Afarch iSo' • 
 EInahclIi .-/««. July iS, 1S06, born 3 Aug-', \%o<^; Joint, 13 July, iSio, Ijorn 2 Sejit. 1S06: Ron'Iami, 13 July. iSio, born i^' 
 Dec. 1807 ; Frances Emily, 20 Nov. i8l2. He was the second son of the Rev. Robert Hill, LL.B., rcjtor of .St. .Marv's (see 
 p. 98 for a short account of him). 
 
 - The baptism of the following child of Henry Brown also occurs -.—Mary, 13 March, iSii. 
 
 ' The baptism of the following child of Joseph Carter also occurs ■.—PJiilip Egoion, 14 Oct. 1S12. 
 
 ' These are in a separate volume which begins nn the 27th May, 1772, and ends on the nth Dec. 1789.
 
 THE REGISTERS OF ST. MARY'S. 1/3 
 
 William Ratcliffe of this parish, gentleman, and Elizabeth Ogden of the parish of St. Oswald, spinster, 
 were married by Licence the 6'" Aug" 1788 by me John Willan. 
 
 William Castalio Kayne of this parish, musician in the 4o'' Re.Kimeif, and Betty Johnson of this parish, 
 spinster, were married by Banns the 8"' Dec. 1788 by me John Willan. 
 
 1789. 
 William Ellis of this parish, Gentleman, and Maria Ann Forrest, Spinster, of the parish of Ruthin, were 
 married by Licence, the u"" March 1789 by me John Willan. 
 
 Tohn Sorton of this parish, merchant, and Ann Overton of this parish, spinster, were married by 
 
 Licence the i" Dec. 1789 bv me John Willan. 
 
 1791.' 
 
 Joseph Bozley of this parish, gentleman, and I )orothy Xewcll of this parish, widow, were married by 
 
 Licence the 21 Jan. 1791 by me John Willan. 
 
 1792. 
 
 Henry Clubbe, Gentleman, of the parish of St. John the Baptist, and ^L'lrlha Longworth of this parish, 
 spinster, were married by Licence the 5 April 1792 by me John Willan. 
 
 Thomas Cawley of the parish of St. Bridget, M.D., and Catherine Parry of this parish, spinster, were 
 married by Licence the 8 April 1792 by me John Willan. 
 
 1793- 
 John Be.irdsworth of Wrexham, gentleman, and Elizabeth Hughes of this parish, spinster, were married 
 
 bv Banns the 29 April 1793 by me John Willan. 
 
 1795- 
 John Lloyd Esq^ of the parish of Holy Trinity and Jane Wynne of this parish, spinster, were married 
 
 by Licence the 4"' Feb. 1795 by me John Willan. 
 
 1796. 
 
 \Villiam Pierce of this parish, surgeon, & Margaret Elizabeth Thursfield of this parish, spinster, were 
 married by Banns the 8 Aug*' 1796 by me John Willan. 
 
 1797- 
 Robert Simcock-' of the parish of Wigan, Bookseller, and Esther Pover of this parish, spinster, were 
 married by Licence the 14 Aug" 1797 by me John Willan. 
 
 1799. 
 George Brooke Esq' of the parish of St. Oswald and Henrietta Massey of this parish, spinster, were 
 married by Licence, s"" June 1799, by me Richard ALassie, Minister of Coddington. 
 
 William Stocker of this parish, gentlemen, and Ann Pemberton of the parish of St. Bridget, were 
 married by Licence the 5'" Sept. 1799 by me R'. W. Hill, Minister. 
 
 ]8oo. 
 Thomas \'aughan of the parish of Farndon, Gentleman, and Sarah Newell of this parish, spinster, were 
 married by Licence the 9"" Jan=^ 1800 by me R". W. Hill, Minister. 
 
 William Cross of this parish, gentleman, and Sarah Bozley of this parish, spinster, were married by 
 Licence the 25 Oct. 1800, by me Rowland Hill, Minister, in the presence of Jos. Bage, John Cotgreavc. 
 
 1801. 
 Samuel Hill Esq. of this parish. Wine Merchant, and Anne Frances Wright of the parish of the Holy 
 and Undivided Trinitv, were married by Licence the 3 Feb. 1801 by me Rowland Hill, minister. 
 
 Thomas Poole of the parish of St. Peter, Bookseller, and Elizabeth Turiier of this parish, sjiinster, 
 were married by Licence the 17'" Sept. 1801 by me Rowland Hill Minister. 
 
 ' These marriages are contained in a separate volume beginning II Dec. 17S9 and enduig 4 Nov. 1S05. 
 - .\ daughter, FJizabdh-Trcvor, was baptized 7 Nov, 179S.
 
 174 ST. MARY-ON-THE-niLL, CHESTER. 
 
 1802. 
 
 Edward Jones Gentleman of the parish of Holy Trinity and Ann Roberts of this Parish, widow, were 
 married by Licence the 10 Feb. 1802 ijy me Rowland Hill, minister. 
 
 Robert Roberts of this parish, surgeon, and Ann Tennant of this parish, spinster, were married by 
 Banns, the 29"' March 1802, by me Rowland Hill, minister. 
 
 Thomas Conway Bibby, clerk, and Sarah Hughes of this parish, spinster, were married by Banns the 
 
 7 Nov. 1802 by me Rowland Hill, minister. 
 
 1805.' 
 
 The Rev'' Stephen Fawcett' of this parish, and Catherine Owen of this parish, spinster, were married 
 by Licence the i*' June 1805, by me Rowland Hill, Rector. 
 
 1807. 
 
 Joseph Vignau.x of the parish of Liverpool, surgeon, and Eliza Ratcliffe of this parish, spinster, were 
 married by Licence, the 30'" June 1807 by me W" Fish officiat" minis[ter]. 
 
 1808. 
 
 Edward Povar of this parish, stationer, and Mary Shearing of this parish, spinster, were married by 
 Licence the 14 July 1808, by me William Fish, ofificiating minister. 
 
 Robert Wilkinson of this parish, gentleman, and Catherine Cotton of Bradley Parish, Staffordshire, 
 were married by Licence, the 14 Sept. 1808 by me Jn" Willan Off- Minister. 
 
 John Miller of this parish, gentleman, and INLana Oldham of this parish, spinster, were married by 
 Licence the 26 Sept. 180S, by me W'" Fish olificiat- miriis[ter]. 
 
 1809. 
 
 Ezekiel Boyd Stewart of this Parish, Gentleman, and Sarah Jones of this Parish, spinster, were married 
 by Banns the 17 April 1809 by me Rowland Hill, Rector. 
 
 Thomas Ritson of the parish of St. John the Baptist, Schoolmaster, and Elizabeth Cummings of this 
 parish, were married by Licence the 20 July 1809, by me William Fish ofificiating minister. 
 
 1812. 
 Edward Joynson of this parish, gent, and Elizabeth Davies of the parish of Hawarden, were married 
 by Licence the 16 June 181 2, by me Jn° Willan Off~ Minister. 
 
 BURIALS. 
 
 1782. 
 Elizabeth Orrett Widow Gcnllt'K'oiiiaii Buried the 4"' day of December. 
 
 1783- 
 John Son of John Cooke' ScJwolmaster by Martha his U'ife Buried y'' 21" day of March. 
 Sarah Wife of John Rowley Stationer Buried the 20"' day of June. 
 Mary Wife of M'' Charles .Snow Merchant Buried the 13"' day of July. 
 Francis Son of William Ellington Esq'' by Jane his Wife Buried y'' 10"' day of August. 
 Mary Pemberton a Foundling Buried y'' 9"' of Nov' P. 
 
 17S4. 
 William Harris School Master Buried y'' 23'' of April. 
 Jane Caley Daughter of Peirce Davies Tea Merchant by Isabella his wife buried y'' 30"' of April. 
 
 ' A new volume of the Marriage Registers begins on the 6 Nov. 1S05 and ends on the S March, 1813. 
 
 ' The monumental tablet to the Rev. Stephen Henry Fawcet, LL.D., still in the church, has been given on p. 51. Me died 
 26 Jan. 181 1, aged 33. Catherine his widow died in 1S45, aged 61. 
 
 ^ The burial of the following child of John Cooke also occurs : — Thomas, 20 May, 1784.
 
 THE RiEGISTERS OF ST. MARY'S. 175 
 
 Matthew Wilkinson Gen' Lieuteti' in his Majestys Royal Navy buried y'' 27"' day of July. 
 Henry Hall Esq'' Attorney General for this County Buried 24"' Day of August. 
 John Walker, cordvvainer Clerk of this Parish Buried Sep' 23''. 
 
 1785- 
 Frances Wishaw Maiden Lady Near (Jloverstone Buried May y' 4"'. 
 Maria Daughter of M' Benjamin Scott' by ... . his Wife Buried August 15"'. 
 William Son of M'' Tho. Bosley Paper Maker Buried August 30"'. 
 John Sherwin- Lietf of the Invalids of Chester Castle Buried Sep' y'' 18"'. 
 Mary Daughter of M' Rich'' Duke Buried Dec. y'' 12"'. 
 
 1786. 
 Ralph Son of M' Jackson Surgeon by Eliz his wife Buried Feb. y'' 9"'. 
 Isabella Caley Wife of M' Pierce Davies Buried March y' 14"'. 
 Lieu' James Thompson' Buried May y'' 16. 
 Sarah Wife of M"' Sharratt, sadler Bur'' June 28'". 
 
 Esther Daughter of Doctor Currie' by Mary his Wife Buried July y'' 20"'. 
 M''* Isabella Snow Spinster Buried Dec. y'' 24"'. 
 
 1787. 
 M'* Sydney Whishaw Buried Mar. y' 23''. 
 
 Daniel Widders, Gent" Buried May y'' 7"'. 
 
 M" Ruth Dewsbury Buried Oct. y'' 13'". 
 
 1788. 
 
 Ensign William Collier of the Invalids Bur'' April y'' 8"'. 
 
 Hannah Wife of M' Jos Howard Bur'' April y'' 17'". 
 
 George Hall Gen' Buried Sep' y'' 8"'. 
 
 Elizabeth Wife to M'' Jn" Sorton Skinner Buried Nov. y'' 18"'. 
 
 Cap' Thomas Tydd of the Invalids Buried Dec. y' 9"'. 
 
 M'* Mary Boughton Buried Dec. y' 11"'. 
 
 1789. 
 John Johnson Gentleman Buried May y' i^'. 
 
 1790. 
 
 Ann Daughter of M'' Ralph Jackson Apothecary Buried May y' 11"'. 
 Mary Wife to M' Reece Sal Anioniac Maker Buried May y'' 14"'. 
 Alice Daughter of M' Walker Tinman Buried June y' 17"'. 
 Charles Son of M' Edw" Bage Bur" Aug' 18'". 
 
 1791. 
 Thomas Cotgreave Esq'' Aid" Bur"' April y' 16. 
 Stephen Boughton Gentleman Buried June 18"'. 
 Mary wife of ... . Taylor Gent" Bur'' July 19"'. 
 
 Philip Vipont Esq'' Bur" Dec. y" iS'". 
 
 1792. 
 Mary Dicas Widow of '^■!a\A\ii%\y\<:.'A.s Late of Alders;^ate Street London, Oil Merchant Burieil Jan"' y'' 23''. 
 Ann Wife of M' Tho' Bozley Paper Manufacturer Buried March y'' 24'". 
 M" Mary Jackson Spinster Buried May y' ro"'. 
 
 ' The burial of the following child of Mr. Benjamin Scott also occurs : — Henry, 2J Aut;", 17S9. 
 
 - His vi\{e.,Jaiic, was buried on the 12 March, 17S5. 
 
 ' His monumental tablet is given on p. 51. He w.as 73 year> olil, and yet only a LieutenanI ! 
 
 ' For several monumental inscriptions to the Currie family sec pp. 49-50.
 
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 '76 ST. MARY-ON-THE-HILL, CHESTER. 
 
 IVter Son of iM' Geo. I'rcbton liuritd May y'' 12'". 
 Sarah Presbury Widow Aged 96 lUir'' June y' 21'' r[auper]. 
 JrA^^^^-ti^ 'Kj.vtA.r^ul- Alfred Son of Jn" Sorton Esq' I'.urieil December y' 8"'. 
 
 Serjeant Card t>/ //le Invalids Buried May y'' 5"'. 
 
 ICli/abetli Wife to William Nanney Esq'' Buried May y' _? 1". 
 
 1794- 
 John Dod Aged 99 Buried May y'' 25"' P[auper]. 
 Jane Daughter of M'' W" Evans Needle Maker Bur'' July 10'". 
 Ann Daughter of M'' Rich'' Duke Schoolmaster Buried Sept. y'' 18'". 
 John Cotgreave Esq'' Buried Sep' y' 30"'. 
 
 1795- 
 M" Jane Thomas' Widow of Cap' William Thomas Buried th(> 19''' day of April. 
 Sarah Bristow Spinster 55 Years Servant to M'" Hunt the 29''' Day of July. 
 Thomas Eldest son of M'' Tho" Roberts Merchant the 24"' of September. 
 
 1796. 
 Samuel s[on] of Jn" Sumner Carver May 17'". 
 ')(r>i\>k S^M>^. Atl«->.»'va>A, , ^ Joseph Snow Esq'' Aid" of this City and Mayor thereof ijSS, July 18'". 
 
 
 William Presbury Sexton Aug' 19"'. 
 Thomas Turner Jun'' Architect Nov'' 28"'. 
 Alexander Denton M.D. Dec' 15'". 
 
 >797- 
 M" Jane Coates Widow aged 82 April 19"'. 
 
 Mary Relict of Daniel Widders Gent" May 15"'. 
 
 Ca/>t" John Mellis, May 24"'. 
 
 Anne Wife to ^P' Jos" Bage Paper Manuf July 10'". 
 
 1798. 
 Henry Clubbe Gent" Jan'' 5"'. 
 
 George Fairclough Esq'' Jan'' 28'''. 
 John Newell Gent" March i*'. 
 M' William Wood April 20'". 
 
 1802. 
 Thomas Baxter Gent" 25"' January. 
 
 1804. 
 John (."Ang'^' of /rhy //all in this County Bailed Fe'j'' 11'" Aged 74. 
 
 1805. 
 Set. iU.'QhJc William Dix Esq'' Top-y-vron Flintshire January 30'". 
 
 1S06. 
 James Gray Gardener & Out Pensioner of Chelsea //ospital Buried December 1 i'". 
 
 1S07. 
 George son of .... Millor Gent" 22"' April. 
 -J Peter Snow^ Esq'' i"' May. 
 
 {)^U^^^y^^>^^amr^^^ ca \c^ , 9uAM^,^(M^*^ti^'-' Hx^k^ fSxk.e^<n^ (782-. Stt^ '^'!)<^^ %^. 
 
 ' See the monumenlal inscription to the Eylon family, ji. 54. 
 - &;^ his tombstone inicri|>lion, .ind that of his wife, on p. 51. 
 ' His monumenlal inscription is printed on p. 52.
 
 THE REGISTERS OF ST. MARY'S. 177 
 
 j8og. 
 William Mackay Gent" Jan> 10'". 
 
 Thomas Hughes Esq' Jan'^ 21". 
 
 1810. 
 
 Betty Baskervile Glegg' July 14"' aged 77 years. 
 
 1811. 
 Rev'' P. Fawcett' January 26'\ 
 Joseph Bage April 24'". 
 
 I»I2. 
 
 , th 
 
 M^'/Sarah Dunn widow Buried January 24". 
 
 [The last Burial entry in Volume IV. is dated i April, 181 2.] 
 
 With these entries, coming down to the year 181 2, when a fresh series of Registers was 
 begun all over the kingdom, our extracts fmm the old Registers of St. Mary's may very fittingly 
 cea.se. They have taken up far more space than was originally contemplated, but it is hoped 
 that their interesting character, well illustrating the size and importance of the parish, may be 
 deemed a satisfactory excuse. 
 
 By the courtesy of the clergy of most of the other Chester churches, I have had free access 
 to the old Registers of their respective parishes, and from them I have been able to select the 
 following entries relating to St. Mary's, which well deserve to be here printed. Not only may 
 they be the means of assisting many future workers in genealogical and historical enquiries, but 
 they place on record information relating to St. Mary's which might be sought for in vain in the 
 Registers of that parish itself 
 
 EXTRACTS FROM OTHER REGISTERS RELATING TO PERSONS AND 
 PLACES CONNECTED WITH ST. MARY'S PARISH. 
 
 ST. MICHAEL'S, CHESTER. 
 
 1592. Decem'uer. M'" Elizabeth (iamoll buried 26. 
 161 2. July. Tiiomas Manley gent and M" Anne Harlton mairyed 24. 
 16 18. November. IM" Ann Manley' Bur. 16. 
 1644. January. Carolus filius Cristopheri Paslie' Cler bap 9. 
 
 1 7c I. July 26. Jane the daughf of John Lloyd Esq. of S' Marys parish was buried at S' Michaels, 
 the fath'' to pay y*" tax. 
 
 1704. May 18. M' Will'" Done Attorney and M"* Mary Whishaw' Spinst' both of S' Marys parish 
 were marryed by a license of y"" 16"' instant. 
 
 1705. July 12. Edward Norris" of .Speke in Lancashire D' of Physick & Esq. & Ann C.errard of S' 
 Mich'' in Chester Spinst' marryed by a license. 
 
 ' See his tombstone inscription, and th.-it of his wife, on p. 51. 
 
 - This should be the Rev. Stephen Htitiy l-'awcett. See his monumenlal inscription on p. 51 and his marriage on p. 174. 
 
 ' According to her Fvuieral Certificate she was the daughter of Thomas Grosvenor, of Eaton, Esr]., and married to her 
 Hrst husljand, Roger Hurk-ston, of Chester, Esq., by whom she h.id issue. She married for her second husband, .is shown m 
 the previous entry, on the 24th July, 1612, Thomas Manley, of the Lache, gentlem.an, by whom she had no issue. (Chishire 
 I'lineral driificales. Record .Society, vol. vj., pp. 142-3.) 
 
 ' For an account of the Rev. Christopher Pasley, D.D., rector of Hawarden, buried at St. Mary's in 1658, see p. 67. 
 
 ' See p. 72. ' 
 
 ' Sec pp. 70 and 1 53. 
 
 A .\
 
 178 ST. MARY-ON-THK-nil.L, CHESTER. 
 
 1707. 
 
 ffeb. 12. 
 
 1715- 
 
 Aug. 15. 
 
 I72I. 
 
 May 18. 
 
 1725- 
 
 Aug. 12. 
 
 1727. 
 
 April 18. 
 
 1728. 
 
 June 23. 
 
 Mr. John Bridg from S' Marys parish. Buried. 
 Robert Edge a gunner of y' castle. 
 Charles son of Charles Aldcroft' clerk bapt. 
 Thomas Son of M' Charles Aldcroft clerk buried 
 Will'" Son of M' Charles Odcroft \sic\ clergyman buried. 
 James son of Charles Oldcroft \si(\ clergym" buried. 
 
 1730. Septemb. 27. Ann y'' wife of M'' Charles Aldcroft clerk buried. 
 
 1 73 1. May 9. Ralph Son of Charles Aldcroft clerk buried. 
 1737. Aug. 23. Rev'' Arthur Williams' buried. 
 
 1747. Jan- 7. Ursula Daughter to VJ Rob' Taylor Attorney in Marys Parish buried. 
 
 '755- John Sewell Gentleman of the Castle of the Parish of S' Mary in the City of Chester and Ann 
 Egerton of the Parish of S' Michaels spinster were married in this Church by Licence this 19"' day of May 
 '755 by me Roger Barnston in the presence of John Egerton and Philip Egerton. 
 
 1758. M'" Kezia Manley Buried Nov. 7. 
 
 1785. Jn" Willan of S' Marys Parish and Hannah Wordsworth of this Parish Spinster were married 
 in this Churcli by Licence this 31" day of Octo' 1785 by me ^V"' Nelson in the presence of Mary 
 Williams, EdnV' Willan. 
 
 1794. Samuel Humphreys of the Parish of Saint ALary in Chester Gentleman and Anne Hughes of 
 this Parish Spinster were Married in this Church by Licence this 12'" day of June 1794 by me Joseph 
 Eaton Min" in the presence of Richard Baron, Jane Lloyd. 
 
 ST. BRIDGET'S, CHESTER {dexiiis 1649). 
 
 1649. Dorithie daughter to M'' Samuell Daniell borne in Maries Parrisli and baptized in Bridgetts 
 Parish the 15"" Aprill 1649. 
 
 1673. John Starkey Esq and Alice Oliuer bothe of S' Maryes parish were marryed the 6"' day of 
 October 1673. 
 
 1677. M'^ Thomas Street of S' Maryes parish was buryed the 12"' of lifebruary 1677. 
 
 1693. August the 15. M'' Margrett Ashton widd. of St Maries Parish. 
 
 1708. William Thwellin of S' Maries Parish, A Citnkr of Hat makers Wooll was buryed upon y" 
 third day of April 1708. 
 
 I 714. Jane Daughter to M'^ Hugh Whishaw' an Attorney at law was baptized upon y' Second day of 
 May 17 14. 
 
 1717. .Sidney Daughter to Master Hugh Whishaw' an Attorney at Law was baptized the Si.xth day of 
 September Ann" Dfii 17 17. 
 
 1723. Katherine Daughter of Captain Charles Crosby' & of Catherine his wife was baptized on the 
 twenty first Day of June Anoq' Dfii 1723. 
 
 1724. Par Donnough Ensign (f the Invalids of this Parish and Rebecca Starkey' widow of St Maries 
 Parish were married by License on the twenty third of April Annoq' Diii 1724. 
 
 ST. OLAVE'S, CHESTER {begiin ibii). 
 1676. l\r' Thomas Pulfurt'' died the 24 of Aprill and was buryed at sant maryes the 26 of Aprill. 
 
 ' For a short notice of the Rev. Charles Aldcroft, for many years Curate of St. Mary's, see pp. 94-5. The first three 
 entries here given are additional to those printed on p. 94. 
 
 ^ He was rector of St. Mary's from March, 1731, to August, 1737 (see p. 95), and it is somewhat strange that he was not 
 buried in the church of which he was rector. 
 
 ' See p. 72 for some notes on the Whishaw family. 
 
 ' See note 6 on p. 165. The Catherine here mentioned was probably \C\i first wife. 
 ■' She was buried at St. Marys in 1732 (see p. 156). 
 His burial is also entered in the St. Mar\''s Registers (see p. 138).
 
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 THE REGISTERS OF ST. MARY'S. 179 
 
 ST. MARTIN'S, CHESTER {begins 1680). 
 
 1758. Simon Harwood of this Parish Gent and Eliz. Sewell' of the Parish of St. Mary were married 
 by Licence, the 16'" Dec. 1758 by E. Harwood in the presence of W. Thomas and John Sewell. 
 
 1773. John Swarbreck^ Son of M^ Jn° Rogers Merch' Aug** 9 Bapt. 
 
 1773. Cuthbert Sewell, Clerk, widower and Ann Sewell, widow, both of this parish, married by Banns, 
 the 13 Dec 1773 by Roger Barnston, in the presence of Eliz. ^\'itter and Walter Thomas. 
 
 HOLY TRINITY, CHESTER {begins 1634). 
 
 In 1658 there are several marriages performed by " M'' Hunt," in one of which he is described as 
 " M'- Hunt,' Pastor of St Maries." 
 
 1659. Ann Edwards Daughter to parson Edwards' died at M" Hands the 20 of October 1659 an 1 was 
 buried the 22 day of the same munth at St. Maryes. 
 
 1680. M. Kendrick Eaton' & M" Ann Starkey the 12"' July by Lycence dated the 10"' July 80. 
 
 1702. Ann y" Wife of M' Kendrick Eaton' Aprill y" 29'" Buried. 
 
 1703. M' Kendrick Eaton' Gent Decem. y" 22. Buried. 
 
 1718. Elizabeth daughter of M'' Kenrick Eyton' Apr. 15 Bapt [Buried June 12. 1720]. 
 1734. Elizabeth Wishaw" Apr. 16. Buried. 
 
 1776. Robert Foulks Son of William Currie' MD and Mary his Wife. Oct 23. Bapt. 
 1778. Susanna Daur of William Currie'' MD and Mary his Wife June 17 Bapt. 
 
 ST. PETER'S, CHESTER {be^nns /SS9)- 
 
 ,^~^ 1623, Wiftm Sonne to Wiftm holmes' of St Maries pish Baptized the 29"" of August. 
 
 1645. John the sonne of M' William Brocke" of Upton was Baptised the iS"' day of february 1645. 
 
 1677. M'' William Wright" AWman of Trinity Parish buryed September y'' 17. 1677. 
 
 1679. Hannah wife to M' James Croxton'" of S' Maryes Parish buryed No*" y'' 10"' 1679. 
 
 1681. Elizabeth Wife of M' William Wright" 0/ BrewersAaU buryed Octol/ 24. 1681. 
 
 57: OSiVALD'S, CHESTER (begins ijSo). 
 
 1603. Ellenor Gammull y" daughter of M' William Gammull" Bapt. vij"" Day of Marche. 
 
 1604. Ales Gamull the daughter of M'' Thomas Gamull " Alderman Bapt. ix"' Decembris. 
 
 ' In Adam's Chester Courant for Dec. 19, 1758, she is described as " daughter of the late Joseph Sewell Esq, Collector 
 of his Majesty's Customs in this Port, an agreeable Lady with a handsome Fortune." 
 
 - See note 9, p. 171. 
 
 ' For an account of Mr. Richard Hunt, B.D., Rector of St. Mary's, see pp. 87-89. 
 
 * Francis Edwards, M.A., Rector of St. Mary's, 1623 to 1642, see pp. 83-85. 
 
 " This was probably the son and heir of the Kenrick Eyton, Esq., referred to in note 5 on p. 13S. 
 
 ' In 1722, 1724, &c., are entries of the baptisms of the children of Kendrick Eaton, " d.mcing master," and Elizabeth, his 
 wife. 
 
 ' See p. 72 for some notes on the Whishaw family. 
 ' The Currie family were closely connected with St. Mary's. 
 ' See the pedigree of Holme postea. 
 '" See the pedigree of Brock of Upton postea. 
 
 " His Funeral Certificate has been printed by the Record Society (Cheshire and Lancashire Funeral Certificates, p. 191 1. 
 In this he is called " William Wright of Brewers Ha'! in th^ county of the City of Chester Esq' was Maior thereof in the year 
 1655." Brewer's Hall was in St. Mary's parish (s,ee postea). 
 
 '- James Croxton, son and heir of James Croxton, of Croxton Green, in Cholmondeley, baptized at Wybunbuiy 14 April, 
 1650, was buried at .St. Mary's 25 July, 1707 (see p. 152). The wife here buried would seem to have been his first wife, as 
 .another wife, Jane, daughter of John (lleave, of Chester and Fulford, was buried at St. Mary's in 1700 (see p. 142). 
 " See the pedigree of Ganuil of Chester /o.t/Ccj. 
 
 A A 2
 
 iSo ST. MARY-ON-THE-HILL, CHESTER. 
 
 1606. Francis Gamull the sonne of M'' Tho: Gamull' Recorder of Chester Bapt. 25 Novemb. 
 i6o5. Ales Gamull the Daughter of M'' Thomas Gamull' Recorder sept .xix'" Aprilis. 
 1624. Edward thi sonne of M' Edward Cowper of St. Maries pishe Bapt. primo die Aug. 
 
 1639. Tho : Bennett of S"' Maries pish and Cicilie Charnocke maried the 19"' of Nouember. 
 
 1640. Gearrard Johnes and Priscilla Brearewoode' maried the 17"' of September. 
 
 1645. Edward the sonn of M'' Seddon' bapt. the 18"' of October. 
 
 1646. Elizabeth the daughter of Witt. Maddocke of S"' Maries pish bapt. the 29"" Nouember. 
 1646. Tho : the sonn of Tho : \Valley of S"' Maries pish bapt. the 24'" of Dec. 
 
 1654. A marriage celebrated in the presence {iti/er a/ia) of "M'' William Peartree' Minister of Maries 
 in Chester." 
 
 1655. Randle Holme' of this Cittie dent and Sarah Solie of the same Cittie Spinst' Maried before 
 M'' William Ince" Aid'"' and Justice of peace the 23"' day of Avgv. 1655. 
 
 1655. Tnomas Simson of this Cittie Grocerar [.y/V] and Elizabeth Holme' of the same Cittie spinster 
 Maried before M'' Will : Ince" Aid"" and Justice of Peace the 23"' Avgvst. 
 
 1655. Thomas Weston of this Cittie Gent and M'' Christian Gamwall [Gamul]" of the same Cittie 
 spinst'' Maried before M'' William Ince" Aid"" and Justice of Peace the 23"' Avgvst 1655. Witnesse M'' 
 Willinm Flimley, Richard Dunbavin. 
 
 1655. Robert Calcote of this Cittie Gent and M'" Alice (Jamwall [Gamul]^ of the same Cittie Spinst'' 
 Maried before M'' William Ince Aid''" & Justice of Peace the 23"'° day of Avgvst. Witnesse M'' William 
 Flimley and Richard Dunbavin. 
 
 1661. Thomas sonne of Thomas Acton'" gent Bap* Aprill 28"'. 
 
 1666. Randle Holme" & Elizabeth Wilson maryed the 7"' July. 
 
 1673. M'' Henry Bunbury sonne vnto M'' Thomas Bunbury of Boughton Esq' and M" Mary Eaton 
 Daughter vnto S'' Kendrick Eaton'" were Married the 7'" Day of fifeb. 
 
 1673. Elizabeth wife vnto M'' Edward Aldersie'" inS' Maryes Parish was Buried the 20'" Day of Sep'. 
 
 1678. M'' Edward Aldersay" gentellman was buried the 12'" Day of January. 
 
 16S1. M'' John Acton'" of S' Maryes parish and M'" Sarah Ashton of St. Oswalds parish were married 
 the 16"' Day of ffebruary. 
 
 1683. M' Thomas Kelsall of trafford of Flimstone parish and M''" Christian Brerewood " were Married 
 the 3'' of July. 
 
 1698. M' Edw. Hal wood of this parish & M''' Hannah Starky of S' Marys parish Married y'' 19"' Day of 
 June. 
 
 ' See the peclip;ree of Gaimil of Chester postea. 
 
 ^ See the pedigree of Brerewood of Chester postea. 
 
 ' .V long account of William Seddon, M..\., for some years curate of St. Mary's, will lie oimd on pp. 85-S7. 
 
 ' See p. 88. 
 
 ^ This was the third Randle Holme. See the Holme pedigree /()i/f«. 
 
 " All marriages at this time, during the Commonwealth, had to be performed without any religious ceremony by a Justice 
 
 of the Peace. 
 
 ' See the Holme pedigree postea. 
 * See the Gamul pedigree postea. 
 
 ' It is very noteworthy these four persons from St. Mary's parish, a brother and sister, and two sisters, being married on 
 the same day and before the same magistrate. 
 
 '" See the pedigree of Acton postea. 
 
 " This was the second marriage of the thin! Handle Holme. See the pedigree of Holme /w/tv?. 
 
 '" See note 5, p. 138. 
 
 '^ I have not been able to ascertain with cert.iinty to which of the many families of Aldersey this Ed\v.ard Aldersey 
 belonged. 
 
 '■* See the pedigree "f P.rerewood postea.
 
 
 
 THE REGISTERS OF ST. MARY'S. i8i 
 
 1699. William Delues Gen' of Boden parish in Cheshere and M" Susannah Brock Daughter to Witt : 
 Brock' Esq' ware Married by Licance y" 18"" of Jan. shee of this parish [S' Oswalds]. 
 
 1700. William Hurleston Gen' of y" township of Upton in y'' parish of S' Mary's in Chester and M'* 
 Elizabeth Brock Daug to Witt. Brock' Esq' of this parish ware Married by Licance y"" 5"' Day of Dec. 
 
 1704. Tho : Joynson Clockmaker of the township of Boughton in this Parish & M'' Alice Kelsall 
 \\'iddow of St Marys Parish were Married y'' 20"" February. 
 
 1711. Thomas Son to Hugh Foulks Esq' was Bap' y"" 26"' August. 
 
 1 72 1. John Egerton son to y*" Reuerend Philip Egerton D' & Rector of Astbury & Elizabeth Brock' 
 spr of this Parrish were Married y'' 19"' of April. 
 
 1722. Thoni Dane of S' Johns Parish Gentleman and Elizabeth Manawring [s/c] spr of S' Maryes 
 Parish was Maried the 4'" day of October. 
 
 1723. M'' EUinor Mathers widdow of S' Marys Parish was Buried the 2" Day of September. 
 
 1728. W' Proby Co" of the Inveleeds- Buried y" 19"' of Jan. a o^vt^v^ >\ liU^u*.-j;»ijt. iL 3i-ce*— '•^j^vo cii*«*tv,,~^ 4~»« Oixit 
 
 1746. Susana Daughter of Rob' Foulkes Esq' of Boughton was Bapt. 9. March. 
 
 1749. David Jones Son to M' Mackintosh" Gunner of y' Castle 18"' May. Bapt. 
 
 1752. IVP Joseph Snow' Merch' and M'* Cathrine Frodsham by Licence Janry 16. 
 
 1759. Rob' Pullen Ensign of Invakedr Novb' 10"'. Buried. 
 
 1764. Peter Mcintosh'' (Gunner of Castle) January 18. Buried. 
 
 1773. Catherine Relict of Peter Mcintosh' Ensign 56 December 15. Buried. 
 
 1780. Mary Catherine D' of Will"' Currey Esq Doct' in Physic— March 30'" Bapt. 
 
 1782. Eliz. D' of Will" Currey Docf in Physick Esq' Aug. 13. Bapt. 
 
 1785. James Barrat, Lieut, of Invalids. 62. April 9. Buried. 
 
 1788. Jane dau' of Will*" Currie M.D. March 11. Bapt. 
 
 1790. William son of Will'" Currie M.D. and Mar}- his wife, born March 29"' bapt May 1 1. 
 
 1793. Jn" Tilley, Invalid Serjeant. 83. Jan. 27. Buried. 
 
 REGISTERS OF HAWARDEN, CO. FLINT {h-j^iii ijSj). 
 (This parish joins up to that of St. Mary's.) 
 
 1640. Novemb. Christophorus fil Christophori Pasley' Rectoris 24. Bapt. 
 1642. Dec. Margaret fil Xpfri Pasley' rectoris. 4. Bapt. 
 
 (There is a gap in the Register from 1644 to 1652.) 
 1678. Junij 12°. Robertus Brerewood'' de Cestria Gen' et domina Dorothaea Whittley de Aston 
 habita licentia. 
 
 1678-9. March 20. Johannes fil. Roberti Brerewood" de Aston gen. Bapt. 
 1680. Junii die 13". Charoletta filia Rob'" Brerewood" gen' de Aston. Bapt. 
 1683. Dec. 14. Grauenor ffil Rob. Brerewood de Broadlane. Bapt. 
 
 REGISTERS OF BUNBURV, CO. CHESTER {bej^in i^sg). 
 1628-9. Jan. 12. George Taylor of the parish of S' Maries in Chester and Jane Simcoe of this 
 parishe. Married. 
 
 ' See the pedigree of Brock of Upton postea. 
 - The Invalides were, I believe, stationed in the Castle. 
 ^ Other baptisms occur in which he is called M' Peter Macintosh, gunner. 
 ' For two epitaphs at St. Mary's to the Snow family, see p. 52. 
 
 ■ For an account of the Rev. Christopher Pasley, D.D. , rector of Hawarden, who was buried at St. Mary's in 1658, see 
 p. 67. 
 
 * See the pedigree of Brerewood postea.
 
 182 
 
 ST. MARY-ON-THE-HILL, CHESTER. 
 
 1646. May 18. Ralph Downeham of S' Johns parish & Katherine Stacy of S' Maries in Chester 
 Married. 
 
 1767. March fi. WiUiam Chaloner of S' Mary's parish Chester. Buried. 
 
 REGISTERS OF CHELFORD, CO. CHESTER. 
 1764. Frances daughter of M' Hugh Whishaw' of Chester buried June 5. 
 
 SPECIAL INCIDENTS IN THE PAST HISTORY OF ST. MARTS 
 
 {see pp. 26-30). 
 
 Before leaving the history of the church of St. Mary's and commencing the account of old 
 families connected with it, it should have been mentioned amongst the special incidents con- 
 nected with that building that on the 9th January, 1387 and the three following da>s the Earl 
 Marshall's Court was held in the church in connection with the great heraldic dispute of the 
 fourteenth century between Sir Richard le Scrope and Sir Robert le Grosvenor as to the right 
 of bearing " a shield azure with the bend or." At these sittings evidence was brought forward 
 on behalf of the Grosvenors, and in addition to Sir Robert le Grosvenor himself there appeared 
 the Abbot of Vale Royal, the Abbot of Combermere, the Prior of Norton, the Abbot of St. 
 Werburgh, Owen Glendower and Tudor Glendower, Sir John le Masey of Podyngton, Sir 
 Laurence de Dutton, Sir Hugh de Browe, and Sir William de Brereton, Knights, and a great 
 many other Cheshire squires and persons of importance, so that for those four days the old 
 church of St. Mary's must have presented a very animated spectacle. The King's decision, 
 however, was ultimately given in favour of Le Scrope.- 
 
 ' For a short account of the Whishaw family, see p. 72. 
 
 - My attention was called to this celebrated trial by the Rev. Canon Morris, of Eaton, as I had overlooked the fact that 
 some of the sittings had been held at St. Mary's. See full account in his history of Chester in the Times of the Plantagenets 
 and Tiidois, pp. 171-2.
 
 OLD CHESHIRE FAMILIES CONNECTED WITH ST. MARY'S. 183 
 
 iBli €i)t^l)ivt Jfamiliesi connrrtrt toitlj 
 
 One of the oldest and most important families connected with St. Mary's was that of the 
 Troutbecks, of Dunham-on-the-Hill, co. Chester. This distinguished family for many genera- 
 tions held lands and houses in the city of Chester, and were closely identified with St. Mary's 
 Church. In 1433 William Troutbeck, Esq., erected a chantry chapel at the east end of the 
 south aisle, the deed of erection of which has already been printed in full on p. 32. In this 
 chapel the members of the family were subsequently interred, and two very handsome alabaster 
 monuments remained there till they were destroyed by the falling in of the roof in 1690 (see 
 PP- 36-38). A short account of this family, dealing more especially with their connection with 
 St. Mary's, may here be given.' 
 
 William Troutbeck, the first of his name connected with Cheshire,- occurs about the 
 year 1400 in connection with Dunham-on-the-Hill, and in the 14th Henrj- IV., 141 2, he was 
 made Chamberlain of Chester, an office of much dignity and importance. In 141 5 he agreed to 
 provide the unusually large number of 50 men-at-arms and 650 archers,^ and with them, no 
 doubt, was present at the battle of Agincourt, fought in that year. In 1423 he was made Chan- 
 cellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, an office he held till 1431. As already mentioned, in 1433 he 
 erected the chantry chapel in St. Mary's Church, and in 1437 he occurs as holding lands in 
 Hawarden parish, co. Flint, as well as in many parts of Cheshire. He died in the 24th Henry VI., 
 1446, leaving by his wife Joan, daughter of William de Massey, of Rixton, co. Lane.,* who sur- 
 vived him till 1452, a son and heir John, another son William, and two or three daughters. 
 He would be buried in the chapel he had erected, and the two monuments, placed in the centre 
 of that chapel, and described on p. ^y, were almost certainly, as shown by the arms, &c., placed 
 to the memory of him and his wife. There was also an inscription in " the higher south win- 
 dowe" to his memory and that of his wife, which, translated from the original Latin, is as fol- 
 lows : — " Pray for the souls of William Troutbeck Esquire of Chester and Joan his wife, who 
 built this chapel in the year of our Lord 1424" (sic for 1434; see p. 36). 
 
 John Troutbeck, who succeeded his father in 1446, was then about thirtj--four years of age, 
 and was then married to iVIargar}-, daughter and sole-heiress of Thomas Hulse. of Brunstath, co. 
 Chester. He had been appointed Chamberlain of Chester when his father resigned that office 
 in 1445, but previously to that he had been Sheriff of Cheshire in 1438. On the 2nd March, 
 19th Henry VI., 1 441, he, together with Thomas Stanley, Esq., was commanded to provide within 
 the city of Chester twenty-four pipes {dolid) of wine for the King's use, against his coming to 
 
 ' An interesting account of the Troutbeck family was contributed to the cohimns of the Warrington Giuxrdian by the 
 late W. Beainont, Esq., of Warrington, in 187S, to which I am much indebted. There is a short pedigree and an account of 
 the family in Ormerod's History of Cheshire, new edition, vol. ij., pp. 37-43. 
 
 ^ Not unlikely he took his name from the township of Troutbeck in Westmoreland. 
 
 ■' See Nicholas' Agincourt, p. 385, quoted by Mr. Beamont. 
 
 ' In many pedigrees she is said to be the daughter of William de Rixton, of Ri.\ton, and this is strengthened by the arms 
 on the monuments to him and his wife formerly in St. Mary's Church.
 
 
 
 
 184 ST. AlARY-ON-THE-HILL, CHESTER. 
 
 that city.' There are many references to him in the Cheshire Plea and Recognizance Rolls, now 
 in the Record Office, London, and in other documents of the period.' On the 4th Feb., 1457, 
 he resigned the office of Chamberlain, and in August, 1458, he died at the early age of forty-six, 
 his wife having pre-deceased him in the previous year. He died seized of the office of Ser- 
 jeant-' of the Bridge Gate in Chester and of lands in Neston, Rab}', Oxton, Brunstath, Barneston, 
 &c., in Cheshire. He was probably buried in the chantry chapel erected by his father in St. 
 Mary's Church. He left two sons, William and John, of whom the former succeeded to his 
 estates. ^lJ.|4rS- U/oA '^i^^v C&a^^^ Utxe-y-^^-v^" cr^WL<_A<jU< J\j, ^ic^ ^n<r^^^ck- ^■)'^f''^ 7^' 
 
 Sir William Tkoutbeck, Knt., as he afterwards became, was twenty-five }ears of age 
 when he inherited his father's lands in 1458, having been born on the 20th July, 1432. He was 
 married in 1448 to Margaret, daughter of Thomas, first Lord Stanley. He was unfortunately 
 present at the fatal battle of Bloreheath, fought on the 23rd September, 1459, where, in common 
 with so many of the Cheshire knights and squires, he lost his life, when onl)- twenty-six years of 
 age. As Drayton says, in his well-known Polyolbiou, referring to this battle' — 
 
 Here Dutton, Dutton kills ; a Done doth kill a Done. 
 
 A Booth a Booth ; and Leigh by Leigh is overthrown. 
 
 A Venables against a Venables doth stand, 
 
 And Troutbeck fighting with a Troutbeck hand to hand. 
 
 Then Molineux doth make a Molineux to die. 
 
 And Egerton the strength of Egerton doth try. 
 
 His body was brought to Chester and buried in the chapel in St. Marys Church, where the 
 handsome monument, fully described on p. ij, depicting him at full length lying beside his wife, 
 and situated on the south side of the chantry chapel, was most probably erected to his memory. 
 3"l''9^ti^l -^^i Several Liquisitions were taken after his death in 1460, which refer to his lands in Cheshire, 
 Shropshire, and Hertfordshire, and state that William, his son and heir, was then ten years of 
 age. His widow. Dame Margaret, married in 1460 for her second husband. Sir John Boteler, of 
 Bevvsey, co. Lane, Knt. He died in 1463,' and in the following year she married for her third 
 husband, Henry, Lord Grey of Codnor. She died in 1492. 
 
 WiLLL\M Troutbeck, his son and heir, came of age before 1472, in which year a " proof of 
 age,"'' as it was called, was taken on the oaths of Roger Leigh, of Adlington, I'hilip Egerton, 
 Thomas Frodsham, Thomas Crue, Philip Acton, and others, who say that he was aged twenty- 
 one years in the feast of St. Stephen the Pope [Aug. 2], loth Edward IV. [1470]. And some of the 
 jurors say that they were present when he was born, and that they saw him carried to the church 
 of the Blessed Mary-upon-the-Hill for baptism. He was knighted in or before 1487. He was 
 married to his first wife, Jane, daughter of Sir John Boteler, of Bewsey, about the year 1460, 
 
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 ' C lies/lire Recoras, quoted by Mr. Beamont. 
 
 - In East Cheshire, vol. j., an interesting document is printed in full to which his name as Chamberlain of Chester 
 occurs. 
 
 ^ The Sergeancy passed from the Bagottes and Raby family in two moieties to the houses of Holes and Norris, and of 
 these one moiety descended through the Troutbecks to the house of Talbot, Earl of .Shrewsbury. See Morris' History of 
 Chester in Planta^enet Times, p. 22S. 
 
 ' .Some poetic licence must be allowed, for, although so many Cheshire men perished in this battle, the names given by 
 Dryden are not altogether historically correct. 
 
 " He was buried in the church of Warrington, where a handsome monument, still in good preservation, with two full 
 length effigies was placed to his memory and that of his wife. As Mr. Beamont remarks, it is very noteworthy that the lady 
 had a monument at St. Mary, Chester (with the effigy of her first husband), and also at Warrington. 
 
 " Now preserved in the Public Record Office, London.
 
 OLD CHESHIRE FAMILIES CONNECTED WITH ST. MARY'S. 185 
 
 but being divorced from her in I49i,he married secondly Margaret, daughter of Richard Hough, 
 of Leighton, co. Chester, Esq. He died, without issue by cither of his wives, in September, 1 5 10, 
 being then about sixty years of age. His widow Margaret afterwards married SirW'iUiam Pole, 
 of Pole, Knt., and died in June, 1531 . His heir was Margaret, the only daughter of his brother, 
 Adam Troutbeck, by his wife Margaret, younger daughter of Sir John Boteler, of Bewscy, Knt., 
 who was si.xteen years of age at the time of her uncle's death. She married Sir John Talbot, 
 of Grafton, Knt., ancestor of the Earls of Shrewsbury, and so brought the extensive estates of 
 the Troutbecks into the possession of the latter family. 
 
 Sir William Troutbeck's will, preserved at Somerset House, London (P.C.C, 35 Benet), is 
 here printed for the first time. It will be noticed that he desired to be buried in his chapel at 
 St. Mary's, and that he wished to be attended to his grave by twenty-four of his servants 
 dressed in black gowns, as well as bj' twelve poor men dressed in white gowns, each carrying a 
 torch. It is not improbable that he was buried in the night-time, as was then customary in the 
 case of distinguished persons. 
 
 U'/LL OF SIR WILLIAM TROUTBECK, KNT, MADE p SEPT., Ijio. 
 
 " In the name of god amen I Sir Willi.\m Troutbeke Knyght make my testament and last 
 will in maner and fourme folowing ffirst I bequeth my soule to almighty god, My body to be buried 
 in my chapell in the parisshe Chiirche of Seynt Marye of the Hill in Chester .\lso I make Margaret 
 my vvif[e] and Thomas Hoghe myn executors, .\nd to the accomplisshment of this my Will I make 
 my Lord of Ely' myn oversear of my said testament, that this my last will may be fulfilled in every 
 poynt. 
 
 ffurthermore I will that xxiiij of my servants haue blake gownes to accompany me to my burjall 
 Also that myn executors shall geve xij white gownes to xij poore men to here xij torches at my 
 buriall Also I will that xij tapers shall be ther, And as for brede ale and wyne as myn executors shall 
 thinke necessary, And all my goods moevable that leven of my buriall I geve unto Margaret my 
 said wif 
 
 And as touching and concernyng my londs wher as by diverse deds endented bering date the 
 first day of May the xxiij yere of King Henry the vij"" [1508] I haue caused by my commaunde- 
 ment and request Thomas Hoghe and William fiVodsam feoffey to myn vse by recouery of all my 
 londs in Chesshier to geve and graunte certeyn Manors londs and tenements in the Countie of 
 Chester to Margaret my wif for terme of hir life for hir Joyntor. Also to my sonnes and doughters" 
 for terme of their lyves the Remaynder therof to my right heyres as it apperith in the same deds 
 and writtings. .\nd also I will that my said wif and Childern' named in the said deds and writtin<JS 
 shall haue the same londs for terme of their lyves the remaynder to my right heyres, according as ys 
 specified in the same deds, And further if it happen that the same gifte and graunte of the said 
 londs by the said dedes made to my wif and childern' and to every of theym be not sufficient in the 
 lawe to euery of theym according to the same myn entent in that behalf as written in the said deds 
 Thau I will that the said Thomas Hoghe and William ffrodsam my feoffey shall make a sure and a 
 sufficient estate in the lawe to my said wif for terme of hir lif of all thos Manors londs and 
 tenements to hir appoyntid in the said deds. And in like wise to my childern and every of theim 
 named in the said deds for terme of their lyves all those londs and tenements to theym and every 
 of theym appoyntid in the said deds according to the true entent and meanyng of the same deds 
 
 That is the Bishop of Ely. 
 
 = This was a natural provision to provide for any children he then had or in case any children were born to him, but it is 
 certain he died without surviving issue. 
 
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 1 86 
 
 ST. MARY-ON-THE-HILL, CHESTER. 
 
 and writtings, the Remayndev after their decesse to my right heyres, And that this be doon incon- 
 tynently aftir my decesse w' out delay. And if this my will be not sufficient in the lawe that then 
 it be made and mendyd by lerned counsaill According to the true entenl of this my will. 
 
 In witness wherof I haue sett to my seale the ix day of September the yere of o' lord M' \" 
 and X [1510]. 
 
 [Proved 3"' day of December 15 10] 
 
 Before parting w ith the Troutbeck family it may here be mentioned that from the answer to 
 a writ of (^/to njarranto dated in the reign of Hcnr}' VII., about 1495,' it appears that Sir 
 William Troutbeck claimed to have " the custody of the garden and orchard [in the ditch] of 
 
 the Castle of Chester," b}- the curious rental of " finding the Earl of 
 Chester sufificient kale from Michaelmas to the end of Lent," for 
 which he received from the hands of the Chamberlain £i\ i is. 3d. 
 per annum, or 3d. per day.'- He also claimed to have nine fishing 
 stalls or stations, and two boats on the water of the Dee, opposite 
 to the city, with the right of fishing in the said water without any 
 hindrance, saving to the Earl the royal fish {i.e., sturgeon], to be 
 carried to him for a fee according to custom. In subsequent docu- 
 ments^ the custody of the garden in the Castle Ditch is referred 
 to, as well as the serjeanc}- of the Bridge Gate, and the custody of 
 the gates of the bridge over the Dee, and the number of fishing 
 stations had risen to twelve. Early in the seventeenth century, 
 amongst the premises in Chester belonging to the Talbots, " a 
 messuage called Troutbeck's place " is mentioned.* 
 
 Another family closely connected with St. Mary's was that of 
 the Breretons, who appear to have been almost as closely 
 identified with the chantry chapel of St. Katherine at the east 
 end of the north aisle as the Troutbecks were with the chapel of 
 the Holy Trinit)' at the east end of the south aisle. Indeed, 
 it is not improbable that this chapel owed its foundation to 
 some member of the Brereton family. As already shown (on p. 35), there were formerly in the 
 east window of St. Katherine's Chapel the coats of Brereton and Brereton impaling Ipstones, 
 and a Latin inscription asking for prayers " for the good estate of Randle Brereton and Cecily 
 and Joan his wives and for the souls of his father and mother which said Randle caused this 
 gla.ss work to be made in the year of our Lord 1523." 
 
 This Randle Brereton held land in Wettenhall and Eccleston, co. Chester, as well as in 
 Chester, and was a younger son (in some pedigrees said to be illegitimate) of Sir Randle 
 Brereton of Ipstones, Knt.'' He died in 1537, and in his will, here printed for the first time, 
 
 there are some interesting references to St. Mary's. 
 
 ' Hail. MS., 21 15, quoted by Ormerod. 
 
 ^ .'iee on this Morris' Chester in Plantagenet Times, \>. 99. 
 
 ' The inquisition taken after the death of .Sir William Troutbeck, Knt., in 151 1, and the settlement made by John Talbot, 
 Esq., and Margaret his wife, about the same date. 
 
 * The inquisition after the death of John Talbot, Esq., taken in 1620. 
 
 ' In the short pedigree in Ormerod's Cheshire, vol. ij., p. 195, he is said to have married Katherine, daughter of William 
 Manley of Poulton, gent.
 
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 ABSTRACT Of THE WILL Of HANDLE BRERETON Of CHESTER, 153J} 
 
 The 15'" day of August, 27 Hen. 8 [1535] 
 
 Memorandum that I Randolph Brereton of Chester make my last will and testament in 
 manner following. 
 
 I would my body should be buried in the Chapel of St. Katherine within St. Mary's on the 
 Hill before the midst of the altar there. 
 
 I will that Sir Thomas Doune, priest, shall sing for my soul for the space of two years next 
 after my decease, and have for his " wages " ^z, a year. 
 
 I give to my daughter Alice for her marriage if she be counselled and ordered by the advice of 
 my Executors ^26 13s. 4d. 
 
 I will that my wife 1 Jane) shall have my farm and holding at Eccleston for 10 years next after Xt Iam^ow j^ ^"^^ 
 my decease " if she so long kepe her sole " to the intent she may the better bring up and succour 
 her children. She is also to have as much fuel out of Eccleston Wood as shall "reasonable serve 
 her fire " so that she make no sale nor waste. At the end of the said 10 years my said wife shall 
 have her part of the said farm according to law, and my son Thomas shall have the rest. To 
 
 Edward Dodde I give 2 mares 2 colts and 2 heifers. To Milner' 40s. The 
 
 residue of all my goods I give and bequeath to my wife and son. 
 
 I ordain my brother Owen Brereton, my brother[-in-law] David Dodde, Sir Robert Danolde 
 priest, parson of Hocley, Jane my wife & Thomas Brereton my son, to be my Executors, and my 
 Master, William Brereton Esq. Chamberlain of Chester to be overseer thereof. 
 
 I give to my said son Thomas my best salt with the cover &c. to the intent he be good & kind 
 to his mother, brothers & sisters. 
 
 \This feoffment is attached to the 7vilL'] 
 
 To all men by whom this present writing and last will of me Randolf Brereton of Chester shall 
 be seen. Know ye that I will that all my recoverers feoffees and their heirs and every other person _ , 
 
 who is now seised of my manors, meases, lands & tenements m U etenhall or elsewhere m Co. 
 Chester, to the use of me & my heirs shall stand and be seised thereof to the use of me during my 
 life, and after my decease they shall stand seised thereof and shall take the rents issues and profits 
 of the same yearly, and with the same shall pay to Thomas Perpoynte of London 80" or so much 
 thereof as shall happen to be unpaid at the time of my death, for the payment whereof Thomas 
 Aston of Aston Esq. and Roger Challonor of London stand bound for me. After the said sum be 
 paid then I will that the said recoverers lScc. be seised of the premises and with the rents thereof 
 pay all my debts where my goods will not extend to the same. After my debts be paid then the 
 feoffees shall be seised of the premises for 3 years and shall pay the issues thereof towards the 
 marriage of my daughter Anne Brereton. When my will has been performed in all things then I 
 will that the feoffees be seised of the premises to the use of Thomas Brereton my son & heir 
 apparent and to his heirs male. For default of such issue then to the use successively in tail male 
 of my sons John, Randolph, and Nicholas Brereton ; for default to my right heirs ; for default 
 to the use of Elizabeth and Alice my daughters and to their heirs; for default to the use successively 
 in tail male of Owen Brereton my brother & of David Dodde my brother in law. 
 
 And whereas it is covenanted and agreed between William Manley and me the said Randolph 
 by indenture dated the 8"" day of March, 21 Hen. 8 [1529] that if the said William or his heirs pay 
 to me, my heirs or executors 850 marks at one time within 13 years immediately following the date 
 of the said indenture, than then and from thenceforth the said William and his heirs shall have the 
 
 ' This will is preser\'ed at Somerset House, P.C.C. , Dyngley 8. 
 
 " Probably James Milner, curate of St. Mary's in 1570 (sa page 107), if so he must have been there earlier than 
 hitherto recorded. 
 
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 i8S 
 
 ST. MARY-ON-THE-HILL, CHESTER. 
 
 said premises in W'etenhall. If the said William pay the said sum then I give 500 marks to my son 
 Thomas, 100 marks each to my sons John, Randolph & Nicolas and 50 marks to my wife. 
 
 " I give & bequeath all my said meases lands & tenaments in Chester to my son Thomas and 
 to his heirs. 
 
 " I give to every of my younger sons 40s. a year. Dated the 4"' day of June, 23 Hen. 8." [1531-] 
 
 " [Proved at Lambeth 9'" day of August 1537] " 
 
 There are occasional later references to members of this family being buried at St. Mary's,' 
 and in the inquisition taken after the death of Richard Brereton, Esq., in 1629, it is stated that 
 he had died seised of certain messuages in Chester, together with " the advowson of the church 
 of S' Mary on the Hill in the city of Chester." This advowson, as already pointed out on p. 2, 
 had then been in the possession of the Breretons for nearly 100 years, as John Brereton, of 
 Eccleston, Esq., presented Charles Duckworth as rector of St. Mary's in 1554 {see p. 81). 
 
 A third family connected with St. Mary's was that of the WORSLEYS, a younger branch of 
 the old Lancashire family of Worsley of Worsley. RALPH WORSLEY, Esq., the third son of 
 
 William Worsley, of Worsley, in the 
 parish of Eccles, near Manchester, who 
 was born about the year 1483, became 
 a somewhat distinguished man about 
 the Court of Henry the Eighth, hold- 
 ing many appointments there as well as 
 in Lancashire and Cheshire. He most 
 probably lived in Chester in the latter 
 years of his life, and was the owner of 
 the manors of Birkenhead and Claugh- 
 ton, and lands there formerly belonging 
 to Birkenhead Priory, as well as of the 
 ferry across the Mersey between Birken- 
 head and Liverpool. On his death, on 
 the 27th December, 1572,^ early in the 
 reign of Queen Elizabeth, he was buried 
 at St. Mary's, where a handsome marble 
 slab, bearing a long Latin inscription, 
 and surmounted by a well-carved coat 
 of arms, was placed to his memory. 
 Both the inscription and the coat of 
 arms, although now separated the one 
 from the other, are still preserved in the 
 church, and the former has been printed 
 It is the oldest inscription now remaining in the 
 
 Arms and Crest of Ralph Worsley, Esq., in 
 St. Mary's Church.^ 
 
 in full, with a careful translation, on p. 4: 
 
 ' Thus in the Churchwardens' Accounts for 1581 ihere is a reference to Mr. Urian Brereton 's " lay stall," or burial-place, 
 anil Mr. \Villiam Brereton is mentioned in 1582. " Tlionias Brereton gentleman " was Iniried at St. Mary's on April 1 1, 1548, 
 and " M'' Kandle Brereton " on 9th June, 1551 (jte- p. 108). 
 
 - On the monument to his memory in St. Mary's Church {see p. 45) he is stated to have died on the 27th December, 1573, 
 but this is a clerical error. The inquisition taken after his death is dated 23rd October, '573, and it is there stated that he had 
 died on the 27th December last past. 
 
 ^ In connection with these arms it may here be mentioned that Mr. J. Paul Rylands informs me that there is on record in 
 the Heralds' College, London (E.D.N. 56, fo. i$^) a grant of arms (not dated) from Chriftopher Barker, Garter King of Arms,
 
 
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 church, and as the lettering is much faded it would be well to have it carefully gone over, and 
 the letters repainted so as to ensure its preservation for another two or three hundred years. 
 
 From this inscription it appears that Ralph Worsley had been in the service of Henry 
 the Eighth as Page of the Wardrobe and one of the Stewards of the Chamber, and that that 
 King, " on account of the good and faithful service spent about his own Royal person," had 
 appointed him for life to be one of the Sergeants of the Crown, Warden or Keeper of the lions, 
 lionesses, and leopards in the Tower of London, Porter of the Great Wardrobe, Controller in 
 the counties of Chester and Flint, Clerk of the Crown of Lancaster, and Escheator in the 
 County Palatine of Lancaster. Truly a large number of offices of more or less importance, 
 some of which he refers to in his will. His epitaph also tells us that " pre-eminent mental gifts 
 were bestowed upon him by Heaven, with which he was remarkably endowed, as for example 
 rare piety towards God, widely ranging beneficence towards the poor and wonderful charity 
 towards all men." 
 
 By his wife Joan, daughter of John Pike, Esq., he had three daughters, coheiresses : Alice, 
 who married Thomas Powell, of Horsley, co. Denbigh, Esq. ; Katlierine, who married (i) Thomas 
 Touchett, of Nether Whitley, co. Chester, Esq., and (2) Edward Legh, of Hallam,i brother of Sir 
 Peter Legh, of Lyme, co. Chester, Knt. ; and Avice, who married (i) Thomas Vawdrey, of the 
 Riddings, co. Chester, (2; Humphrey Davenport,- of Northenden, and i) John Shakerley, 
 gentleman. His Inquisition /^^i-/ mortem was taken on the 23rd Oct., 15 Elizabeth [i573]. when 
 the above three ladies were found to be aged thirty, twenty-nine, and twenty-eight years 
 respectively, the youngest, Avice, being then married to her second husband. He had died on 
 the 27th Dec. " last past," which would be in 1572, and was at the time of his death seised of 
 the manors of Birkenhead, Claughton, and Walton, alias Wolton, and messuages and lands in 
 those places and in Tranmore and Wallasey. He also possessed the ferry over the river Mersey 
 in Birkenhead aforesaid.^ 
 
 Ralph Worsley 's will, which is dated the 13th November, 1572, is a very long document, 
 containing much of interest. It is here given in full, from the original in the Probate Court, 
 Chester.* 
 
 THE WILL OF RALPH WORSLEY, OF CHESTER, ESQ. 
 
 " In the name of God the ffather the Son and the Holy Gost amen the thrittenth dale of 
 November in the yere of our Lord God one thowsand ffyve hundreth threescore and twelve and in 
 the ffourtenth yere of the raigne of sovaigne Ladye Elizabeth &:c. 
 
 " I Rauff Worsley of the cytie of Chester Esquier beinge of good and pfecte mynde and 
 remembraunce lawde and prayse be unto Almightie God althoughe sycke in body and dredinge the 
 soddennesse of death \v'='' as it is to all men certeyne so the houre and tyme therof is most uncerteyne 
 
 to Ralph Worsley, of Birkenhead, co. Chester, which is quite different from the coat above depicted. It may be described as 
 Azure, on three lozenges in pile, between as many crescents, one and two Or, three lions rampant of the field. Crest, a sparrow- 
 hawk Argent, beaked and legged Or, belled silver. A variation or bad drawing of this coat occurs in a Touchett pedigree, dated 
 iS97i in the possession of Sir Richard Brooke, Bart., of Norton Priory. In this shield the arms are Azure, three lozenges Or, 
 each charged with a lion rampant of the first, above each lozenge a crescent of the second. It is not improbable that Ralph 
 Worsley disliked this complicated coat, and had a simpler one granted to him. 
 
 ' He was buried at Winwick, co. Lane, 22 Jan., 1608-9, without issue. His will bears date 27 April, 1606 (East C/ushire, 
 ij., 304). -She was buried at St. Mary's in 161 5 {ste p. 113). 
 
 '' lie was a younger son of William Davenport, of Bramhall, Esq., and was buried at Northenden, 19 Dec, 1588, and on 
 the 4 Sept., 1589, his widow was married there to John Shakerley, gent. Mrs. Avice Shakerley was buried at Northenden, 18 
 Feb., 1618-19. She had issue by Humphrey Davenport {East Cheshire, ]., 437). 
 
 He also had an illegitimate daughter, Katherine, married to Francis Sherington, of Wardley, co. Lane. 
 
 ^ Printed by the Chetham Society in Lancashire and Cheshire Wills, vol. viij., pp. 16-21.
 
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 ST. MARY-ON-THE-HILL, CHESTER. 
 
 myndynge to stablishe and put in certeyntye howe and in what maner my lands tents goods and 
 cattails shalbe imployed used and bestowed after my deathe doo therfore ordeyne declare and by 
 these p'sents make my testament conteyninge therin my laste will in maner and forme as hereafter 
 doth ensue and folowe that is to saye ffyrste and pryncipally I bequethe my soule unto Almightie 
 God ffyrmely trustinge and belevinge that through the meryts of his dere Sone Jesus Christe I shall 
 have the fruycon and be ptaker of his eternall glory And my body I bequethe to Christyan buryall 
 to be sepultured and buryed in such decent and godly ordre as to the discrecon of th' executors and 
 supvisors of this my laste will shalbe thought mete and convenyent. 
 
 " And I gyve and bequeyth to the poore people of the pishe of St. Maryes in Chester ffyve 
 pounds and to the poore people of the pishe of St. Johnes in Chester ff[i]ve pounds and to the poore 
 people of the pishe of St. Oswalds in Chester flburtye shillings and to the poore people of ev'y of the 
 pishes of St. Peter the Trynytie St. Martyns St. Brydes St. Mychells and St. Towleys \i.e., St. 
 Olave's] in the said cittie of Chester twentye shillings all w'"' somes before menconed I will shall be 
 geven and delyvled to the said poore people of the foresaid sev.all pishes at their dwellinge howses 
 and not otherwyse. 
 
 " I gyve (Src. to my servante Thomas Shurlocke tenne pounds and to my s'vante John Lowes 
 ffourtye shillings and to my s'vante James Wayte tenne pounds and to my s'vaunte Richard Watte 
 ffourtye shillings To Margaret Mayre my mayde s'vaunte ffourtye shillings and to Johanne 
 Jamesson one other of my mayd s'vaunts ffourtye shillings Unto Hughe Worsley sone of my 
 brother Otnell Worsley one hundreth pounds And I gyve &c. for the mayntenance and releyfe of 
 my doughter Avyce nowe wyef of Thomas Vawdrey two hundreth poundes to be bestowed upon her 
 in such maner and at such tymes as shall be thought mete by th' executors or supvisors of this my 
 laste will upon this condicon ffolowinge that is to saye that yf the said Thomas Vawdrey and my 
 said daughter Avice his wyffe do not hold them selves contente w"' this my bequest in full 
 contentacon of all such pte of my goods as they or eyther of them might by any meane clayme or yf 
 they shall refuse to make unto my executors at their request after my decesse one sufficyent release 
 in wrytinge of all accons and demaunds w^"" they or eyther of them shold or might have agaynste 
 my executors ffor or about any pte of my said goods or shall vexe sue or trowble my said executors 
 for any matter or cause towchinge this my testament or th' execucon of the same or shall demaunde 
 or seke any thinge contrary to the true meaniiige and intent of this my last will that then the said 
 legacy and bequest of the said twoe hundreth pounds by me mad[e] to the use and for the mayntenace 
 of my said doughter Avyce shalbe frustrate and voyde. 
 
 " I gyve &c. to my cosyn Richard Birkenheade ffoure poundes in gold and to my ffrend M' 
 Roger Hurleston ffoure poundes in gold and to my cosyn James Worsley of Pemberton gentleman 
 tenne pounds and to Margaret \Vorsley wydowe late wyffe of Alexander Worsley decessed tenne 
 pounds Also I wyll that tenne pounds shall be delyved unto my ffrends Alexander Rigby of the 
 Burghe and my sone in lawe ffrauncis Sherington to be by them distributed amongest the poore 
 people of the towne of Wigan in the countye of Lancaster wherein I wold have blynde Ciilbert 
 Leighe to be specyally remembred I gyve to my s'vaunte Thomas Gullye my under keper of the 
 lyons' twentye pounds I gyve to the wyeff of the said Thomas Gullye ffyve pounds and to Henry 
 Johns s''iante [serjeant] at amies yf he shall happen to be on lyve at the tyme of my decesse tenne 
 pounds I gyve to my cosyn M"'* Barlowe dwellinge in Lombard strete yf she happen to be on lyve at 
 the tyme of my decesse tenne pounds I gyve to my cosyn Thomas Browne ffyve marks and to my 
 cosyn John Banester ffyve marks and to my cosyn Henry Birkenhead ffyve marks To my cosyn 
 Thomas Birkenhead ffyve markes To M"'' Jane ffoxwyst ffyve marks I gyve to the late wyffe of John 
 
 
 ' Ralph Worsley, as already pointed out, held the office of keeper or warden of the lions, lionesses, and leopards in the 
 Tower of London.
 
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 NOTES. 
 [S41iJ Ealfh VfosinLzi'a Bs^nssi. 
 (See Ao. 3«>7.) 
 "'Xi« Repait of the OommisBionors for In- 
 quinng OoiK)wuu4f Charities/' compieted 
 hDortij batore 1840, givos a fairlj fiiU account 
 oy IWpij VVoriley'b Bequest, and aUo paxtly ao- i 
 voaiiii for tite i<>ss . : 
 
 Tite Beaefactor iii his ^Hl <iirecU-d thai the | 
 Te^thxe of ills gooils ^loulU t&uiaiii with his , 
 exooiutors, aud should be by them dibpostd of in 
 ch.tnty aiiii otherwise by the advice of the 
 ovxii'soer of his \vill. 'L'hoiaaa Powell and 
 Thomas Trickett, the eiooutora, who were aJso 
 Bons-iii-law of Worsley, did not comply with 
 (his direction, ckiimiiig that th-u whole rcadue 
 oujue to them ajid their \viv«!s by \-irtue of a 
 codicil to the will. By a decree of the Proro- 
 fative Court, dated 29 AprU, 17, Eiiz [1575] 
 Ihey were, however, ordered to pay to the Mayor /I 
 and Sheriff two hundred marks to be employed ^Vv_£, 
 in maii^taining a stock of wocA ''to sot the poor 
 f>oo()le within tlte city . . . awork in clotii- ^ 
 tng." The Mayor and citizens, by an indenture, »4^Cviri^, 
 jLited 29 September in the sami- year, acknow- 
 
 Jedged reocipt of the sum and undertook to em- f^.^ v-^ xa»* /i yi \- % ^ jL ^ 
 
 ploy it in accordance with the ord«r. A copy -'*-'^^ »v*»»>% H/Lt,j- kw^ V«C^ 
 of t)u3 indentiue ie in Harl. MS., 2173. 
 
 On 10 Oct . 1576, a fourth of tlie sum was L / A^C 
 
 loaned to Niol" la?? Macsey for six yeajrs to be ( ' 
 eirjployed by him in the same kind of "'ootton- ^ * 
 
 ing, frising and clotliing" in CJheeter. as ma^e ' T*vk. ' LC '*-<,>o-»*j6, -W 
 in Solop, Oswestry, Denbigh, and Chirk, etc, ^ 
 
 Bud late begun in this city. He was to main- i^ - ^t— . > /^ 
 tain sis poor people of Chester by this employ- ^ *'*^^\t-^ Co 
 
 Enent, and was to pay yearly for the itse of the I j , 
 
 Money 40.s. to tlie censors, wai-dens, governor^ rWy {A -Jb-f^ 
 ind oolloctors of the stock pi-ovided for the I ■'V^,^ 
 
 poor, and the sum was to l>e distributed by the • » ^^ A L- 
 
 ■aid officers to tlie poor of the city. A second t- vk*^, A.-^ ^ AA^iu-^^ -i/t Jttf [J 
 fourth »um was loaned on the .same day to Griff. , • .^ (\ , 
 
 tVodd on siniiW terms. ;ind Mr. Hewitt men- K-^ I A.4«*,A_»^» ■t\\J f Aiti m ■ n ^ i-# i 
 tions the loan of another portion of the 200 w .- ,— ^^ ^<.^HJL -••jrrX^^.O 
 
 marks to Robert Modesley. Jrf . - . ^ 
 
 Furtlier loans under the same conditior»s wore »^*^'V«_-C'l^ Vt-c«.*»4CyTx^X*(tf %-\, -jt^^ji 
 made to Thomas Johns aD<l Randall Walker for ..o /(<i m 
 
 five years on 21 Feb., 40 Eliz. AiXjC r\0^aL'i-Ji Ct^i^Jtjff^\ <l/ 
 
 By indentures of 22 Feb., 1602, loans were t I fl^^^^y^Mr^^e/l. yr. 
 
 made to Randall Walfcor a.nd 'Thomas Johns i -^ ,i'^ / . y A- * ^ 
 
 lor ten years, each paying 10s. y<'arly for the' '<>' ' hAjnji^XfL*% 'Utty^ 
 
 poor and impotent of the city. .• f I / 
 
 On 20 Sep., 1608, it was ordenj that, as 
 the bequest has bean lost by reason of tlie decay 
 t>f those to whom it had been lent, tiie amount 
 
 
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 -£a^*-i\.k^ 
 
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 l^hould be repaid oK of tl(c tresisury of the city 
 as soon as might be. 
 
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 26 MiU'ch, 1613, a fourth of the sum was lent '^ ^ i 
 k) Randall Smith for ton years. In 1620 two f . • jy, • 
 
 portioos were lent, and in 1623 one portion. I f\ <^_ 4L\§y\j JtS 1 
 
 Tliis is the last record to be found of the [ " ''***^^l 
 
 (iianey being loaned, but a memorandum on a 
 parchment roll supplies u final notice of the 
 diarity and. in part, account^ for its disap(>ear- 
 enoe. The note itself is not datt<l but it is evi- 
 dent, without referring to the date of uhe sue- ^r^ , 
 ceeding note that it refers to the time of the L lJl/\f~Ky^^ 
 siege. It mention.s difficidty experienced in ob- » ^ . 
 taining repayment of benefactors' moneys dMe, ^rV iimjf J 
 ■evcral having been "put in sute." The sums ^ '• ^^ 
 ".ailed in, which include £100. 9s. of Ralph 
 .Worsloy'a ohority, had been expcndefl in the 
 
 ryraont of Sir Thomas Aston's regiment of 
 <»e, in oomicctioii with the King's visit to 
 Chester, in piymeiit of the city stJdier.':, in 
 purchase of powder »»d bullets, in repair of the 
 ■toi>e walls, mud walls, gates, etc. 
 
 Then follows a statement of military disburse- 
 Eients fnim January 1642. to Octob^-. 1643, 
 by virtue of the King's conmiand : the notes 
 being signed by Sir Thomas A.^ton and paid by 
 Mr. Mayor's <lireotion. 
 
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 On the 31st Dec, 1395. Richard de Workeslcgh, 
 chapla.in, appeared before the Vice-Justice, 
 Chamberlain, and Escheator of Chester and other 
 ' Cheshire men and one of the Justices of the 
 Kings's Beach, and maie a declaratio i that 
 "Dominus" Greoffrey de Workeslesh Kt. 
 enfeoflfed in fee simple the said Hichard and 
 Robert de Mampton, late Vicar of E'-'o!o3, of the 
 Manor ot Workeslegh ; that Rjbeit surrendiired 
 his rights to Richard ; that sometime afterwards 
 Geoffrey came from abroad and requc<ted to be 
 re-enfeoffed of the minor ; that they then went 
 by a way near the said Manor Cilled "La 
 Causey " to the Cfate of the mvaor, whore Richard 
 placed the ring of the gate in Geoffrey's hands 
 and said, " Here I eyve ye Geffrey fulle seisoa in 
 "this iiianer of Workeslegh, with alio the 
 '■appurtenance as fulle as I hade hit of yowe sum 
 "tyme" ; ihat the same was dona at tho dooi' of 
 the hall and Geoffrey then said " Blossec bo God 
 "nowo I an lorde of Workesle;ih, and so was y 
 "boj^ht uiony day here liyfore." 
 
 Geoffrey then went abroad and diid seized of 
 the manor ; three years later, Richard was in tho 
 Chapel of Dene (Dean, Cu. Lanes.) with Robert 
 de Heton and John de Horewycb Clerk, when 
 Robert de Workeslegh, accompanied by Ely de 
 Heton, came to him with a charter, without a 
 seal, relating to the said manor, aud requested 
 him to sign it ; he refused to do .^o but boin» 
 tlireatesed by Robert he signed, callin? upon de 
 Heton to witness and saying " Loo [sioj I most 
 "[must] refeoff ' tho nianer of Worke.^lowe wrong- 
 "fuUyth, and therefore y pray the and charge the 
 " byfore God that y'u here witness hereof in tymo 
 "comyng whatsoever fall of me. " 
 
 If, as I supp'jse, this relates to t:ie Mauor of 
 Worsley, Oo. Lanes., why was the declaration 
 taken before the dig;nitaries of Clieshirn, and why 
 was it enrolled upon the Chancery (Recognizance) 
 Rolls of that county ? R. S. 13. 
 
 the
 
 OLD CHESHIRE FAMILIES CONNECTED WITH ST. MARY'S. 191 
 
 Eveley decessed my late s'vaunte at the Towre [of London] ffyve pounds yf she happen to be on 
 \yve at the tyme of my decesse I gyve to James Worsley basterd brother to my cosyn Alexander 
 Worsley ffyve pounds To my ffrend John Wynnington of the Temple gent fifyve pounds I gyve 
 unto Rauffe Worsley sone of my said cosyn Alexander Worsley decessed twenty pounds To John 
 Worsley sone of my brother Seth Worsley decessed twenty pounds. 
 
 " I gyve &c. all and singler my lands tents and heredytaments w'" their app''tenances in the cittie 
 of London and the suburbes of the same w'^ Nych'' Jennyns late citizen and alderman of London did 
 gyve unto me and unto Joane my late wyffe and to the heyres of our twoe bodyes lawfully begotten 
 unto Alyce Katheryne and Avyce doughters of me the said Rauffe Worsley and of the said Johane 
 my late wyffe and to the heyres of the bodyes of the said Alyce Katheryne and Avyce lawfully I 
 gyve to my ffrend ■\\'ittm Crofton ffyve marks and to M' Wittm Glaseor ffyve pounds and to my 
 cosyn Rychard Hurleston fifyve pounds and to my s'vaunte Thomas Hyckake ffyve markes. 
 
 "Also I doo gyve &c. all and singler my lands tents and heredytaments in the pishe of St. 
 Myldreds in the Pultrey in the cittie of London late in the houldinge of John Mylner decessed or 
 his assignes unto my cosyn Hughe Worsley sone of my brother Otnell ' and the heires of the body of 
 the said Hughe lawfully begotten Also I give &c. all and singler my lands tents and heredytaments 
 w'" th'app''tenncs w"'in the countye of Lancastre unto Katheryne nowe wyfife of fifrauncis Sherington 
 and bastard doughter of me the said Rauffe Worsley to have and to hold the said lands and tents 
 and other p'misses to the said Katheryne for terme of her lyffe And I will devyse &c. that the same 
 lands tents and other the p'misses last before menconed shall remayne and be imedyatly after the 
 decesse of the said Katheryne to the heyres of the bodye of the said Katheryne lawfully begotten 
 and for defaalte of heires of the body of the said Katheryne lawfully begotten I will that my said 
 landes tents and other the p'misses w"" th'app''tenuces shall remayne and be to my doughters Alyce 
 wyfife of Thomas Powell and Katheryne wyfife of Thomas Tutchett and the heyres of the bodye of 
 the same Alyce and Katheryne lawfully begotten Also I will that all the residue of my goods and 
 cattails w"^' I have not heretofore in this my testament gyven or bequeythed nor shall hereafter gyve 
 bequethe or bestowe in my lyffe tyme shall remayne and be unto my executors hereafter named to 
 be by them distrybuted and disposed in char>table dedes and otherwyse for the welth [? weal] of H ^e£/^ - VxedlA 
 my soule by the advyce of my ffrend Alexander Rigbye one of the supvisors of this my last will. 
 
 "Also I constytute &c. my welbeloved sons in law Thomas Powell, Thomas Tutchett and 
 ffrauncis Sherington to be executors of this my testament and laste will to execute and pform the 
 same accordinge to my mynde and will therin declared as my truste is in them And I ordeyne 
 &c. my lovinge cosyns and fifrends Wiitm fifletwodd Esquier Recorder of the Cyttie of London and 
 the said Alexander Rigbye of the Burgh to be supvisors &c. And I gyve to eyther of my said 
 supvisors twentye pounds for their paynes and travells to be bestowed and taken in and about 
 th'execucon of the p'misses In witness whereof to this my p'sent testament conteyninge herin 
 my last will I the said Rauffe Worsley have put to my seale &c. 
 
 " Also I geve &c. the moytie or one halfe of all my manors meses lands and tents in Birkenhead 
 Wolton ah Woton Claughton Bideston Walazey and [Tranmere?] w'Mn the com of Chester to my 
 doughter Alyce nowe wyfe of Thomas Powell to have and hold to the said Alyce for terme of her 
 naturall lyffe w""out impechment of wast And I will that the same moytie or halfe of the manors 
 and other the last recyted p'misses shall imedyatly after the decesse of the said Alyce remeyne and 
 be to the sev*all uses behoves and intents conteyned and specyfied in a payre of indentures made 
 betweene me of the one ptie and Ale.xander Rigbye of the Burghe in the com of Lancastre and 
 Thomas Browne of Hoole in the countye of Chester gentleman of the other ptie beringe date the 
 
 ' Or Ottiwell, sc-€ the peJigree on p. 192. 

 
 
 192 
 
 ST. MARY-ON-THE-HILL, CHESTER. 
 
 eight day of November in the said ffourtenth yere of the raigne of the Quenes Ma"'' that nowe is 
 and under such condicons as is conteyned in the same indenture. And also I geve &c. the other 
 moytie or halfe of all my manors &c. last before menconed to my doughter Katheryne nowe wyfe of 
 the said Thomas Tutchett to have and hold to the said Katheryne for terme of her lyfe w"'out 
 impechement of waste And I will that the same other moytie or halfe of the same manors and 
 other the said last recyted p'misses shall imedyatly after the decesse of the said Katheryne remayne 
 and be to the sevall uses behoves and intents" iiic. [as before.] 
 
 The following is on a separate piece of parchment fastened to the probate: — 
 
 "The said Rauffe Worsley intendyng therby more playnly and pticularjy to declare and cxplayne 
 his meanynge in the legacie of the residue of his goods menconed in his will as well before as after y" 
 makinge of his will dyd signifie and publishe before credible psons that notw"'standinge any thinge 
 therin conteyned his meanynge was that Thomas Towchett and Thomas Powell shuld have the saide 
 residue of his goods and to be goodd to the pore as he was wont to be in his lieffe tyme and as they 
 saw cause accordinge to the truste that he reposed in them or the like wordes in effecte." 
 
 The following pedigree (based on one in Har/. MS. 2040, f. 296'') will probably be of 
 interest here as several of the later descendants of this family, as well as the Powells of Horsley, 
 &c., were buried at St. Mary's. 
 
 ^Srtiitriff of 2Mor6lfP of Cftedtn* anti Bukenbrati. 
 
 Arms: Argent, a chevron between 
 three hawks Sable, beaked and 
 belled Or and jessed (lules, on 
 the chevron a mullet Or for 
 difference. 
 
 Cresf : A hawk Sable, beaked and 
 belled Or and jessed Sable. 
 
 Hugh Worsley, of 
 
 Worsley Mesnes, in the parish 
 
 of Wigan, co. Lane. 
 
 tiller alia. 
 
 I 
 
 William Worsley, of 
 
 Worsley Mesnes, co. Lane. 
 
 inter alia. 
 
 I 
 
 Ralph Worsley, of 
 
 Chester and BirkenJiead, 
 
 third son. 
 
 Died 27 Dec, 1572. 
 
 Bur. at St. Mary's, Chester. 
 
 M.I. there. 
 
 Anne, dau. of Ralph Standish, 
 of Standish, co. Lane. 
 
 Joan, dau. of Adam Birkenhead 
 of Chester. 
 
 Joan, dau. of John 
 
 Pike, Esq. 
 
 Dead liefore 1572. 
 
 I 
 
 Ottiwell Worsley 
 
 (of Chester?). 
 
 Died 1574, and hur. at 
 
 St. Mary's. 
 
 I I 
 Arthur Worsley. 
 
 Anthony Worsley. 
 
 Died s.p. 
 
 Katherine Worsley, 
 
 illegitimate dau. 
 
 Marr. Francis 
 
 Sherington, of 
 
 Wardley, co. Lane. 
 
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 I 
 
 Alice Worsley, 
 
 dan. ami coheiress. 
 
 .Marr. Thomas Powell, 
 
 of Horsley, 
 
 CO. Denbigh, Esq. 
 
 She died in Dec. , 
 
 1609, 
 and was buried at 
 St. Mary's. =7= 
 
 Powell of Horsley. 
 
 Katherine Worsley, 
 
 dati. and coheiress. 
 
 Marr. (l) Thomas 
 
 Toutchet, of Nether 
 
 Whitley, Esq., 
 
 and (2) Edward Legh, 
 
 brother of Sir Peter 
 
 Legh, of Lyme, Knt. 
 
 She died in 161 5, 
 
 and was bur. at 
 
 St. Mary's. 
 
 I 
 
 Avice Worsley, 
 
 dan. and coheiress. 
 
 Marr. (l) Thomas 
 
 Vawdrey, 
 
 of the Riddings, 
 
 CO. Chester, 
 
 (2) Humphrey 
 
 Davenport, 
 of Northenden, ^ 
 
 (3) John Shakerley, 
 gent. 
 
 Anne, dau. and heir 
 
 of Prudence Lether, 
 
 of Chester. 
 
 
 Hugh Worsley. 
 
 Living 1558 and 
 
 1572. 
 
 Alice, dau. and 
 
 heir of William 
 
 Scroup, alias 
 
 Newman. 
 
 I 
 Edward 
 Worsley. 
 Died s.p. 
 
 Edward. 
 
 John. 
 
 Ralph Worsley, 
 "a lawyer dyed 
 in the Castle of 
 Chester and 
 buried in 
 St. Mary's church- 
 yard in 1590 " 
 
 ^K 
 
 dau. to 
 
 Thos. Aldersey, 
 
 of Chester, 
 merchant, and 
 
 sister of 
 
 Will. Aldersey, 
 
 vintner. 
 
 (See Harl. MS. 2040, f. 296''.) 
 ((3. 
 
 Rose Worsley, 
 
 second wife to 
 
 Oliver Smyth, of 
 
 Chester. 
 She was bur. in 
 
 Holy Trinity 
 Churcii, Chester,
 
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 OLD CHESTER FAMILIES CONNECTED WITH ST. MARY'S. 
 
 I9J 
 
 The Oldkield family was originally connected with St. Mary's, owing to the fact that the 
 founder of the family, PHILIP Olukield, Esq., a prominent Chester barrister, lived in the parish 
 and was buried in the church in the year 1616, the handsome 
 monument still remaining in the north chapel, and already full}' 
 described on pp. 42-4, having been erected to his memor)'. He 
 was the eldest son of Philip Oldfield of Middlewich and PLlizabeth 
 Swinton his wife, and was born about the }'ear 1541. He was 
 educated at Gray's Inn as a barrister and practised at Chester for 
 many j-ears. He was married about i 569 to Helen the daughter 
 and heir of William Berrington of Bradwall, in the parish of Sand- 
 bach, CO. Chester, gentleman, by whom he had a large famil}-.* B}' 
 this marriage he ultimately succeeded to the Bradwall estate, 
 where he appears to have frequentK' resided as well as in Chester. 
 The birth rjf his eldest son and heir apparent in 1575 is entered 
 at great length in the Sandbach Register, in Latin, of which the 
 following is a translation :^ 
 
 "1575. Memorandum that Philip Oldfeld, of Graves Inn, in the 
 county of Middlesex, gentleman, and Helen, his wife, daughter and heir 
 apparent of William Berynton, of Bradwall, co. Chester, gentleman, had 
 issue begotten betwi.xt them an only son, at the Hall of Bradwall, in the 
 parish of Sandbach, in the said county of Chester, on Tuesday being the 
 28th June. The which son of the said Philip and Helen was afterwards, 
 namely on the Friday then next following, being the first day of July in 
 
 the said year, baptized in the parish church of Middlewich in the said county by the name of Thomas 
 Oldfeld, Thomas Venables, esq., son and heir apparent of Thomas \'enable.s, of Kinderton, in the said 
 county of Chester, Knight, and William Boweor [Bowyer], of Knypersley, in the county of Stafford, esq., 
 and Elizabeth, the wife of the said William Berynton, being the sponsors of the said child." 
 
 On the 30th May, 1578, his wife was buried at Sandbach, and on the 2nd Dec, 15S2, he was 
 married at Malpas to his second wife Helen, daughter of William Hanmer, of P^ennes, Esq., and 
 then the widow of John Griffith, Serjeant-at-Law, by whom he had a family of three .sons and one 
 daughter. He died at Chester on the i jth Dec, 1616, aged 75, and was buried in St. Catherine's 
 Chapel in St. Mary's on the 17th Dec. In the epitaph put up to his memory (jtv p. 43) he is 
 spoken of as deserving well of his county " by reason of the work done by him in constructing 
 roads and bridges as well as in investigating the most ancient pedigrees of its families." He 
 was also " mo.st distinguished as a lawyer and citizen " of Chester. 
 
 No copy of his will, if he made one, is now to be found at the Probate Registry, Chester, but 
 the inventory of his goods, &c., is still preserved there. This document is of great length and is 
 of much interest as .showing the possessions of a rich law)-er at the beginning of the seventeenth 
 century. It is too long to give in full, but the following abstract gives the chief items, man\- of 
 which are very curious. Those at his residence, the Green Hall, in Chester are given first, and 
 subsequentlytho.se at Bradwall. The total amounted toi;'i,3io 6.s. 5d., a very large sum in 
 those days.^ There are man\- dialect words in this inventor)-. 
 
 Arms and Crest ok the 
 Oldfield Famu.v. 
 
 ■X. )U^ 
 
 n£ ft^iii -^^ yf^^- 
 
 I have already priiuel tliis li~t in my History of Saiitlbaih, pp. 134-6. 
 
 C (•
 
 
 194 ST. MARY-ON-THE-HILL, CHESTER. 
 
 A true and jierfect Inventory of .nil the Cioods iS:c. which lato were of I'hillippe Oldfeild 
 Esquier deceased as they were seen vallewed and appraised by John Cooke, Randle Holme, 
 Thomas \Veston and Robert Smithe, Citizens of the Cittie of Chester, George Holland, Richard 
 ffurnivall, Thomas Broomefeild, John Hatton, Richard Brooke, John aj) Richard, and Richard 
 Holme, yeomen of the Countie palatyn of Chester, begun on the 19"' Dec. 16 16 and fynislied the 
 10 Marche following. 
 Imprim's in the Creene Hall in Chester. \^c^^MiJCjuZ <wJ .*t^aMj lU fw>-^yi^ ^i^Us [^f&xe...'^. 
 
 Item one silk grograyne gowne and two black clothe gowncs vallewed at vij '. [X?] 
 
 Item one velvett Jerkin and a paier of velvet liosc xxvj'. viij''. 
 
 Item one .'^attyii doblett and an old \-el\ct Jerkin xviij". 
 
 Item three paier of rounde hose .\j\ 
 
 Item three paier of oulile stockinges & a paier of black gamashees' iiij". 
 
 Item one Rideinge Cassack v'. 
 
 Item one study gowne xxvj". viij"". 
 
 Item one parted doblett of stuff and one greate gamashin stockinge ij'. vj''. 
 
 Item one payer of hose of read bayes [red baize] x''. 
 
 Item one old bea\er hatt xij*. 
 
 Ill the Studie Chamber. 
 
 Item in bookes concerninge the lawes xl". 
 
 Item six bookes of the Statuts at large iij". 
 
 Item eight bookes of historyes & heraldrye viij*. 
 
 Item a dictionary ij". 
 
 Item a new bible & ten bookes of Divinitye xv'. 
 
 Item fitz Herberts abridgment iv; brookes abridgm' xx'. 
 
 & other books in cupboards &c. 
 
 .\ paier of gloves a paier of mittons iV a dossen of silke poynts [/.c. laces] xij''. 
 
 A large quantity of silver jjlate valued at 4s. yd. the ounce & " guilt plate '' valued at 5s. the ounce. 
 
 A signet ringe of gold xxxvj'. 
 
 A seale skyn'd cheist iiij'. vj''. 
 
 In coy ned gold the sum of Ixxx.xj''. xij''. 
 
 Total ccxlvij''. iij'. [^247. 3s.] 
 
 Within and aboute the howse at Bradwall. 
 
 Oxen, horses, kyne, wheat, barley &c. 
 
 Itemabull iij". [^3] 
 
 Item two fatt kyne iiij". 
 
 Item five draught chaynes, a copsowe' & two copsowe pynns and a crowe [or crow- 
 bar] of iron xv'. iiij''. 
 
 Item two nawgers [augers] a guarge [? a gauge] a handshaw a wymble,'^ a paier of 
 
 [linsers & a hammer ij\ 
 
 Item one Coache' w"' wheeles v''. 
 
 ' fiam.ishees were loo.se drawers or stockings worn nutsiile the legs over the other clothing, nnd much used liv travellers. z.ovt*-ttL , 
 
 ^ A "copsal " is said by Ilalliwell to be a piece of iron which terminates the front of a plough. 
 
 ' A " wimble " was a large auger. 
 
 ' Coaches were very uncommon at this date,
 
 OLD CHESTER FAMILIES CONNECTED WITH ST. MARVS. 195 
 
 In the brew house. 
 
 Item one Bracke .\ij'. 
 
 Item one Stound, one piggen three drifats & a B jultinge Tu'jIj vj" viij''. 
 
 Item one hayre to drye make on xi:j'. iiij'. 
 
 Item a moldinge boorde & a logge of wood viij"*. 
 
 Item a wodden steade vj''. 
 
 In the Buttrey. 
 
 Item a bazen & Ewer of maslyn [brass] vj". viij '. 
 
 Item a drawinge voyder [basket or tray] v\ 
 
 Item two stillinges [frames or stands] xij''. 
 
 In the higlier parlor. 
 
 A paire of playinge Tables. 
 
 In the Hall. 
 
 Item one drawinge Table & its frame xl'. 
 
 Item a little square Table & keyvinge Tables & two longe formes x\ 
 
 Item in the hall one Calli ver [or large pist(jl or blunderbus] v'. 
 
 Item a bandalyer fiflax and a matche ij\ vj'^. 
 
 In the chamber over the Kitchen. 
 
 Item one bedsteed w' a Testerne' & a TrundelL bedd x\\ 
 
 Item one Twiggen chayer & a cushin v'. 
 
 Item a urynall glasse, a case & an old pen & ynckhorne and a little baskett .. ij''. 
 
 Item a warminge pan ]'. 
 
 Item an olde Studye Gowne v\ 
 
 Item Chesse boordes and the Men ij'. 
 
 In the daie house [? dairy house]. 
 
 Item four Eshins [pails] and two little bowkes [buckets] one old stoond iv: woodden 
 
 ladle ij. vj''. 
 
 Item a clock and bell in the buttrey Chamber iij". vj\ viij'. 
 
 Item a booke of husbandrie xij'. 
 
 " Pikles " [or pitchforks] are mentioned in the stables, i!s:c. 
 Powltrey, &:c., &c. 
 
 Item ten turkeys ^ x'. 
 
 Item three Digs [an old Cheshire word for duck] and a Drake ij'. 
 
 Item ffower Capons iiij". 
 
 Item seaven pea hens and cocks vij". 
 
 Item two sighes [? scythes] and a hooke xx*". 
 
 Item a Marlinge nawger [auger] x**. 
 
 Item one fowleinge peece vj*. viij''. 
 
 Item one new bible x'. 
 
 In the storehouse. 
 
 Item two pye plates, one olde voyder [basket or tray] and a Callander Dishe x'. 
 
 Item one Lymbeck [an alembic] & two little ones xx". 
 
 ' The " tester" was the fixed top and head parts of a bedstead. 
 
 - A '• truiidle-l)e<l ''or " truckle-bed '' was a low bed on castors trundled under a larger bed and on which a servant or other 
 inferior person slept at nighl.
 
 196 ST. MARV-OX-Tlfl'MlILI., (I [l-.SI-l'.R 
 
 In the Maydens Chamber &c. 
 
 Item a hetchcll [or hatchell, an instrLimcnt used to dress flax with] ij". 
 
 In the Studie. 
 
 Item four iiorlnumtuas iiij . 
 
 Item a standish, & two paier of spectacles & an old dagger ij\ 
 
 Item an hovver glasse xij'. 
 
 Item a bowe iV a sheaff of arr j .\ e.s ij". 
 
 Item eight horse shoes b-'ing old vj''. 
 
 Item two i)ictnres ij". 
 
 Item a Levill and a staffe vj'' 
 
 Item a punijitree v\ 
 
 Item a herball v". 
 
 Item one good cloke xT. 
 
 Item one Lattayne Bible v\ 
 
 Item in bookes in the inner studie v". 
 
 I tern a nest of boxes i j~. 
 
 Item a guilte pen & yncke ij". 
 
 Item in walking staves ij\ 
 
 I'liicks at 10". the thousand. Coarser bricks at 5". the thousand. 
 
 Item a lease made by Rauffe Leftwiche and \\illiam I.eftwiche to this intestate of 
 certain parcells of the demesne of Leftw''' for the terme of Ix yeres bearing 
 date S James 20 Dec. [1610] if the said Rauffe Leftwiche soe longe do lyve... C'. [^100] 
 
 Item one fether bedd xl". 
 
 Item one downe bedd iiij". 
 
 Item one caddowe x\ 
 
 Item the intestates debts due & owinge unto him by divers psons upon seu'all 
 
 specialtyes \'^ xx". [^5 20] 
 
 The totall some of all <S: every of the somes in this Inventory 1 i^'iij' x''. vj\ v'". 
 sett downe Ov: mentioned is f [;/^i,,yo 6s. 5d.] 
 
 I'^xhibit.-d 14 March i6i6[-i7]. 
 
 I'hilii) Oldfield's incpiisiliun /ost i/toiiciit, which was taken at .Sandbach on the 1 jth Jinic, 
 1617/ deals almost entirely with liis .Sandbach and Middlewich property, and docs not mention 
 any messuage or lands in Chester. By his first wife he had a son and heir Thomas Oldficld, 
 who settled at Bradwall, and became the founder of the line of the Oldfields of that place, of 
 whom a full pedigree will be found in my History of Sandbach, ^\^. 158-9. He had also a 
 daughter Elizabeth, who married John Wettenhall. By his second wife he had three sons, 
 I'hilip, Michael, and William, who all married heiresses and became the founders of the three 
 families of the Oldfields of Somerford, Cro.xton, and Leftwich, all in Cheshire, respectively. 
 Margaret, his daughter by his second wife, married Peter Shakerley of Hulme, co. Chester, E.sq. 
 These four sons and two daughters are represented on his monument in St. Mary's, together 
 with their shields of arms, &c. {see p. 43). After Philip Oldfield's death the connection of his 
 descendants with St. Mary's practically ceased. 
 
 ' \n .iljslracl uiU In; fuiiinl in llic Iliiloty of Samlbaili, p. 136.
 
 THE CHARITIES OF ST. MARY'S. 197 
 
 Cijr Cljantirsi of ^t. iMarg'si. 
 
 The Charities of St. Mary's are not very numerous or important, but much interest attaches 
 to tiiem as the largest one now existing is the outcome of a large number of small legacies left 
 at different times to the church. These small sums were allowed to accumulate in the hands of 
 the Churchwardens, and, as will be shown later on, were ultimately invested in land. 
 
 The earliest list of benefactions to the poor of St. Mary's which I have met with occurs in 
 one of the Randle Holmes' MSS. in the British Museum {Harl. MS. 2176, f. 60), and was prob- 
 ably drawn up about the middle of the seventeenth centur)'. It is written in a somewhat 
 hurried manner, but with the contracted words, &c., extended, it is as follows ; — 
 
 C/FTS TO ST Ml RYES IN CHESTEK. 
 
 M" Isabell Hurleslon,' widdow, gave 5" [^5], the use {i.e., the interest] to be given to ten poore 
 widduws, j'' a peece in bread on May diy, -S' James, S' Lukes and Candlemas dayes. 
 
 John Maddocks gave 6" [^6], the use to be given on Whitsvn eve, All Saints eve, Ciiristmas eve and 
 Good Friday. 
 
 Alderman John Brereton" gave 10'' [.^10] the use to be given to the poore on .S' Georges day. 5«e U. 105.^00 
 
 Richard Partington gave 5'' [^5], the use to the poor on \\'itsun eve. 
 
 M''. Thomas Swinton ' gave 5'' 7' 6'' [^5 7s. 6d.j, the use to be given to the poore on Christmas eve. 
 
 John Sandbach gave 10'' 8" [^10 8s.] the use to the poore on Christmas eve. 
 
 M'' .... Edwards' of Cheley [Cheveley] gave 10'' [^10] the use to the poore on Christmas eve. 
 
 Jane daughter to Robjrt Collyer' late V'icir \sic for Rector] of this parish gave 5'' [,^5] the use to the 
 poore on Good Friday. 
 
 Madame" Katherine Mainwaring, relict to Sir Randle Mainwaring gave to the parish a rich imbroidered 
 pulpit cloth and 5'' [^5]. 
 
 M'" Ellen Danald gave 3" \£i\. 
 
 Cicely Findlow [gave] 2'' 5" [^2 5s.] the use to the poore on Good Friday. 
 
 Thomas Ormes gave 2'' [^2] the use to the poore on (iuod Friday. 
 
 M"' Henry Smith' of London gave 5'' [^5] yearely out of his lands to be given to the poore. 
 
 M'" Alice Whitby,' widdow, gave 3" 6^ [^3 6s.], the use to the poore on Good Friday. 
 
 M'' Gamull" gave 7'' [^7], the use to repaire the church and 20' yearely out of his land to repaire the 
 high-way. 
 
 ' A copy of Mrs. Isabel Huilcston'j will occurs in //.!/■/. MS. 2131, f. 199. .She desired to be buried "in .S' .Marys in 
 Chester neere to the good Lady Mainwaringe" and she bequeathed to Mr. Seddon, clerk, " lOs and lOs more to preacli my 
 funeral sermon and to his six children 2i. 6d a piece." The date of the will is not given, but it was, I believe, proved at 
 Chester in 1640. 
 
 » His will bears date 14 November, 1628. louv,^ <l^6Xuok^ (fclj , rfi^ 4-J»-^ /^Sl. ftwi^O u. ^ofc-i CA^e/l. ^U<^e^A.^t^yjiL.ccJiu, 
 '■> Died 1637 {sec p. 93). Ifwacle. .x^ '\. ' ^^ 
 
 ' This was probably John Edwards, of Cheveley, genlle;nan, who died in 1637, the father of Francis Edwards, rector of 
 .St. Mary's {sl-i; pp. 83-5). 
 
 ^ She died in 1623. See an abstract of her will on p. S3. 
 
 ° It is strange she is not called Dame Katherine Mainwaring. She died in 161S (jw p. 62). 
 
 ' His will bears date 26 January, 1626 {see p. 200). 
 
 ' .She was the widow of Thomas Ciamul, Esq., Recorder of Chester, and died in 1640 (.-Vi.- p. 41). 
 
 ' Probably Thomas Gamul, the Recorder, who died in 1613 {see pp. 39-41).
 
 l^/lAf>\ajht\t<J- Au^e--itvy\ -iAcl^ (^hjK|/l& (2rti»>"^ V c«v.<^»£ tv.cc. ^ ^tinc/6s? aO i<l<£«/<1 tr>v «J JiL, (6og. 
 
 198 
 
 ST. MARY-OX-THE-HILL, CHESTER. 
 
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 10 
 
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 5<c |v^ liJT V)o. 
 
 04 
 
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 02 
 
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 M' Brereton of Eccleston gave 5" [^5], the use to repaire the high wayc in Eccleston lane. 
 Richard Weston gave 1'' [^i] and widdow Hale gave i", the use to repaire the highwayes. 
 M'' Randle Holme gave a crimson velvett pulpit cushion to the church and 5" [^"5] to the poore. 
 
 [The above are IheJ severall charitable and pious gifts left to the parish of S' Mary on the Hill, within 
 the cilty of Chester since anno 1600. 
 
 The next list in point of date i.s the one drawn up about the year 17 18 in answer to the 
 appeal of Dr. Francis Gastrell, Bishop of Chester, for the fullest information from each parish in 
 his extensive diocese. This, which is now preserved amongst the records in the Bishop's Registry 
 at Chester, is signed by the then rector of St. Mary's, Hugh Wilbraham, and contains several 
 small legacies not mentioned in the previous list. 
 
 It is as follows : — 
 
 Left to y'' Poor of the Parish of St. Mary on y'' Hill in the County of the City of Chester. 
 
 By M' John Brereton late Alderman of y'' s'' City, in the City 
 
 Hands, & the yearly Intrest paid by the Treasurers on 
 
 y '^ 23'' of April 
 
 By M' Hugh Aldersey of London 
 
 By M'' Mathew Anderton of Chester 
 
 The Yearly Intrest of both p'' by y'' Churchwardens of St. 
 
 Peters parish in y'' s'' City & distributed to Eighteen poor 
 
 widowes. 
 
 By M" Cath: Dicas of Chester 
 
 By M'' John Uicas of Chester 
 
 both charg'd upon the Lands of M'' Char" Dicas Surgeon 
 
 in Chester the yearly Intrest p'' into the Hands of the 
 
 Church-wardens & distributed to 1 2 poor widowes. 
 By M' Peter Cotton Attorney at Law in the City of Chester... 
 
 which together with Some other Money which was call'd 
 
 in went to the purchasing of an Estate of 4'' : 10" p an; 
 
 near Chester & is distributed in bread on Christmas day, 
 
 Easter & Whitsuntide deducting the Intrest of M' Cottons 
 
 10" which according to his Will is to be given to 20 poor 
 
 Housekeepers who frequent y'' Church. 
 By M'' Henry Smith an uncertain SurTie being a dividend of 
 
 the Rents arising from Some Old Houses in the parish 
 
 of Tolleshunt Darcy in the County of Essex to be given 
 
 to poor people that receive no other Alms from the 
 
 parish. 
 
 03 
 
 07 
 
 00 
 00 
 
 00 
 00 
 
 10 ; 00 : 00 
 
 We have no Schools that I know of unless it be that a poor woman or two teach English. 
 
 This is the most exact account can be procured by 
 My Lord 
 
 Y' Lordships 
 
 most obedient 
 
 Humble Servant 
 
 Hugh AVilbrah.-^m. 
 
 About thirty }-cars later three fresh charities were painted on a board w hich was hung in
 
 THE CHARITIES OF ST. AIARY'S. 
 
 199 
 
 the church, but, after doing duty in quite modern times as part of the framework round the 
 organ, it has now completely disappeared. 
 This list was as follows : — 
 
 Painted on a bjard, formerly used as part of the framework round the organ, but now entirely 
 lost.i 
 
 j\['' John Phipps of the City of Dublin, Merchant, by his last Will and Testament gave to the 
 Poor of this Parish the sum of Five pounds, the Interest thereof to be distributed amongst them by 
 the Church Wardens Yeady on S' John's Day, the Evangelist [Dec. 27], forever. 
 
 CIeorge Grifi-ies 1 
 Hexrv Busshell j 
 
 Ch ^ \\'ardens 1743. 
 
 Peter Fouekes" 1):D: Can^n of Christ Church, Oxon, ^'c &c left Five pounds to the Poor 
 
 of this Parish the interest thereof to be distributed to the said Poor by the Church \Vardens Yearly 
 
 on S' John's Day, the Evangelist, for ever. 
 
 Charles Moulson 1 ^, ,,. , 
 
 ^ I Ch = Wardens 1747. 
 
 John Evans J 
 
 M" Sarah Cartwright of this City Spinster by Her last Will and Testament left 2' 10' o'' to 
 be distributed by the Minister and Church- Wardens among the Poor of this Parish after Her decease 
 and likewise i'" i* o'' towards a piece of plate for the Communion Service 
 
 John Callev \ 
 
 , ^ I Church-Uardcns I7S2. 
 
 John Davies J 
 
 In the Charity- Commissioners' Returns for 1786 a long list of the persons who at different 
 times had bequeathed monc}- to the poor is given.-' The total amounted to ;^263 4s. 6d. With 
 some of this money, after deducting some amounts which were not interfered with, the church- 
 wardens had in 1756 erected a gallery on the north side of the church, and in this galler\- the)- 
 had let pews at certain annual rents, which rents were expended in the purchase of bread for 
 the relief of the poor. Another portion had also been spent in purchasing the Llay Farm, sub- 
 sequently to be alluded to. In 1839 the total amount of the pew rents, with some additions 
 from the church rates, amounted to £-j 183., but, of course, since the gallery was taken down and 
 church rates were abolished this yearly sum has been lost to the poor. 
 
 The Charity Commissioners' Report of 1839 mentions the following Charities: — John 
 Brereton's, producing lo.s. a year; Charlotte Uicas's, 12s. a year ; Henry Smith's, ;^io 15s. 
 a year; Hiigh Offley's and Matthew Anderton's, about 9s. a year; Peter Cotton's ■• 13 prayer 
 books every 8th year from the Cit)- Treasurer ; Randle Holme's,^ then probably amalgamated 
 with the Corporation Charities ; Harrison's, 13s. 6d. a year; and the Llay Farm estate, producing 
 £22 a \ear. 
 
 ' I copied tills lVo:ii the original buanl in 1SS7, but it seems to h.ive tlisaiipe.nrecl at the recent restoration. 
 
 ■-■ Dr. Peter FoiilUes w.is the son of Robert Fotilkes of the city of Chester, gentleman, and was baptised at St. Mary's on the 
 5lh Nov., 1676. He matriculated at Oxford from Christ Church on the i6th I\nie, 1694. aged 17. He became a very distinguished 
 ecclesi.astic, canon and sub-dean of Exeter in 1723, chancellor there in 1724". He died on the 30th April, 1747, and was buried 
 at Kxeter ysee\i. 131, note 3). 
 
 ' This list I have so far not been able to see. 
 
 ' This charily is given on the mural monument place<l to his memory and still preserved in the church (ice p. 54V He 
 died in 1716. It appears to be now lost. ' 
 
 ■' Randle Holme is stated to have left the sum of ;^30 to the Mayor and Citizens of Chester for the inirpose of puttin" a 
 poor chdd from .St. Mary's parish to the lilue-coat .School in Chester. "
 
 
 200 ST. MARY-ON-THE-HILL, CHESTER. 
 
 Of the above list six charities now remain, as shown b\' the Order of the Charit)' Com- 
 missioners issued on the lyth Jul\-, i SS9. Tlicsc are as follows : — 
 
 loHX Bkereton's Clmrity, founded by will dated 14 Nov. 1628, an annual sum of 10 shillings paid 
 by the trustees of the Municipal Charities out of a sum paid by the Corporation of the city of Chester. ^^^^.-Kf] IM. 
 
 Ch.vrlotte Dicas's Charitv, an annual sum of 12s charged upon part of the Duke of \\'estminster's 
 Chester estate. 
 
 — - — H.vrrishn's Charily, an annual sum of i is, interest on ^2° deposited in the Chester Savings 
 15ank. 
 
 'rm: Llav EsT.vrE. This is a farm, known as " the Llay Farm Estate," situated in the parish of 
 C.resford, co. Denbigh, contairiing 9 acres 3 roods and 10 perches or thereabouts let at an annual rent of 
 ^14. This land was as already stated purchased before the year 17 18 by the churchwardens with some 
 of the heque.-^ts of money which had accumulated in their hands. 
 
 Hugh Offi.ev's and Matthew Anderton's Charity, an annual sum of 7s ci}4d received from the 
 parish of S' Peter out of a sum received from the Trustees of the Chester Municipal Charities. These 
 Charities were founded by the will of Hugh Offley dated 14 May 1594 and by the will of Matthew Ander- 
 ton dated in 1693. 
 
 Henry Smith's Charity, a share of the rents of an estate at Tolleshunt Darcy, co Essex, amounting 
 to about /^S 15 per annum. This was left by will dated 26 January 1626 the charity being bequeathed to 
 the poor of certain parishes in Suffolk, Essex, Herts and Sussex in various proportions as well as to S' 
 Marys, which is the only Chester or Cheshire parish benetited. 
 
 The abo\e amounts now form one consolidated charity, called "The Parochial Charities," 
 for the whole ancient parish of St. Mary-on-the-Hill, and are vested in a body of fi\-c trustees, 
 including the rector and churchwardens and two others appointed by the vestry. After pay- 
 ment of all necessary outgoings, repairs, expenses, S:c., the balance is to be applied for the 
 benefit of the poor of the parish as the trustees inay think proper, power being given them to 
 subscribe to an)- infirmary or hospital, pro\-idcnt club, &c., cr to pro\ide nurses and clothes, 
 linen, &c. 
 
 T//£ SU.VDAV EfEN/XG LECTURE AT ST. MARY'S. 
 
 Shortly after the appointment of the Rev. Thomas AIawdeslc\- as Rector of St. Mary's, an 
 important meeting of the parishioners and others was held in the \-estr\' room at St. Mary's on 
 the 28th February, 1822, when it was resolved "that a Sunday Evening Lecture be established 
 in the said church, the Lecturer and all expenses to be paid by voluntary contributions," and 
 an influential committee was elected to carry this resolution into effect. The Rev. Frederick 
 Ayckbowm was appointed the first Lecturer, and the first lecture was fixed for the evening of 
 Sunday the 24th March, 1822, the service to begin at half-past si.x o'clock.^ 
 
 On the 1 8th July, 1828, the Rev. F. distance was appointed Lecturer on the resignation of 
 Mr. Ayckbowm, and about 1830 he was succeeded by the Rev. Thomas Harrison. The latter 
 resigned this office in March, 1837,'- and on the 7th April in that year the Rev. C. B. Taylor was 
 appointed Lecturer in his place. Mr. Taylor resigned in October, 1846, owing to his leaving 
 Chester, and on the 26th October in that year the Rev. Frederick Ford was appointed his suc- 
 
 ' From the official minute Ijook, now in the possession of the Ven. Archdeacon Barber. 
 - It may here be noted that in 1835 the church was fitted up with gas for the first time.
 
 THE CHARITIES OF ST. MARY'S. 
 
 20 1 
 
 cessor.i He resigned in January, 185 1, and on the 24th January in that year the Rev. IV. P. 
 Hiitton was appointed in his place. 
 
 On the resignation of Mr. Hutton in February, 1852, a meeting of the parishioners was 
 held, when it was stated that the churchwardens proposed to take upon themselves the conduct 
 of the Evening Lecture as a parochial service, so that the duties of the committee thereby 
 came to an end. The Sunday Evening Lectures appear to have been still regularly given, 
 many of the lecturers giving their services without payment, and others receiving;^! is. each, 
 till March, 1857, when the Rev. C. Bowen, Rector of St. Mary's, was requested to officiate as 
 the Lecturer, and this special service appears to have been merged into the ordinary services 
 of the church. 
 
 The original stipend of the Lecturer was fifty guineas a year, but in 1833 it was resolved 
 that the Lecturer be paid the actual surplus of the contributions after paying all expenses, and 
 the amount then paid was about ^86, which gradually fell by 1837 to ^^53- 
 
 • I have a sermon entitled " ' No Peace with Rome,' a Warning to the Church of God, being the substance of Two 
 Sermons, preached in Saint Peter's and in Saint Mary's Churches, Chester, on Sunday morning and evening, Nov. 3rd, 1850. 
 By the Rev. Frederick Ford, M.A., Trinity College, Cambridge, Rector of Saint Peter's and Sunday Evening Lecturer 
 of Saint Mary's." 
 
 Boss, Oak Roof, St. Mary-on-the-Hill, Chester, 1895. 
 
 D D
 
 202 ST. MARY-ON-THE-HILL, CHESTER. 
 
 Hisit of CljurrijiuartJrns, 
 
 1536 to 1896/ 
 
 1536 to 1537 William Brownshank and Nicholas Weddurbe [Wetherby]. 
 
 1 153 7 to 1538 William Brownshank and Nicholas Weddurbe. 
 
 1538 to 1539 Richard Johnson and Thomas Smith. 
 
 1539 to 1540 Richard Johnson and Thomas Maylis. 
 
 1540 to 15^1 John Calday and Thomas Meylis. 
 
 1541 to 1542 John Cawdey and Roger Brown. 
 
 1542 to 1543 William Houghton and Roger Brown. 
 
 1543 to 1544 William Houghton and Richard Muchell. 
 
 544 to 1545 Richard Gettin and Richard Muchell. 
 
 545 to 1546- Richard Gettin and James Taylor. 
 
 1546 to 1547 Thomas Woswoall [Wiswall] and Richard Street. 
 
 547 to 1548 Richard Street and Thomas Woswoall. 
 
 1548 to 1549 William Ball and Thomas Browne. 
 
 549 to 1550 Thomas Rogerson and Thomas Browne. 
 
 1550 to 1551 Thomas Rogerson and John Holt. 
 
 1551 to 1552 John Holt and Robert Skryevenar [Scrivener]. 
 
 1552 to 1553 Robert Scrivener and Richard Getten. 
 
 1553 to 1554 Richard Getten and Robert Scrivener. 
 
 1554 to 1555 Thomas Robinson and Peter Fletcher. 
 
 ■555 'o 1556 Thomas Robinson and Peter Fletcher. 
 
 1556 to 1557 William Williamson and Thomas Milner. 
 
 1557 to 1558 William Williamson and Thomas Milner. 
 
 1558 to 1559 Robert Gryse and Richard Dawbe. 
 
 1559 to 1560 Richard Cawday and Richard Dawbe. 
 
 1560 to 1561 Richard Cawday and David Richardson. 
 
 1561 to 1562 Robert Croket and David Richardson. 
 
 1562 to 1563 Robert Crosse and William Kettell. 
 
 1563 to 1564 Robert Crosse and William Kettell. 
 
 1564 to 1565 George Taylor and John Anyon. 
 
 1565 to 1566 George Taylor and John Anyon. 
 
 1566 to 1567 Robert Harvey and John Tilston. 
 
 1567 to 1568 Robert Harvey and John Tilston. 
 
 1568 to 1569 William Smith and Richard Mutchell. 
 
 1569 to 1570 William Smith and Richard Mutchell. 
 
 1570 to 15 71 Thomas Hey ward and Nicholas Brenes. 
 
 1571 to 1572 Thomas Heyward and Nicholas Brenes. 
 
 ' In each case (unless otherwise stated) from Easter to Easter.
 
 Jtrtt^ l-"^ cA,M/v-e*-c--T--v>«-'->L ijt^ayiwxinjy*^ CjU^ . 
 
 LIST OF CHURCHWARDENS. 203 
 
 572 to 1573 Robert Brock and Richard Tyrer. 
 
 573 to 1574 Robert Brock and Richard Tyrer. 
 
 574 to 1575 Laurence Rowlinson and John Clarke. 
 
 575 to 1576 Robert Brerewood and Thomas Browne. 
 
 576 to 1577 Robert Vernon and John Smith. 
 
 577 to 1578 Robert Vernon and John Smith. 
 
 578 to 1579 Peter Smith and Randle Whitby. 
 
 579 to 1580 Peter Smith and Randle Whitby. 
 
 580 to 1581 Thomas Wyrthen [Werden] and Richard Byrom. % (kj^nA^a^ «-(JtvftU~ 
 
 581 to 1582 Thomas Wyrthen and Richard Byrom. 
 
 582 to 1583 Thomas Findlowe [FinlowJ and William Holland. 
 
 583 to 1584 Thomas Finlow and William Holland. 
 
 584 to 1585 Thomas Finlow and William Holland. 
 
 585 to 1586 Roger Grice and Richard Hassellwall. 3^<v-ao*i2C,joJK. 
 
 586 to 1587 John Richardson alias Barker and Harry Skesbrjxke 
 
 [Scarisbrick]. 
 
 587 to 1588 Richard HaselKvall and Thomas Dannot. 
 
 588 to 1589 Richard Hasellwall and Thomas I)innot. 
 
 589 to 1590 Thomas Dannole and Richard Dycose [Dicas]. 
 
 590 to 1591 Richard Dycose and Richard Fletcher. 
 
 591 to 1592 Richard Fletcher and Edward Jones. 
 
 592 to 1593 John Brerewood and Edward Jones. 
 
 593 to 1594 Thomas Browne and John Brerewood. 
 
 594 to 1595 Thomas Brown and Richard Bromley. 
 
 595 to 1596 Thomas Wright and Robert Sproston. 
 
 596 to 1597 Thomas Wright and Robert Sproston. 
 
 597 to 1598 Thomas Barrow and Thomas Powell. 
 
 598 to 1599 John Richardson and Thomas Powell. 
 
 599 to 1600 John Richardson and John Gregory. 
 
 600 to 1 60 1 Robert Brock and John Gregory. 
 
 601 to 1602 Robert Brock and Thomas Weston. 
 
 602 to 1603 Edward Tottie and Thomas Weston. 
 
 603 to 1604 Edward Tottie and William Crosse. 
 
 604 to 1605 Richard Browne and William Crosse. 
 
 605 to 1606 Matthew Ellis and William Hurleston. 
 
 606 to 1607 Matthew Ellis and William Hurleston. 
 
 607 to 1608 George Manley and Randle Holme. 
 
 608 to 1609 George Manley and Randle Holme. 
 
 609 to 1 6 10 John Cooke and Robert Davies. 
 
 610 to 1611 John Cooke and Robert Davies. 
 
 611 to 1612 Richard Shone and Edward Smythe. 
 
 6i2toi6i3 Richard Shone and Edward Smythe. 
 
 613101614 John Maddock and John Cowper. 
 
 614 to 1615 John Cowper and John Maddock. 
 
 615 to 1616 William Fletcher and Thomas Urms [Orms]. 
 
 6i6toi6i7 Thomas Orms and James Fletcher. 
 
 617 to 1618 James Fletcher and John Dikus [Dicas]. 
 
 D D 2
 
 /- ci aiv ^M^di«e^t/f ii ^Xvnifci Wal^ic y<rfU-v» /| 6^K |«v--iX< 
 
 
 
 204 
 
 ST. xMARY-ON-THE-HILL, CHESTER. 
 
 1 6 18 to 161 9 
 
 1619 to 1620 
 
 1620 to 1621 
 
 1621 to 1622 
 
 1622 to 1623 
 
 1623 to 1624 
 
 1624 to 1625 
 
 1625 to 1626 
 
 1626 to 1627 
 
 1627 to 1628 
 
 1628 to 1629 
 
 1629 to 1630 
 
 1630 to I 63 1 
 
 1631 to 1632 
 
 1632 to 1633 
 
 1633 to 1634 
 
 1634 to 1635 
 
 1635 to 1636 
 
 1636 to 1637 
 
 1637 to 1638 
 
 1638 to 1639 
 
 1639 to 1640 
 
 1640 to 1641 
 
 1641 to 1642 
 
 1642 to 1643 
 
 1643 to 1644 
 
 1644 to 1645 
 
 1645 to 1646 
 
 1646 to 1647 
 1(147 to 1648 
 
 1648 to 1649 
 
 1649 to 1650 
 
 1650 to 1651 
 
 1651 to 1652 
 
 1652 to 1653 
 
 1653 to 1654 
 
 1654 to 1655 
 
 1655 to 1656 
 
 1656 to 1657 
 
 1657 to 1658 
 
 1658 to 1659 
 
 1659 to 1660 
 
 1660 to 1661 
 
 1 66 1 to 1662 
 
 1662 to 1663 
 
 1663 to 1664 
 
 1664 to 1665 
 
 John Dicas and Thomas l^e. 
 
 Thomas Loe and John Grice. 
 
 John Grice and John Davies. 
 
 Hugh Whicksted and William Horton. 
 
 Wilhani Horton and Laurence Fletcher. 
 
 George Manley and Robert Joynson. 
 
 George Manley and Robert Joynson. 
 
 Matthew Browne and Richard Partington. 
 
 Matthew Browne and Richard Partington. 
 
 William Ball and Randle Davies. 
 
 William Ball and Richard Mutchell. 
 
 Randle Holme the younger and Richard Mutchell. 
 
 Randle Holme, Jun^, and Thomas Johnson. 
 
 Thomas Johnson and Thomas Welshman. 
 
 Matthew Ellis and Thomas Welshman. 
 
 Matthew Ellis and James Boyd. 
 
 Henry Darwall and William Dicas. 
 
 Henry Darwall and William Dicas. 
 
 Thomas Roberts and Hugh Thorneley. 
 
 John Eccleston and Hugh Thorneley. 
 
 John Lowe and Thomas Kettle. 
 John Lowe and Thomas Kettle 
 
 Robert Burrowes and John Calcott. 
 
 Robert Burrowes and John Calcott. 
 
 William Whittell and John Smith. 
 
 Miles Pemberton and John Grey. 
 
 Miles Pemberton and John Grey. 
 
 Miles Pemberton and Roger Morris. 
 
 Roger Morris and John Fletcher. 
 
 John Fletcher and Ralph Leigh. 
 
 John Fletcher and Ralph Leigh. 
 
 George Chamberlain and Edward Bridge. 
 
 George Chamberlain and Edward Bridge. 
 
 Thomas Colthurst and James Mitchell. 
 
 Thomas Colthurst and James Mitchell. 
 
 Thomas Colthurst and James Mitchell. 
 
 Thomas Stanney and William Robinson. 
 
 Thomas Stanney and Edward Kettell. 
 
 George Chamberlain and' Edward Kettell. 
 
 George Chamberlain and Randle Holme, Jun''. 
 
 Randle Holme, Jun'., and George Chamberlain. 
 
 George Bunnell and Thomas Hodgkis. 
 Richard Grosvenor and William Wilbraham. 
 Richard Grosvenor and William Wilbraham. 
 Richard Grosvenor and William Wilbraham. 
 Edward Aston and Edward Dalby. 
 Edward Aston and Edward Dalby.
 
 LIST OF CHURCHWARDENS. 
 
 20; 
 
 1665 to 1666 
 
 1666 to 1667 
 
 1667 to 1668 
 
 1668 to 1669 
 
 1669 to 1670 
 
 1670 to 1671 
 
 1671 to 1672 
 
 1672 to 1673 
 
 1673 to 1674 
 
 1674 to 1675 
 
 1675 to 1676 
 
 1676 to 1677 
 
 1677 to 1678 
 
 1678 to 1679 
 
 1679 to 1680 
 
 1680 to 1681 
 
 1681 to 1682 
 
 1682 to 1683 
 
 1683 to 1684 
 
 1684 to 1685 
 
 1685 to 1686 
 
 1686 to 1687 
 
 1687 to 1688 
 
 1688 to 1689 
 
 1689 to 1690 
 
 1690 to 1691 
 
 1691 to 1692 
 
 1692 to 1693 
 
 1693 to 1694 
 
 1694 to 1695 
 
 1695 to i6g6 
 
 1696 to 1697 
 
 1697 to 1698 
 
 1698 to 1699 
 
 1699 to 1700 
 
 1700 to 1701 
 
 1701 to 1702 
 
 Easter 1702 to 23 Feb. 1702- 
 24 Feb. 1702-3 to 3 Sept. 1703 
 3 Sept. 1703 to 10 April 1704 
 Easter 1704 to Easter 1705 ... 
 Easter 1705 to Easter 1706 ... 
 Easter 1706 to Easter 1707 ... 
 Easter 1707 to 31 May 1708 
 
 31 May 1708 to 20 May 1709 
 26 April 1709 to 25 April 1710 
 Easter 1710 to Easter 1711 ... 
 
 William Harvey and Richard Lowndes. 
 William Harvey and Richard Lowndes. 
 William Potter and Randle Morgan. 
 William Potter and Randle Morgan. 
 Richard Grosvenor and Thomas Annyon. 
 Richard Grosvenor and Thomas Annyon. 
 Edward Starkey and William Loyde. 
 Edward Starkey and William Loyde. 
 John Johnson and John Joynson. 
 Robert Jones and Thomas Jackson. 
 Thomas Barlow and John Bennet. 
 Randle Aston and Thomas Gibbons 
 Andrew Fernihough and Richard Skerit. 
 William Woods and Peter Dewsbury. 
 Ralph Leigh and George Jackson. 
 John Acton and Samuel Eaton. 
 John Johnson and Peter Venables. 
 Sampson Shelley and Matthew Browne. 
 Richard Bauan [Bavand] and Richard Adams. 
 John Manley and Edward Cooke. 
 John Whittell and John Dicas. 
 John Wright and Thomas Simpson. 
 Moses Daonatt and John Presbury. 
 John Worrall and Albin Gray. 
 Thomas Reece and Philip Bateman. 
 John Wrench and John Cotgreave. 
 Samuel Dannald and William Shone. 
 Roger Ball and John Dewsbury. 
 Randle Holme, Jun'., and Nicholas Locker. 
 Randle Holme, Jun^, and Thomas Leigh. 
 Thomas Leigh and Thomas Duke. 
 Thomas Duke and Thomas Rowland. 
 William Nicho's and Thomas Garden. 
 Thomas Garden and Bryan BoUand. 
 Thomas Williams and John Rowley. 
 John Rowley and Thomas Browne. 
 Robert Brerewood, Esq., and John Bridge. 
 Robert Brerewood, Esq., and John Bridge. 
 Robert Brerewood, Esq., and John Bridge. 
 Robert Brerewood, Esq., and John Bridge. 
 Robert Brerewood, Esq., and John Bridge. 
 Edward Burrowes and Daniel Coulson. 
 Daniel Coulson and Edward Burrowes. 
 Daniel Coulson and Edward Wrench. 
 Edward Wrench and Philip Bateman. 
 Ralph Pickmore and Philip Bateman. 
 Ralph Pickmore and William Helley.
 
 2o6 
 
 ST. MARY-ON-THE-HILL, CHESTER. 
 
 II Apiil 1711 to 8 July 1712 
 iS July 1712 to 22 April 1713 
 22 April 1713 to 28 April 1714 ... 
 
 28 .\pril 1 7 14 to n May 17 15 
 II May 17 15 to 19 April 1716 
 
 19 .'\pril 1716 to 30 April 1 7 17 ... 
 30 April 17 17 to 30 April 1718 ... 
 30 .\|)ril 1718 to 22 April 1719 ... 
 22 .-Xpril 1719 to 4 May 1720 
 
 I 3 May 1720 to 20 July 1720 . . 
 
 I 20 July 1720 to 17 May 1721 ... 
 17 May 1 72 1 to 4 April 1722 
 4 April 1722 to 24 April 1723 
 
 I 25 April 1723 to 4 Aug'' 1723... 
 
 I I Aug'' 1723 to 15 April 1724... 
 
 15 April 1724 to 14 April 1725 ... 
 
 14 April 1725 to 4 May 1726 
 
 4 May 1726 to I May 1727 
 
 1 May 1727 to 19 June 1728 
 
 19 June 1728 to 16 April 1729 ... 
 
 16 April 1729 to 13 May 1730 ... 
 13 May 1730 to 2 June 1731 
 
 2 June 1 731 to 24 May 1732 
 24 May 1732 to 30 May 1733 
 
 30 May 1733 to 5 June 1734 
 
 5 June 1734 to 6 May 1735 
 
 6 May 1735 to 8 July 1736 
 
 8 July 1736 to 31 May 1738 
 
 31 May 1738 to 31 May 1739 ... 
 31 May 1739 to 7 May 1740 
 
 31 May 1740 to 29 April 17-11 
 
 29 April 1741 to 7 July 1742 
 
 7 July 1742 to 27 April 1743 
 
 27 April 1743 to 16 May 1744 ... 
 
 16 May 1744 to 15 May 1745 
 
 15 May 1745 to 21 May 1746 
 21 May 1746 to 17 June 1747 
 
 17 June 1747 to II May 1748 
 
 II May 1748 to 19 April 1749 ... 
 
 19 April 1749 to 15 May 1750 
 
 19 April 1749'' to 30 April 1751 ... 
 
 30 April 1751 to 27 May 1752 
 
 William Helley and Stephen Sone. 
 
 Stephen Sone and William Witter. 
 
 William Witter and George Scott. 
 
 George Scott and Thomas Reece. 
 
 Thomas Reece and Thomas Duke. 
 
 Thomas Duke and James Smith. 
 
 James Smith and Ambrose Wheywell. 
 
 Ambrose Wheywell and John Cotgreave. 
 
 John Cotgreave and William Johnson. 
 
 William Johnson.' 
 
 William Jennings. 
 
 Peter Massie and Thomas Bolland. 
 
 Thomas Bolland and Samuel Garratt. 
 
 Samuel Garratt.' 
 
 Hugh Roberts. 
 
 William Milton and Andrew Duke. 
 
 Andrew Duke and Tobias Cook. 
 
 Tobias Cook and Thomas Ro^vley. 
 
 Thomas Rowley and John Cooke. 
 
 John Cooke and Bartholomew Duke. 
 
 John Cooke and James Fleck. 
 
 James Fleck and Charles Cottingham. 
 
 Charles Cottingham and Charles Hodgkin. 
 
 Charles Hodgkin and James Walley. 
 
 Captain Witter and Richard Gough. 
 
 Richard Gough. 
 
 William Ithell and John Dutton.^ 
 
 John Dutton and John Davis. 
 
 John Snow and Samuel Price. 
 
 Samuel Price and Randle Sorton. 
 
 Randle Sorton and William Cowper. 
 
 William Cowper, Esq., and Rohert Foulkes, Esq. 
 
 Robert Foulkes, Esq., and George Griffith. 
 
 George Griffith and Henry Bushell. 
 
 Henry Bushell and George Hayward. 
 
 George Hayward and Thomas Reece. 
 
 Thomas Reece and Charles Moulson. 
 
 Charles Moulson and John Evans. 
 
 John Evans and Edward Warrington. 
 
 Edward Warrington and Matthew Brown. 
 
 Matthew Brown and Randle Reece. 
 
 Randle Reece and John Colley. 
 
 ' Mr. William Johnson died in July (?), 1720. 
 
 ' Mr. Samuel Garratt died in 1723. 
 
 ' The disbursements are headed as follows: — "The Disbursements of Mr. William Ithell and Mr. John Dutton 
 Churchwardens from the zy"' July 1734 to the 6"" May 1735 and to the S"" July 1736." 
 
 * This appears to be a clerical error for 15 May 1750.
 
 LIST OF CHURCHWARDENS. 
 
 207 
 
 27 May 1752 to 9 May 1753 
 
 9 -^lay 1753 to 13 Aug'^' 1754 ... 
 
 13 Aiie=' 1754 to 30 April 1755 ... 
 
 30 April 1755 to 12 May 1756 
 12 May 1756 to 9 May 1757 
 
 9 May 1757 to 10 May 1758 
 
 10 May 1758 to 23 May 1759 
 23 May 1759 to 31 July 1760 
 
 31 July 1760 to 29 April 1761 
 29 April 1 761 to 12 May 1762 
 12 May 1762 to 4 May 1763 
 
 4 May 1763 to 23 May 1764 
 23 May 1764 10 17 July 1765 
 
 17 July 1765 to 3 July 1766 
 
 3 July 1766 to 26 M ly 1767 
 26 May 1767 to 6 May 1768 
 
 6 May 1768 to 3 May 1769 
 
 3 May 1769 to 9 May 1770 
 
 9 May 1770 to 9 May 17 71 
 
 9 May 177 1 to 26 May 1772 
 
 26 May 1772 to 20 May 1773 
 20 May 1773 to 12 May 1774 
 12 May 1774 to 25 May 1775 
 25 May 1775 to 16 May 1776 
 16 May 1776 to 9 May 1777 
 
 9 May 1777 to 21 Aug^' 1778 
 
 19 Augs' 1778 to 27 A[)ril 1779 ... 
 
 27 April 1779 to 10 April 1780 ... 
 
 10 April 1780 to 8 May 1781 
 8 May 1781 to 21 May 1782 
 
 1782 
 
 1783 
 
 1784 
 
 i7«S 
 
 1786 
 
 1787 
 
 1788 
 
 1789 
 
 1790 
 
 1791 
 
 1792 
 
 1793 
 
 1794 
 
 1795 
 
 1796 
 
 1797 
 
 1798 
 
 ... John Colley and John Davies 
 John Davies and Proby Vause. 
 Proby Vause and William Thompson. 
 ... William Thompson and Richard Shone. 
 ... Richard Shone and John Brown. 
 ... John Brown and John Burrell. 
 ... John Burrell and John Jordan. 
 ... John Jordan and Thomas Griffith. 
 ... Thomas Griffith and William Earle. 
 ... William Earl and John Newell. 
 ... John Newell and Francis Walley. 
 ... Francis Walley and Robert Williams. 
 ... Robert Williams and William Ridgway. 
 William Ridgway and James Hay ward. 
 ... James Hay ward and Thomas Plumbley. 
 ... Thomas Plumbley and John Fearnall. 
 ... John Fearnall and Thomas Evans. 
 ... Thomas Evans and William Ratcliffe. 
 ... William Ratcliffe and James Glutton. 
 ... James Glutton and Joshua Cummings. 
 ... Joshua Gummings and John Minshull. 
 ... John Minshull and Edward Porter. 
 Edward Porter and George Hodson. 
 
 ... George Hodson and John Griffith. 
 
 ... John Newell and Wiilia-n Revington. 
 
 William Revington and Richard Edwards. 
 Thomas Evans and Perry Dawson. 
 Perry Dawson and Thomas Roberts. 
 
 ... Thomas Roberts and Charles Price. 
 
 ... Charles Price and Joseph Bage. 
 
 ... Joseph Bage and John Ridgway. 
 
 ... John Ridgway and Joseph Howard. 
 
 ... Joseph Howard and William Orford. 
 
 ... William Orford and John Grindley. 
 
 ... John Grindley and Richard Maddock. 
 
 ... John Grindley and Richard Denson. 
 Richard Denson and James Hughes. 
 
 ... James Hughes and Thomas Bozley. 
 
 ... Thomas Bozley and William Kendrick. 
 
 ... Thomas Bozley and William Kendrick. 
 
 ... William Kendrick. 
 
 ... William Kendrick and Charles Wright. 
 
 ... Charles Wright and William Gaman. 
 
 ... William Gaman. 
 
 ... William Gaman and Robert Shearing. 
 
 ... Robert Shearing and John Dodd. 
 
 ... Robert Shearing and John Dodd.
 
 
 208 ST. MARY-ON-THE-HILL, CHESTER. 
 
 1799 Robert Shearing and John Dodd. 
 
 1800 John Dodd and William Linney, Esq™. 
 
 1 80 1 
 
 ISI 
 
 
 
 John Dodd and Wiliiam Linney. 
 
 i8oj John Dodd and William Linney. 
 
 1803 William Linney and ^Villiam Newell. 
 
 1804 William Newell and John Evans. 
 
 1805 William Newell and John Evans. 
 
 1806 John Evans and Charles Davies. 
 
 1S07 Charles Davies and William Cross. 
 
 i,So8 Edward Roberts and Richard Yoxall. 
 
 1809 John Swarbrick Rogers and Edward Ducker. 
 
 1810 Edward Ducker and Joseph Ashton. 
 
 181 J Joseph Ashton and William Bage. ^o><-^'fS«f , (^'^fiA/»»«i^«Ay^;«-<^g^• 
 1812 William Bage and William Jones. ^ ' 
 
 1813 William Jones and Thomas Shuttleworth. 
 
 1814 William Jones and Thomas Shuttleworth. 
 
 William Jones and Thomas Shuttleworth. 
 
 1 8 16 William Connah and Samuel Brittain. 
 
 1817 Samuel Brittain and John (iarratt. 
 
 1818 John Garratt and Robert Shearing. 
 
 1819 Robert Shearing and Peter Evers. 
 
 1S20 Peter Evers and Charles Gaman [Gamon]. 
 
 1821 Charles Gamon and William Foulkes. 
 
 1822 William Foulkes (of Chester) and Richard Massey (of 
 
 Moston, Esq'^). 
 
 1823 William Foulkes and Edward Moss. 
 
 1824 William Foulkes and Edward Moss. 
 
 1825 William Foulkes and Edward Moss. 
 
 1826 William Foulkes and Edward Moss. 
 
 1827 Edward Moss and Mark Rowarth. 
 
 1828 Edward Moss and William Palin. 
 
 1829 Robert Wilkinson. 
 
 1830 Robert Wilkinson and Samuel Witter. 
 
 1831 Samuel Witter and Robert Topham. 
 
 1832 William Gaman and Samuel Jones. 
 
 1833 Samuel Jones and Ralph Lewis. 
 
 1834 Samuel Jones and Thomas Crane. 
 
 1835 Samuel Jones and 
 
 1836 Charles Gamon and 
 
 1837 Charles Gamon and George Allender. 
 
 1838 Charles Gamon and George Allender. 
 
 1839 George Allender and Charles Gamon. 
 
 1S40 William Haddock and Thomas Pickering. 
 
 13 April 1841 Robert Jones and James Axon. 
 
 28 March 1842 James Axon and Thomas Ithell. 
 
 18 April 1843 Thomas Ithell and Joseph Weaver. 
 
 9 April 1844 Joseph Weaver and Thomas Ithell.
 
 LIST OF CHURCHWARDENS. 
 
 209 
 
 26 March 1845 
 
 14 April 1846 
 
 5 April 1847 
 
 25 April 1848 
 
 10 April 1849 
 
 2 April 1850 
 
 22 April 1851 
 
 3 April 1852 
 
 29 March 1853 
 
 8 April 1854 
 
 10 April 1855 
 
 27 March 1856 
 
 14 April 1857 
 
 6 April 185S 
 
 27 April 1859 
 
 6 April i860 
 
 4 April 1 86 1 
 
 21 April 1862 ... 
 
 8 April 1863 
 
 29 March 1864 
 
 18 April 1865 
 
 3 April 1S66 
 
 23 April 1867 
 
 13 April 1868 
 
 30 March 1869 
 
 19 April 1870 
 
 11 April 187 1 
 
 2 April 1872 
 
 5 April 1873 
 
 7 April 1874 
 
 30 March 1875 
 
 30 March 1876 
 
 3 April 1877 
 
 23 April 1878 
 
 15 April 1879 " The 
 
 30 March 1S80 
 
 19 April 1881 
 
 II April 1882 ... 
 28 March 1883 ... . 
 
 15 April 1884 ... . 
 
 9 April 18S5 
 
 27 April 1886 
 
 14 April 1 887 
 
 5 April 188S 
 
 25 April 1889 
 
 Joseph Weaver and Robert Littler. 
 
 Robert Littler and William Price. 
 
 Richard Palin and Robert Griffith Temple. 
 
 Edward Ducker and George Pugh. 
 
 Edward Ducker and George Pugh. 
 
 Edward Ducker and John HickUn. 
 
 Edward Ducker and John Hicklin. 
 
 Edward Ducker and John Hicklin. 
 
 Edward Ducker and John Hicklin. 
 
 Edward Ducker and Charles William Potts. 
 
 Charles William Potts and William Tilston. Suii'C-Jir 
 
 Charles William Potts and William Johnson. • Yi/uitt/u 
 
 William Johnson and William Ward. "htJiZ/^ 
 
 William Johnson and William Ward. , 
 
 William Johnson and William Ward. « 
 
 John Jones and Hugh Roberts. 
 
 John Jones and Hugh Roberts. 
 
 John Jones and Edward Minshull. 
 
 John Jones and Edward Minshull. 
 
 John Jones and Edward Minshull. 
 
 Matthew Harrison and Joseph Oakes. 
 
 Matthew Harrison and Joseph Oakes. , ? 
 
 Matthew Harrison and Joseph Oakes. 
 
 Matthew Harrison and Joseph Oakes. , 
 
 Matthew Harrison and Joseph Oakes. , 
 
 Matthew Harrison and Joseph Weaver. 
 
 Joseph Oakes and Philip Henry Fletcher. 
 
 Joseph Oakes and Philip Henry Fletcher. 
 
 Joseph Oakes and Philip Henry Fletcher. 
 
 Giles Richard Griffith and William Albert Gardner. 
 
 Giles Richard Griffith and William Albert Gardner. 
 
 Charles Leet and Henry Moss. 
 
 Thomas Vernon Royle and William BoUand. 
 
 Thomas \ernon Royle and William Bolland. 
 
 Rector appointed Mr. Alexander McGregor, of Eaton Road, his Churchwarden. 
 Resolved that — note — no people's Churchwarden was elected." 
 
 Alexander McGregor and Leonard Gilbert. 
 
 Alexander McGregor and James Marsham. (^■ijuvv^V, IpxM^yJU'iiSit^ ' 
 
 CJiaituue/^ , lina^ 
 
 (5*t.*-t'Ht/VcilA4Ct) • 
 
 Alexander McGregor and James Marsham. 
 Alexander McGregor and John M'Hattie 
 
 (Sheriff of the city). 
 Alexander McGregor and John M'Hattie. " 
 
 Alexander McGregor and John ISLHattie. •' 
 
 Alexander M'Gregor and John Gamon. 
 Alexander McGregor and John Gamon. 
 Henry Moss and Henry Taylor, F.S.A. 
 
 James Salmon and Henry Taylor. [Cc£t*i<i ^SiJtM.'^^ , S)€l**vc 
 E E
 
 ^ ySe^ ry j'^k '^ (c^^e.'irY^ ^^iL y I'li'i [liicj 
 
 2IO 
 
 ST. MARY-ON-THE-HILL, CHESTER. 
 
 8 April 1890 
 
 31 March 1891 
 
 19 April 1892 
 4 April 1893 
 29 March 1894 
 18 April 1895 
 
 9 April 1896 
 
 20 April 1897 
 
 James Salmon (Mayor of the city) and Thomas Williams JjiiMoi. 
 Griffiths. ftu^. 
 
 John Richard Baker and Thomas Williams Griffiths. >«i,U«« v'l&u^ 
 
 Major-General D. Mocatta and John Goodie Holmes. Oa^, 'K'nc*^ 
 Major-General D. Mocatta and John Goodie Holmes. « 
 
 John Goodie Holmes and George Parker. Ola/i^ . (4«*iMi/ 
 
 George Parker and William Davis Jolliffe. tUvJj»i--io^ 
 
 William Davis Jolliffe and William Arthur Miller Nicholls. iaCcJr, ,1ff«ioy,i-i^ 
 Edward Chambers Kendall and John Ellis Newman. (km^o-U, 3'i^wm.-«|«' 
 
 Boss, Oak Roof, St. Marv-on th1'>IIili., Chester, 1S95.
 
 
 CHURCHWARDENS' ACCOUNTS. 211 
 
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 Easter 1536 to Easter 153/. 
 " 1536. 
 
 These byn the psellys that wyll^m Browneschanke And Nycolas weddurbe [WetherbyJ Church 
 Reuys [Wardens] Haue Receyued. 
 
 In pmis we geddured on Esf evyn and Estur Day 
 
 Itm we gedd'ed on monday and Tweisday the same weke 
 
 Itin Receyued of Rycherd chamb'layne 
 
 The which He dyd owe to the church. 
 
 Itm geddi'ed on our lady day quarfych 
 
 Itra gedd'ed on Cristynmasse quarf 
 
 Itm gedd''ed for Seynt stevyn leghts 
 
 - Itm Receyued of ij pdeners [pardoners] 
 
 Itm we gedd''ed for mendyng of the Organs 
 
 As Anothur byll doth Moere. 
 
 Itm Receyued of Robt crosse f or A kneUng place to Hise wiff 
 
 Itm Receyued of Robt grise 
 
 Itm gedd''ed on palme sonday 
 
 Sofa of o' Receytts iij" ix' ix'' ob." 
 
 " xMed this Booke Was made in the yere of our lorde A M CCCCC And xxx[vjj« [1536] in 
 the xxvij" yere of The Reign of kyng henry the viij' Then Was Wittm Browneshanke glou' 
 And Nicolas Wedd-^be Baker Church Reuys Written by the handys of Richard leche barbur 
 beynge at y* tyme ther Gierke .A.lso in ther tyme tha quere was baght .At bisewerke And Sett 
 vppe With all Costs and Charchis belongynge to the Same more ouer the Churche flowre the 
 Chauncell And Seynt Katherine chappell the[y] dyd Tyle in ther tjme." 
 
 " These byn the persellys that wyil^im Browneschanke & nycolas wede'be church Reuys Haue 
 
 payd. 
 
 s. d. 
 
 Itm payd for waxe "xix viij 
 
 Itm payd for makyng of the same "0 
 
 /bes^^atA, . Itm the beyrich be lunging to the same waxe viij 
 
 '^ Itm payd for making A surge of xx^' x 
 
 The wiche wase gevyn to the phisshe [parish]. 
 
 Itm payd for ij" and a Halfe waxe to The Same [torn] 
 
 Itm payd for ij to [ton/'] 
 
 Itm payd for [/or/i\ 
 
 — Itm for weshing the church clothis By yere 'J 
 
 Itm payd for Russhis Agaynst Est^ 'x 
 
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 ST. MARY-ON-THE-IIILL, CHESTER. 
 
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 Itin payd for Russhis Agaynst penticost 
 
 Itm payd for skowring [scouring] of the lampe And the chaldeners the brasyn 
 
 cense [censer] with the crose 
 
 Itm payd for iij quarts of lampe owle [oil] 
 
 Itm payd for ij cordys [cords] to the pascall 
 
 Itm payd for naylys pynes and Thred to Heng the sepulcur 
 
 Itm payd for the Holyn 
 
 Itm payd for condullys [candles] to the same 
 
 Itm payd for drissing [dressing] of the north Side of the church yorde 
 Itm payd vnto the plymmer [plumber] for workemonship And sodur 
 
 Itm A horde to the same worke 
 
 Itm the beyrich to the same 
 
 Itm for careing sonde to the plyiner 
 
 Itm for Henging of the Antoll bell 
 
 Itm for nalys to the Same 
 
 Itm for mending of the great beame 
 
 Itm for careyng out of the inoUocke on the Soth Side 
 
 Itm payd for a Roppe to the chyme 
 
 Itm mendyng of the cloke laddur 
 
 Itm payd vnto thomas sprag for making A clappur to the Antyll bell and for 
 
 a bolt of Iryn that went thro the grate beam 
 
 Itm payd for Hope [a hoop] to the Holyn 
 
 Itm for naylus to the Same 
 
 Itm for \torn\ And making to seynt \torn'\ 
 
 \Jorn~\ ort orgyn maker for {Jorip^ 
 
 cause 
 
 Itm payd for ledd to make the paysus of 
 Itm for Hynggs to the bales 
 Itm for glu to the organse ... 
 Itm for charkecolys [charcoal] 
 
 Itm for chalke 
 
 Itm for A skyn 
 
 Itm payd vnto John myddleton for keping of the cloke 
 
 Itm payd for A booke of white paper To write in our couts [accounts] 
 
 itm for the beyring of o' booke by yere 
 
 Itm for making of the same 
 
 Sm" of o' paymets ys iij'' xiiij' ix'' ob. 
 
 Itm Remayneing In wax xx'' 
 
 Itm we be in dett 
 
 more then we Haue Receyued." 
 
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 CHURCHWARDENS' ACCOUNTS. 
 
 21- 
 
 Easter 1537 to Easter 1538. 
 
 " Ano Dni 1537- 
 These byn the psellis of money that Wiftna Browneschanke And Nicolas Weddurbe 
 Reuys haue Receyued for this yeare 1537. 
 
 In pmis geddured on Est^ Evyn & Est^ day 
 
 Itm on monday And Tweisday the same weke 
 
 — Itm Receyued of A gdener of Seynt Chadde 
 
 — Itm Receyued of A perdener of o'' lady Romsewale 
 
 - Itm Receyued of A pdener of Seynt Johis frary 
 
 Itm gedd'^ed on our lady day quarf 
 
 Itm geddured on Cristynmasse quarf 
 
 Itm geddured for Seynt steyuyn lights 
 
 Itm Receyued of matheo Ellis for hise wiff laystall 
 
 Itm Receyued of J^hnjeche for hise wiffs laystall 
 
 Itm Receyued for A laystall of Oleuer bolttons vviffe 
 
 Itm Ress for A laystall of geffrey Deuyas 
 
 Itm Ress for A laystall of Cyssely ledsam 
 
 Itm Ress for A laystall of Dauid merreddith 
 
 Itm Ress for A laystall of Thome's Barroo the yong^ 
 
 Itm Ress for A laystall of Dannolde makecane 
 
 Itm Ress of Rauffe thorneton for hise wiffs laystall 
 
 Itm Receyued of Ric' totte for A grate of Iryn 
 
 Itm Receyued for A horde that was in the Church 
 
 Itm Receyued for A kneUnge place to Roger sprags v siff 
 
 Itm Ress for A knelynge place to t hom^s hassylwall wiff 
 
 Itm Ress for A knelynge place To t hom^s Rogerson wiff 
 
 Ttm Ress for A knelynge place to thora^s Canse wiff 
 
 Itm Ress for A knelynge place to wi!t''m Rogerson wyff 
 
 Itm Ress for A knelynge place To wyll°m ynyan wyff 
 
 Itm Ress for A knelynge place To t hom^s mylner wyff 
 
 Itm Ress for A knelynge place To t hom-'s Newhowse daughf 
 
 Ttm Ress for A knelynge place to Thom''s Rorson wyff 
 
 Itm Ress for A knelynge place To Rauffe Chedhocks wyfe 
 
 Itm Ress for A knelynge place To Robt Bastwell wyff 
 
 Itm Ress for A knelynge place To Rondulph Rexsons wyfe 
 
 Itm Ress for A knelynge place to margere deyyas . .. ^fJ'^-^aJ')... 
 
 Itm Ress for A Couerlet & A pan 
 
 The which blynde Dauid wiffe gaue to the Church. 
 Itm Ress for A nolde Tre [an old tree] that wase 1 the Church ... 
 
 Itm Ress for Certyn mettell that wase i the Church 
 
 Itm Ress of the pson [parson] of Seynt maris 
 
 Itm Ress for A knelynge place 
 
 Sm" of o"' Receytts ys iiij'' xi^ vij''." 
 
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 ST. MARY-ON-THE-HILL, CHESTER. 
 
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 These byn the psellis of money That Witi^m Browneschanke And Nicolas \Vedd''be Churche 
 
 Reuys haue payde 1537. 
 
 s. d. 
 
 In pmis payd for waxe for the hole yere xxvij 
 
 Itm for makynge the C[h]urche waxe by yere iiij 
 
 Itm for Castynge of the holde waxe • ij 
 
 Ittn tor beyrich of the makynge the waxe vj 
 
 Itm for makynge A Surge of xx'' waxe x 
 
 Itm in waxe to the Same xiiij 
 
 Itm for wesshynge The""' Churche Clothis by yere ij 
 
 Itm for fyllynge of font ij 
 
 Itm for skowrynge of Chandeliers the lampe the brasyn Crosse with the 
 
 Cense xij 
 
 Itm for frankeincense ij 
 
 Itm for Rushis Agaynist Est^ iiij 
 
 Itm for naylis thred and pynnys [for the Sepulchre] Agaynist Est"" [Easter] j ofe 
 
 Itm for A Roppe To the chyme xij 
 
 Itm for w)re to the Chyme iij 
 
 Itm for kepynge of the Cloke [clock] & chyme to Roger sprage iij 
 
 Itm for iij quarts of iampe owle xij 
 
 Itm for iij ti wax to Seynt stevyn leghts xxj 
 
 Itm for makynge of the Same vij 
 
 Itm for Tymber to make ij New formys fforms or benches] xxij 
 
 Itm for werkemonship to the same vj viij 
 
 I'm for makynge & gyldynge iiij buttons to the best Cowpe [cope] And the 
 
 veluett Cowpe xij 
 
 Itm for Careynge owt of the holde Rushis ij 
 
 Itm for iij gyrdyllis to the best shute [suit] ij 
 
 Itm for glue to the organs and ballis [bellows] job 
 
 Itm for werkemonship to the Same iiij 
 
 Itm for holyns to make the holyn of v 
 
 Itm for ConduUes [candles] to the Same v 
 
 Itm for makynge of our booke by yere iiij 
 
 Itm for beyrynge of the Same vj 
 
 Itm payd of the last yeris dett v 
 
 Itm payd for tylynge of the Church vj v 
 
 The which wase vn payd more then we gedd''ed In the Church. 
 
 Itm payd for Iniunsions [Injunctions] to Doctur legh ... iiij 
 
 Sm" of o"' payments iij'' xiij' iij'' 
 & so Raymayning in o'' hands xix' vij"* 
 
 Itm Remaynith To the New churche Reuys xx'' of waxe. 
 
 Itm we payd for Tylynge of Seynt katherine Cappell xxxj' j* 
 The which M'' John Byrkynhed payd vnto vs eu''y penny."
 
 
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 - '^ ^' CHUI^CHUV^RDEN^ ACCOUNTS. 215 
 
 *3K^^ 
 
 Easter 1538 to Easter 1539. 
 
 [7%« Receipts are wanting.'] 
 
 " These psellis foloyng Ric' Johnson and thomS Smith Churche wardens Haue paide for the 
 yere past 1538. 
 
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 In pmis paide for waxe the Hole yere 
 
 Itm ffor makyng o"^ waxe by yere 
 
 Itm for Castyng the holde waxe in beyrich 
 
 Itm for beyriche to the makyng of our waxe Agaynin the Ester 
 
 Itm payd for mikyng A Surge of xx pownde the whiche was gyffyn to the 
 
 Churche 
 
 Itm for ij ponde waxe to menterne the same 
 
 Itm for skowring the Chaundehiers the brasyn Cense & the brasyn Crosse... 
 
 Itm paide for frankeincense 
 
 Itm for Charkecowls 
 
 Itm for sowyng [sewing] the churche clothis- x\gaynist the Ester 
 
 Itm for A Corde to the vayle cloth 
 
 Itm for Naylis & pynnys to the sepulc^ 
 
 Itm for a torche agaynist palme sonday 
 
 Itm for weishyng the churche cloth's bye yere 
 
 Itm for fiUyng of the fontt bye yere 
 
 Itm for paynting of adam & Eve w' a pape [ ? paxe] 
 
 Itm for mendyng of the best crosse 
 
 Itm for mendyng of the brasyn crosse 
 
 Itm for iiij quarts of lampe onle 
 
 Itm for A Rachett vnto the clerke 
 
 Itm for makyng of the same 
 
 Itm payd vnto wiH^m bolton for settyng on a bell welle & othur worke 
 
 abowt bell frames Repracionyng the same 
 
 Itm payd for A New bell wele 
 
 Itm paide vnto theme's sprage for Iryn and workemoship to make the yate 
 
 [gate] and the Chyme and mendyng of the bere 
 
 Itm paide vnto the plymmer for sodur and workemoship to mende the 
 
 north yle 
 
 Itm paide vnto Ric' dannolde for Iryn 
 
 Itm paide vnto the Clerke for a Roppe Vnto the chime 
 
 Itm paide for tyraber to make the yate ffor the defence of the churche yorde 
 
 Itm paide vnto the wright for makyng of the Same with the Beyriche 
 
 Itm payd for a lowde of cley vnto the same worke 
 
 Itm payd vnto thorns warreweeke for Dressyng the Churche yorde w« othur 
 
 labur Abowt the Churche 
 
 Itm paide for wyre vnto the chyme 
 
 Itm payd vnto tbom's wissewall for medyng the wall on Iche side the New 
 yate 
 
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 ST. MARY-ON-THE-HILL, CHESTER. 
 
 Itm paide for A Citacion as Anends m'' pson Consernyng the Reypracio of 
 
 the chauncell with othur costs belongyng vnto the same schute 
 
 Itm paide for the holyn 
 
 Itm for Condulls vnto the holyn 
 
 Itm forbeyring of o'" booke bye ycre 
 
 Iim for makyng of the same 
 
 Itm payd vnto thomas strete 
 
 In parte of payment for the quere. 
 
 Itm paide vnto witt^m bolton for mendyng of the bere 
 
 Sm" of o'' payments is iij'' vij" xj". 
 
 Remayning in o' boxe 
 
 Itm in wax xx pownde." 
 
 s. d. 
 xxj 
 
 V 
 
 V 
 
 iiij 
 
 uij 
 
 I'J 
 
 Easter 1539 to Easter 1540. 
 
 [T/ie Receipts »tissing.'\ 
 " These psellis folowyng Ric' Johnson & Thomas maylis Churche wardens haue paide for the 
 
 K^ 
 
 6>~-'»-<rrv>.-M 
 
 ■eX^^rr^ ' 
 
 /ia*A,«><Jij 
 
 yere paste. 1539- 
 
 In pmis paide for waxe 
 
 Itm for makyng o'' waxe by yere 
 
 Itm for two torchis 
 
 Itm for makyng a Surge of xx'' pownde whiche was gyffyn vnto the churche 
 
 Itm for two pownds of waxe to the same 
 
 Itm for wescheing of the churche clothis bye yere 
 
 Itm for frankencense . 
 
 Itm for charkecols Agaynist the Est 
 
 Itm for skovvreyng of the lampe with the chalddeners 
 
 Itm for fyllyng of the font 
 
 Itm for sowyng [sewingj of the Churche Clothis w^ thred 
 
 Itm for naylis & pynnis to the sepulc'' 
 
 Itm for a corde Vnto the vayle 
 
 Itm for pap to make a booke for the Churche 
 
 Itm for iiij quarts of lampe owle 
 
 Itm for two foote of ledd & sodur to the plemer with hise workemanship ... 
 
 Itm for a laburer to the plymmer 
 
 Itm paide vnto the mason for Dressyng the sothe side of the Churche 
 
 Itm for mendyng of the thred [third] bell frame 
 
 Itm for Iryn and workemoship to the bells 
 
 Itm for settyng vppe & schestyng the holy goste 
 
 Itm paide vnto the mason for Raysyng vppe of the hye altur [high altar] ... 
 
 Itm paide vnto two lab''ers 
 
 Itm for lyme & sonde 
 
 Itm for beriche vnto the workeme 
 
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 CHURCHWARDENS' ACCOUNTS. 
 
 217 
 
 V«4Z4.4.*^< 
 
 ^ , - Ca/Lx»>*«j 
 
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 Itm spende on o"' neburs [neighbours] at the Raysyng vp of the hye altur 
 [high altar] 
 
 Itm paide for tyHs vnto the Churche 
 
 Itm for drayng In of a stone of thom^s strete.. 
 
 Itm for watur and makyng clene of the Revestre with the hye altur [high 
 altar] 
 
 Itm for stoffe & workemoship to the holy wat^ stocke 
 
 Itm for mendyng of the lampe the whiche was brokeon with a Rope & a 
 Eflasse 
 
 Itm for a Roppe vnto the chyme and wyre ' 
 
 Itm for a locke & A kaye vnto the cloke [clock] howse 
 
 Itm paide vnto the carver for Sfcttyng vppe of organse 
 
 Itm for glue naylis & Charkecolis 
 
 Iim for beyring of the organs with the lofte the[y] stode in 
 
 Itm for the holyn 
 
 Itm for Condullis [candles] vnto the same 
 
 Itm for a hope [hoop] & naylis w' a corde 
 
 Itm for a corde to the Curtyn before the hye alf 
 
 Itm for beriche of the makyng of o'' waxe 
 
 Itm for castyng of the same 
 
 Itm for beyring of o'' booke bye yere / vw f^. C^w^'^-^ ^i-^vf^. '-«(/■ ... 
 
 Itm for making vppe of the same 
 
 Itm for o' apparaiince afore M' chaunceler with the wyne we gaue hym 
 
 Itm paide vnto thom's strete for the quere 
 
 Itm Remaynith in waxe vnto the new Reuis [Wardens] xx''. 
 
 Sm' of o'' paymets 
 
 s. d. 
 
 iiij 
 
 ij ij 
 
 iiij 
 
 iiij 
 
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 ys iij'' 
 
 XVJ^ VJ" 
 
 Easter 1540 to Easter 1541. 
 
 [T/ie receipts missing.] 
 
 " These persellis ffolowing John Calday And thom's meylis Churche wardyns Haue paide fFor 
 
 this yere a" paste A" R[egni] R[egis] H viij'" [1540.] 
 
 s. d. 
 
 In pmis paide ffor waxe for the hole yere xxiiij 
 
 Itm for makyng of the same iiij 
 
 Itm paide for Castyng of the olde waxe ij 
 
 /tefi/T- a*C, . Itm iifor the bereyche of the makyng of o'' wax vj 
 
 " Itm paide for makyng a Surge of xx'' • x 
 
 the wihiche was gyffyn vnto the pische 
 
 Itm paide for two ti of waxe vnto y<^ same xij 
 
 Itm paide for two torchis iij viij 
 
 Itm paide for skowr)ng of the lampe with the Chaldeners the brasyn Cense 
 
 and the brasyn Crosse x 
 
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 2l8 
 
 ST. MARY-ON-THE-HILL, CHESTER. 
 
 Itm paide for frankeyncense 
 
 Itm paide for Charkecolis 
 
 Itm paide for fillyrg of the font 
 
 Itm paide for weschyng of the Churche Clothis bye yere 
 
 Itm paide for lampe owie 
 
 Itm payd for a glasse vnto the lampe 
 
 Itm paide for niendyng of the lampe 
 
 Itm paide for a Corde vnto the vayle • 
 
 Itm paide for pynnys & naylis to the sepulcur 
 
 Itm payd for makyng & mynding a kaye vnto the Churche Dorre 
 
 Itm paide for a sloppe vnto the clerke 
 
 Itm paide for a locke & A kay to y'' stepull Dorre 
 
 Itm paide for wyre to the chyme 
 
 Itm paide for makyng a ladd'' vnto the Rode lofte 
 
 Itm paide for bords & na)lis to make the here [bier] 
 
 Itm paide for makyng a hommer to y'' chyme 
 
 Itm payd for soying [sewing] of the parrnes on y'^ albs by yere 
 
 Itm paide for mydyng of the holy wat^ stocke 
 
 Itm paide for [a] booke vnto s^ thoihs lattis the v;hiche is occupied^ i y 
 
 quere 
 
 Itm ])aide for a Roppe vnto the Chyme 
 
 Itm paide for makyng the ladd'' vnto the Clokke howse 
 
 Itm paide vnto Ric' Joneson 
 
 the whiche was vn paide for the quere. 
 Itm paide vnto wifrm Crue for hanging the Roppe in the puUe [pulley] for 
 
 the hoi) n 
 
 Itm paide for makyng of Cressetts 
 
 Itm paide for makyng A skaffolde to take Downe the mone [moon] ... 
 
 Itm paide for gyrddills to the prests 
 
 Itm paide for settyng in a gang [? a rung] to the ladd'... 
 
 Itm paide for Dressyng of the gutfs Ronde Abowt the -Churche when the 
 
 snowe was 
 
 Itm paide vnto John Sauage for myndyng of the Churche flowre 
 
 Itm paide for wyre to sett vppe the holy goste 
 
 Itm paide for two Cruetts 
 
 Itm paide vnto henry Dalby for two glass** vnto the pa.xcs 
 
 Itm paide ''or the holyn 
 
 Itm paide [for] naylis & tymber to make the mone vndur the holyn ... 
 
 Itm paide for Condullis vnto the holyn 
 
 Itm paide for Careyng out of the stonys of m''s Clerke gardyn 
 
 Itm paide for bey ryng of o"' booke bye yere 
 
 Itm for makyng of o' booke 
 
 The Sm" of o'' paymcts 
 ys iij" viij' j'' ofe. 
 
 Itm we be in dett more then we haue Receyued vj 
 
 Itm in waxe xx" to the new Churche Revis." 
 
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 CHURCHWARDENS' ACCOUNTS. 219 
 
 Easter 1541 to Easter 1542. 
 
 ^Reciipti, ;/iiss!//g.] 
 
 " These pcells foloyng John Cawdey And Rog^ brown church wardens haue payde. 
 
 s. d. 
 
 Inpmis for xxxij" wax ageynst Esl^ xvj 
 
 Itm for Makyng the same by yere iiij 
 
 Itm for makyng A serge of xx" of wax x 
 
 It' payd to ric' leche of old dett viij x 
 
 It' spend at Makyng the wax by yere in beu''age viij 
 
 Itm for two torchys ' , ... iij viij 
 
 Itm for makyng o'' boke vj 
 
 It' for skowryng Candlestiks x 
 
 Itm payde for A lanterne viij 
 
 It' for frankencense ij 
 
 It' for pyns & nayls to the sepiilcre j 
 
 It' for a Corde to the vale j 
 
 Itm for fifylling the ffount iij 
 
 Itm for A pynt oyle for the lampe ij 
 
 Itm for swepyng the church wyndowes ij 
 
 It' for washing the church Clothes by yere ij 
 
 It' to ric' bostuk for dressing the church yorde viij 
 
 It' for a Corde & wyere to y'' Chyme iij 
 
 It' A pynt oyle ••• ij 
 
 It' for gurdls ior albes j 
 
 It' for iiji' wax xviij 
 
 It' for iji' wax xij 
 
 It' for iiji' wax xviij 
 
 It' for ij'' wax ix 
 
 It' for lech for Colers [c illars] to y'' bells & makyng x 
 
 It' for mendyng the ladd'' j 
 
 It' for A hynge to y'" orgnns j 
 
 It' for A pynt oyle ij 
 
 ^— It' for lyme to Cover graves ' ij 
 
 It' for mendyng & dres^yng the bells to wittm botto &: thorns Sprag xiij 
 
 It' for dressing y'' church yorde vj 
 
 It' for ij Rops to the bells xvj 
 
 It' for wax vj 
 
 It' for A poly [pulley] to the organs j 
 
 It' for a Corde to the V Candles for Anthem j 
 
 It' to Rog^ sprag medyng y"^ Clok I'ij 
 
 It' for medyng the best Cope & a riband -VJ 
 
 -~ It' paid for hangyng the Anthem bell v viij 
 
 It' the holyn vj 
 
 Ii' Candles to the holyn iij iiij 
 
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 220 
 
 ST. MARY-ON-THE-HILL, CHESTER. 
 
 It' nailes 
 
 It' for A Rope 
 
 It' for Iam[p]e oyle 
 
 It' to wittm houghton for sparrs to the Anthem bell 
 
 Sm" soluc, iij'' viij^ v''." 
 
 d. 
 
 J 
 
 X 
 
 iiij 
 xiij 
 
 Easter 1542 to Easter 1543. 
 
 \Jieceipts missing.'\ 
 
 " These pcells folowyng the forseids Churchwardens [William Houghton and Ro^ 
 haue payde. 
 
 ^ 
 
 In pmis paide for wasshing y'' church cloths by yere 
 
 Itm for frankencense 
 
 Itm for A Corde to the vale 
 
 Itm for XXX pounde wax 
 
 Itm to Ric' leche for vj pounde wax 
 
 la-e^cacjf- = i*-^*^ Itm in bea''age at Castyng the wax 
 
 Itm for skowring the lampe the Chaundelers Crosse And the Censes 
 
 Itm for fillyng the ffont by yere 
 
 Itm for Charcols 
 
 Ii' to Ric' leche for makyng the wax by yere 
 
 Itm to Ric' leche for make[ing] the sepulcre lights 
 
 Itm to Thorns wisswall [the City Mason] for two days worke at Shiffiyng 
 
 the Crosse 
 
 It' to henry myln"^ & hugh monksfeld labourers 
 
 Itm for a busshell lyme 
 
 Itm for A key to Coffer in the vestiarye 
 
 It' for makying A Rochet 
 
 It' to ric' leche for xij pounde wax & di [half] 
 
 Itm Spende Apon the porch of y'' north side. 
 
 rlnprnis to Thorns wissewall for vij days 
 
 It' to wi Itm Arrowsmyth & oliu'' barne labourers 
 
 porch J Itm for lyme & Cariage of stbnys from the place was the nonnys' 
 
 Itm for sparrs & to the wght [? wright] 
 
 It' for gadd nailis & spiks to the same 
 
 Itm paid to Ric' Cowp for keping y" Clok 
 
 It' for a Rope to the Anthem bell 
 
 It' for mendyng the Clok for the space of iiij Days & for A nue watche 
 
 whele 
 
 Itm for the holyn 
 
 Itm for Candls to the same & to the sterr 
 
 It' to Thorns wisswall for Cou''yng graves 
 
 -f 
 
 ;er Brown] 
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 XllJ 
 
 iij 
 
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 iij 
 
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 xij 
 
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 XIJ 
 
 xj 
 
 iiij 
 
 ij 
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 iij 
 
 vj 
 
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 vj 
 vj 
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 iiij 
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 ' The Porch on the N. side of the church built with the stones from St. Mary's Nunnery.
 
 
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 CHURCHWARDENS' ACCOUNTS. 
 
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 porch 
 
 It' for lyme to the Cou^yng of them _. 
 
 It' for iij pynts oyle to the lampe ?.. rViT^'^i^ji^ 
 
 It' for a Rope to the organs & a corde for the vale & pynns for the awt' 
 
 [altar] 
 
 Itm for a key to the Church dore 
 
 Itm for Clothe to make An Amyse 
 
 Itin for a ladder for the Anthe bell 
 
 It' for nayles to the bells 
 
 Here foloweth the Costs of the porche Apon the sowth side the Church. 
 Inpmis to two Iabo''ers for Caryeng stonys frome the pnce gardyn 
 
 Itm for tymbre to the seyd porche 
 
 Itm Carieng of the said tymbre 
 
 Itm for sqwaring of the seid tymbre 
 
 It' for lyme 
 
 It' to John_gest for workmaship & sawzyng 
 
 It' to Ric hesillwall for the Mason worke of the porche 
 
 It' to Alabo'er forij days ... .f Yf^f^-k' 
 
 xuj 
 
 XXUIJ 
 
 iiij 
 
 Sfh" of our payments ys v'' ij' 
 
 ijd." 
 
 221 
 
 d. 
 
 vj 
 
 
 ij ot) 
 
 
 iiij 
 
 
 lUJ 
 
 
 ij 
 
 
 J 
 
 rch. 
 
 
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 viij (?v.^vi£«--&v«3c*i <r^ 
 
 yf^ 
 
 X 
 
 xiij 
 
 XX 
 V 
 
 *)!.*» cXv^~^ 8 l^"^ umJi^ 
 
 IIIJ 
 
 \^. 'LOx^L^tAX 
 
 (iL< 
 
 Easter 1543 to Easter 1544. 
 
 [Receipts missing.] 
 ' These persells ffoiowyng Wifrm Hoghton and Ric' mvchell Churche wardyns Hath paide for 
 
 this yere paste. 
 
 s. d. 
 
 Inpmis paide for waxe xv 
 
 Itm for makyng of the same bye yere i'ij 
 
 Itm for ij pownde waxe to make the devocion surge 
 
 Itm for makyng of the same 
 
 Itm at the castyng of our olde wax 
 
 Itm in beyriche at the makyng of our waxe 
 
 Itm for frankincense 
 
 Itm for ffyllyng of the fontte 
 
 Itm for wesschyng of the churche Clothis bye yere 
 
 Itm for skowryng of the chaldenrs the lampe and the brasyn Cense 
 
 Itm A Corde to the Vale ... ... 
 
 Itm for ij days to "a wreyght to make a durre to the chamber ^ and the 
 
 chymney 
 
 Itm for two bordstwo Hoiks two hyngs to the same 
 
 Itm for naylis and a mantiltre [mantletree or mantelpiece] 
 
 > Itm for two M sklatts [slates] and vij C [/.'., 700 slates] 
 
 Itm for careayge of the same 
 
 Itm vnto thom's wissewall s^u^nt for worke maship ij days 
 
 ' This would be the chamber for a priest built over one of the porches erected in the previous year. 
 
 XIJ 
 X 
 
 ij 
 
 vj 
 
 'J 
 
 ij 
 
 xij 
 
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 J 
 
 xij 
 xij 
 
 i'j 
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 222 
 
 ST. MARY-ON-THE-HILL, CHESTER. 
 
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 lim vnto thoins wis^ewall for vij days worke .^b-^^^^^tM .'tbt'^'^^Tr,. o ."^^^ 
 Itni vnto thoins lewys laburtr ... ^?vy^'^Jr1L^^^S<' .f^^^-^ijr^r? ...' h^T^'^.. 
 
 hm for a locke & a kcye to the dorre 
 
 [tni for iiij C of breke [brick] to the chymney 
 
 Itm for careayge of the same 
 
 Itm for ij lawde of lyme 
 
 Itm for vj days worke vnto Hugh monkysfelt 
 
 Itm vnto A \vre5-ght for clenyng of latts [laths] and halfe A C boght 
 
 Itm for spyke naylis to ths yese bords 
 
 Itm for A lowde of lyme 
 
 Itm for A M [i,ooo] of ston naylis ... 
 
 Itm for vj C clotnaylis 
 
 Itm to the sclatf for workemaship ... 
 
 Itm for dowbyng and teyryng [ ? tarring]. it/Z.'U**^..'|/- *<^!^»v.^.<^.^^^:t' 'Vr*fr • 
 
 hm for A lowde of lyme 
 
 Itm vnto Henry Dalby for sowd''yng [soldering] of the churche Roffe 
 
 Itm that we paide for the laste yere Dette 
 
 Itm for viij new brassMo the bells 
 
 Itm for takyng vppe of the bellis and laying the seid brass' 
 
 Itm for A key & A locke to the stepuU durre 
 
 Itm vnto s"^ nicholas for kepyng of the clokke syns mydsumer was .V 
 
 twelmvnt /r'^.l^^w^/v^'v^-r oy^ "f/^ . .^^''^TVT^'T^.^f^^rt^ • 
 
 Itm for new hornys to the launtf 9>?^ .'^^^'"''rv? '^^:ip^'^^^ : 
 
 Itm paide vnto Ric' leche & thom''s Johnson bye the cumaundem' of the 
 
 perhische [parish] 
 
 Itm for xxij sparrys and xviij bords to the Chamb'' and mendyng of a Cofer 
 
 Itm for bords to the chab' wyndowys boght of wittm bolton 
 
 Itm for tymber boght of the seid wittm to make the pylpyt 
 
 Itm vnto the keruer [carver] for makyng of pylpyd and the grese [steps] 
 
 to the same 
 
 Itm for workeyng of A ston vndur the pylpyd 
 
 Itm for the Holyn 
 
 Itm for Condylls to the same 
 
 Imi for makyng vppe of o'' booke 
 
 Itm more for makyng of the pylpit 
 
 Sin" of o"' paymentts ys v'' .wj' vj''. 
 
 s. 
 
 "J 
 
 VIJ 
 
 VIJ 
 
 ix 
 
 viij 
 
 "J 
 
 d. 
 
 vj 
 vij. 
 iiij 
 iiij 
 
 V 
 
 ix 
 
 viij 
 J 
 
 V 
 
 xij 
 
 XV 
 
 xxiij 
 iiij ob 
 xij 
 vij 
 
 vij 
 iiij 
 
 iij 
 
 'J 
 
 vnj 
 
 VJ 
 
 VllJ 
 
 
 xvj 
 
 
 XX 
 
 'J 
 
 vj 
 
 X 
 
 iiij 
 
 V 
 
 Itm the perhische ys in o'' dette 
 
 xiij' v"" 
 
 Easter 1544 to E.vster 1545. 
 
 •'Thes peels folowynge Rycharde Gettyn and Ric' mvchell Churche Wardens haue Receyvyd 
 for this yeir past 1544. 
 
 Inpmis Geythredd towarde kepynge of the Clocke upon Palme sondey 
 Itm geythred vpon Est^ evyn (S: Est'' dey 
 
 d. 
 xix 
 
 V
 
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 CHURCHWARDENS' ACCOUNTS. 
 
 223 
 
 Itm Geythred vpon Mundey in Est^ Weke 
 
 Itm geithred vpon Twesdey in Est Weke 
 
 Itm Receyvyd for A buryall place to S"' John Aere 
 
 It Geythred to mendynge of the Crosse 
 
 Itm Receyvyd of the Stuards of the smythes for old wax at Thomas Spraggs 
 
 Wyf dirige 
 
 Itm for o'' lady dey qwarterege 
 
 Itm for A ley stall to Thomas Spragge wif 
 
 Itm Receyvid of Thomas Barowe lor a ley stall 
 
 Itm rec' of Ric' brerevvood 
 
 Itm of the wyf of John fifyndley for a knelynge place 
 
 Itm Receyvid of Will^m Will^mson for A knelyng place 
 
 Itm Rec' for Cristenmes qwarterege 
 
 Itm rec' of y'^ pdoner of Jhu 
 
 Itm Rec' for a ley stall of Elizabeth Mycchell 
 
 Itm rec' of Geffrey Granwey for bords 
 
 Itm Rec' for A ley stall of Thomas ley wyf ' 
 
 Itm Geythred towarde Cou''ynge of the churche porche 
 
 Itm Rec' of John Treves for c^tayn geyr which we found in A cofcr w 
 
 y"^ Revestre 
 
 s. 
 
 d. 
 
 X 
 
 viij 
 
 XIJ 
 
 VIIJ 
 
 
 XVJ 
 
 mj 
 
 IX 
 
 y^ 
 
 J 
 
 llj 
 
 J 
 
 
 XIJ 
 
 
 XIJ 
 
 
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 xij 
 
 nj 
 
 IIIJ 
 
 
 mj 
 
 
 XIJ 
 
 
 mj 
 
 
 XIJ 
 
 VI 
 
 
 L-rsi fis. uac 1. }..rJ( 
 
 VllJ 
 
 Sin of o'' Receyts iiij 
 
 li ,.il " 
 
 Eastilr 1544 TO Easter 1545. 
 
 " Thes peels folowynge Ric Gettyn and Ric mvchell Churche Wardyns haue payd for this yeir 
 past [1544]- 
 
 Inpmis paid for A kaye to the Clockhowse dore 
 
 Itm paid for y<' bari'ch to castynge of the wax 
 
 Itm paid for scowrynge of the lampe 
 
 It to y'" caru'' [carver] for settynge flowres on y'' pulpi't 
 
 Itm payd for kepynge of the Clocke to Thomas knott before Est^ 
 
 Itm paid for ffrankyncens 
 
 Itm paid for pynse & thryed [for the Easter sepulchre] 
 
 Itm paid for xlvj'' pounde of wax of Will^m Aldersey 
 
 Itm paid for Makkynge of o'' wax for the old yeir to Ric' leche 
 
 Itm paid to the same Richarde leche for makyng of too devocon sergesse 
 
 of xx'' pound wax 
 
 Itm paid for mendynge of oi^ blacke Chamlett Vestment 
 
 Itm payd to the barige of makynge of o'' wax 
 
 Itm paid for mendynge of o"' great bell 
 
 Itm paid to Henry Diwby for mendynge of our VVyndoes 
 
 Itm payd to Spraggs Wyf flbr washynge of o' clother by yeir 
 
 Itm for a pynte of oyle 
 
 Itm payd to WiU^m Hoghton which the piche was in dett to hym 
 
 xxj 
 
 iiij 
 
 "J 
 
 vnj 
 
 d. 
 J 
 
 viij 
 
 viij' 
 
 i.ij 
 
 •j 
 
 j 
 
 X 
 
 j 
 
 vj 
 
 V
 
 224 
 
 ST. MARY-ON-THE-HILL, CHESTER. 
 
 \m,<tv>*u^ dn^ 
 
 Itm paid for claspes and mendynge of a velvett Cope 
 
 Itm paid to John Savage for hyllynge off A grave (ift-l-- Pri*^ j . 
 
 Itm paid for iij pyntes of oyle ... 
 
 Itm for mendynge of the bere 
 
 Itm payd to Stephana Bryggs for Mydsom^ qwart^ 
 
 W'*w-t^sj^ Itm for iiij newe pcession boks for y'^ qwere 
 
 Itm paid to peter Conwey for makynge of A newe sockett to the best crosse 
 
 & gyldynge of the same 
 
 Itm for A boke to the qwere 
 
 Itm paid to M"" lohn Walley for ij pound of wax 
 
 Itm paid for wyre to mendynge of y" lampe 
 
 Itm to Stephane briggs for Michelmes qwart for tentynge of y" Clocke 
 
 Itm to M' lohn Walley for iiij pound of wax 
 
 Itm to maistrcs Dauyson for ij pound of wax 
 
 Itm to Elyn Crosse for vvashynge of Clothes and for sope to the same 
 
 It paid for A purse to cary y« sacrament 
 
 Itm for candles to y" hoUynse 
 
 Itm payd for holly n 
 
 Itm for wax to Richarde leche 
 
 Itm payd for mendynge of the bellowse of the organse 
 
 Itm paid for A Rocchett to the Clarke 
 
 Im to Maistres Grymesdyche for thre pound of wax 
 
 Itm paid to Henry Dawby for mendynge holes in the churche topp .. 
 
 Itm for A corde for the vayle 
 
 Itm payd for Sclats [slates] latts [laths] and neyles to Thomas Roper.. 
 
 Itm paid to the Sclater 
 
 Itm paid for lyme 
 
 Itra for A Cheyne to the byble... 
 Itm for berynge of o'" boke by yeir 
 Itm for makynge vp of the same 
 
 Itm payd to John plummer for lead to the church porch 
 
 Sm of o'' payments iiij'' iiij' x''. 
 Itm the Reves is in Dett to John plumer v' vj'' 
 
 "J 
 
 "J 
 
 vij 
 
 ob 
 
 J 
 
 XX 
 
 Xlj 
 
 VllJ 
 
 j 
 
 XX 
 
 xxij 
 
 xj 
 
 ij 
 iiij 
 
 vj 
 xij 
 
 xj 
 
 XX 
 
 xvij 
 viij 
 
 j 
 x 
 
 XX 
 
 iiij 
 
 ij 
 vj 
 
 iiij 
 
 Easter 1545 to Easter 1546. 
 
 "Thes peels foloyng Ric Gi.-ittyn And Jams Tailyer churche Wardens haue receyved for this 
 yeir past 1545. 
 
 Inpmis geythred in y'^ churche vpon palme sondey 
 
 Itm on Est'' evyn and Est^ dey 
 
 Itm vpon mondey & twisdey in Est^ weeke ... 
 Itm Receyved for A pece of velvett... 
 
 Itm Rec' for kat'yn browns leystall 
 
 It' Rec' for A knelyng place for Ric' Greis wif 
 
 s. 
 ij 
 
 XX 
 
 xxij 
 
 vuj 
 
 X 
 
 xij 
 xvj 
 viij
 
 
 CHURCHWARDENS' ACCOUNTS. 
 
 225 
 
 K>:c/^fta.a<k7tetJ-r 
 
 It' Rec' of Nf Vawdrey for A leystall 
 
 It' Rec' of IVP Plancney for ij leystalls 
 
 It' Receyvyd of matliewe Ellis for A leystall 
 
 Itm Rec' of Geffrey Ric^son for iij leystalls 
 
 Itm rec' for A leystall to Herry Dawbye 
 
 Itm rec' of \Vil!»m Houghton for A leystall 
 
 Itm R of Thomas kettylls wif for A leystall 
 
 Itm rec' of Ric' Gettyn for A leystall 
 
 Itm geitherdde vpon o'' lad dey [Lady day] 
 
 Itm geitherde vpon Cristenmes dey 
 
 It' rec' of Thomas browne for A kne'yng place for his wiff 
 Itm rec' of Will^m balle for A knelyng place for his wiff 
 It' Rec' of Ric' Strete for A knelyng place for his wiff ... 
 
 It' Rec' of M'' thom"s bruerton for A leystall 
 
 Sin of ther hole receyit 
 
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 s. 
 
 d. 
 
 
 xij 
 
 IJ 
 
 
 
 XIJ 
 
 "J 
 
 vnj 
 
 
 XVJ 
 
 
 xij 
 
 
 XIJ 
 
 
 XIJ 
 
 iij 
 
 UIJ 
 
 I'J 
 
 
 
 XIJ 
 
 
 xij 
 
 
 xij 
 
 
 xvj 
 
 '^^^'U.i PU /. 
 
 /'O 
 
 is iij'' xj^ 
 
 'J" 
 
 " Thes pcells folowyng Ric' Geittyn & Jams tailyer church wardens haue paid for this yi 
 [1545]- 
 
 Inpmis paid to M'' will''m Aldersey for xxxij'' of wax 
 
 Itm paid for makyng of o"' wax by yeir 
 
 Itm paid for makyng of ij devocon sergesse of xx^' wax 
 
 Itm paid to y<^ birrege at y^ castyng of o"^ Wax 
 
 Itm for wax to George leche 
 
 Iim paid to y forsaid M' willm Alld^sey for v" wax 
 
 Itm paid to John plumbre 
 
 Itm paid to y' clerke for kepyng y"^ clocke 
 
 Itm paid to George leche for Rybban, silke, & threid to mend o'' best 
 
 [vestiment crossed through] 
 
 It' paid to Herry Dawby for mendyng of the church Wyndoes by yeir 
 
 Itm paid to M"' Will"m Aldresey for iiij^' wax 
 
 Itm paid to y<' brothere} [embroiderers] for mendyng of our best sute 
 
 Itm paid for Scowryng of y"^ lampe and the Chandelers 
 
 Itm for ffrankyn sence 
 
 Itm paid to Ric' Grey for mendyng y« thirde bell 
 
 Itm for A rope to the Antam bell 
 
 Itm for A corde to y'" veyle 
 
 Itm paid for CharcoUs at Est 
 
 Itm paid for washeyng of y'' churche clothes by the yeir 
 
 Itm paid for ij dos' tyle 
 
 Itm paid to Rauff norley for glasyng of the porche ch^mbre Wyndow 
 
 Itm to will»m bolton for A reyle to y^ same ch=mbre 
 
 Itm to Ric' mykylhalf for war[k]mashypp of the same reyle 
 
 Itm for ffyllyng of y'= fontt by yeir 
 
 Itm paid to xpofer Warmyncha for mendynge of o' brasyn crosse 
 
 G G 
 
 sute 
 
 s. 
 xvj 
 iiij 
 
 •J 
 
 V 
 
 eir past 
 d. 
 
 ij 
 vj 
 "j 
 vj 
 
 XX 
 
 xxj 
 
 vvj 
 
 XX 
 
 viij 
 
 ij 
 viij 
 
 i'j 
 J 
 J 
 
 xij 
 
 X 
 
 xvj 
 iiij 
 
 i'j 
 ij 
 
 XV
 
 
 226 ST. MARY-ON-THE-HILL, CHESTER. 
 
 s. 
 
 d. 
 
 iij 
 
 V 
 
 
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 ij 
 
 M 
 
 
 vj 
 
 
 VIJ 
 
 
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 Itm paid for candles to y<^ sterr & to y'' hollyn 
 
 Itm for y' hollyn 
 
 Itm y'' costs of o' here [bier] the tymbre neyls & makyng 
 
 Itm paid to W Walley for ij bords to mende the thyrde bell whele 
 
 Itm to Stephyn Watton for his worke on y'^ same 
 
 And for neyls to y^' same 
 
 Itm to Thomas Spragge for niakyng A newe Iren for y"^ clocke which was 
 
 stoUen viij 
 
 Itm paid to Thomas Spragg for a locke and a key for the copborde vnd' o'' 
 
 lady iij 
 
 Itm to y'= said Thomas Spragg for iiij hyngs vj 
 
 Itm paid to Hugh Nicholes for mendyng of y"" steple doore and makyng ij 
 
 wyndows in y"^ revestre 
 
 And for neyls to y'' same worke 
 
 Itm for pyns and threide 
 
 Itm giffyn to y'" clarke at his first corny nge in rewarde ij 
 
 Itm paid to the clarke y' gone is for kepyng the clocke for mydsoni'' quart xx 
 
 Itm to y'= same clarke for Michellmes quart^ viij 
 
 Itm paid for wyre to y'' clocke iij 
 
 Itm paid for too dos' & di of tyles to m^grett Wright xv 
 
 Itm paid for too dos' of tyle to Rogg^ Reyde xij 
 
 Itm paid for Cou^yng of ij Graves v 
 
 Itm paid to henry blomeley for cou^yng ij graves iiij 
 
 and for lyme to y'' same graves ij 
 
 Itm paid to Ric' Hasylwall for cou^ing ij graves vj 
 
 Itm paid to Thomas wyswalls man for makyng vp the churche wall viij 
 
 Itm paid for A lode of lyme iiij 
 
 Itm paid for too pynts of lampe oile iiij 
 
 It' paid to Elyn bushell for a sacryng bell iiij 
 
 It' for a planke borde to y'' flore of the steple and y'' leyinge of the same ... vj 
 
 It' for mendyng of an Awter clothe altar cloth] j 
 
 Itm for niedynfie of an Awbe [alb] j 
 
 It' for mendyng of ther box j 
 
 Itm paid to Ric Grey for mendyng of y'' grete bell x 
 
 Itm lent to Thomas hettyll outt of the box to pay for honbrige [Handbridge] 
 
 sepulcre sergesse ■ xvj 
 
 It' for charcolls for y« Sensesse [censers] at Cristenmes j 
 
 It' paid to Conys wif in part of payment for washing y"" church clothes by 
 
 yeir , iiij 
 
 Itm paid to s^ Ric' for kepynge the clocke for Cristenmesse qwart^ xij 
 
 Itm paid for beryng of y'^ boke by yere vj 
 
 And for makyng vp y'' same boke iiij 
 
 And y'^ hole Srn of ther payments is iij" x' v''. 
 
 ther is also xx" wax for y^ new reves to reseyve 
 
 And they haue remaynyng in ther box ix''."
 
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 CHURCHWARDENS' ACCOUNTS. 227 
 
 Easter 1546 to Easter 1547. 
 
 '1546. Thes byii the parsels that Thomas woswoall and Rychard strete churche wardens 
 have Receuyd ffor thys yere past. 
 
 Item Reseuyd on palme sondaye ffor kepenge off the clocke 
 
 Itm Receuyd off Rye' gytten and Jamys taylly'' in the box 
 
 Itm Reseuyd on blacke monday and twsdaye in the Est^ vvycke 
 
 Itm on Aster evyn and Est^ daye 
 
 Itm Reseuyd off Rye' lowe 
 
 Itm ffor A lastall ffor John fynlowe 
 
 Itm for tylys [tile-.] 
 
 Itm ffor A lystall for Thomas nyccals vvyffe 
 
 Itm for A lestall to Mayst^ hope ^ 
 
 Itm for s' Rye' 1 lestall ■ 
 
 Itm for A lestdll for geffere barkers doyhtter 
 
 Itm Reseuyd off Raffe a crosse for A knelynge plasse to hys wyffe ... 
 
 Itm for A knelynge [place] to Jharays brerewods wyffe 
 
 Itm for A knelynge plase to Grysvenars wyffe 
 
 Itm for a knelynge plase to bostocks wyfe 
 
 Itm fifor A knelynge place to hancockes wyffe 
 
 Itm for A knelynge place to Hughe off the lache hys wyfe 
 
 Itm for A knelynge place to fasakerlayes wyffe 
 
 Itm Reseuyd for A lestall to Rye' butlar 
 
 Itm gederyt at lady diye qurtereche 
 
 Item for cry stenmes quartereche 'J ^ 
 
 Svfh off the Recets iij>' xj' j''." 
 
 " Thes byn the parsels folowenge Thomas woswoall Rye' strete churche wardens have payde for 
 thys yere past 1546. , 
 
 Itm payde to M'- John wallaye for x.x"-.xj" wax xviij nij ofe 
 
 Itm payde for makynge off the wax by the yere '"J 
 
 Itm for makynge off A Devocyon surges ^ 
 
 Itm for the barreche ^J 
 
 Itm for makynge off iij nve [new] formys ^ '"J 
 
 Itm payde for A nve Dor to the grese [steps] that gose in to the ledes ... xvj 
 
 Itm payde for iiij banar stavys '"^J 
 
 Itm a locke and ij stapyls to the font 
 
 Itm for mendynge off the bels 
 
 Itm for frycansens ' 
 
 Itm payde to the Clarke for kepynge off the cloke '^' 
 
 Itm payde for lampe yole [oil] to the lampe ^''|J 
 
 Itm for A li and halfe off wax ^"J 
 
 Itm payde for tyles to mende the churche flore "J 
 
 ' He occurs as Sir Richard in llie previous Disbursements, 1545- Sir Richard Stancliffe (see burials i^). isr».j ^^ -<vrfu/y^J ^-for. 
 
 G G 2 1^ 
 
 s. 
 
 d. 
 
 ij 
 
 X 
 
 
 IX 
 
 xxiiij 
 
 j 
 
 XIX 
 
 X 
 
 vj 
 
 VUJ 
 
 
 xij 
 
 
 UIJ 
 
 
 XVJ 
 
 
 xinj 
 
 
 XI) 
 
 
 XIJ 
 
 
 XIJ 
 
 
 XIJ 
 
 
 XVJ 
 
 
 viij 
 
 
 vnj 
 
 
 vnj 
 
 
 VJ 
 
 
 XIJ 
 
 
 xxj 
 
 nij 
 iiij
 
 228 ST. MARY-ON-THE-HILL, CHESTER. 
 
 s. d, 
 
 Itm payde for hollyns v 
 
 Itm for A Roi)e to the horgens j 
 
 Itm payde for candels iij iiij 
 
 Itm payde for A purse to carrye the sakerment xj 
 
 Itm for A locke and ij enges [hinges] to the banar staves vj 
 
 Itm for A Rope to antan bell iiij 
 
 Itm for weshenge off the churche clothes xvj 
 
 Itm payde to Rye' Dowbe for mendenge off the wendos xvj 
 
 Itm payde to S^ Rye' for kepenge off the cloke that be whas be hynde for ... xx 
 
 Itm for deghttynge [scouring] off the lampe and the chandelars ix 
 
 Itm ffor A corde to the Rode loft 
 
 Itm payde for charcoU 
 
 Itm payde for pyncys and nelys 
 
 [' Item payde for xij'' wax to M'' Thomas aldersaye vij* ' crossed through and 
 ' quia bot ac alloc in px sequent Cofnp ' written above.] 
 
 Itni payde for iji' wax xiij 
 
 Surne of the payments Ivj* j'' ob 
 and so Rests In ow'" hands of thys of the sayd Recets ... xiiij' xj''." 
 
 Easter 1547 to Easter 1548. 
 
 " Thes byn the parsels monaye y' Rye' strete and Thomas woswoall churche wardens hathe 
 
 Reseuyd for thys yere past 1547. 
 
 s. d. 
 
 Itm gaythredd on pallme sondaye for kepeyenge off the cloke [clock] xx 
 
 Itm on hastar hevyn [Easter even] and hast''' Daye [Easter day] xix 
 
 Itm on bundaye (sic) and tvvesdaye in the Esl^ wycke xxvj viij 
 
 It' Res' of Robert yonge for on knelyng place iiij 
 
 It' Res' of Rye' dobe for A knelyng place xij 
 
 It' Res' of wyzt wyff for a knelyng place viij 
 
 It' Res' of thom^s mekyn for a le stalle xij 
 
 It' Res' of Jone buckiey for a knelyng place iiij 
 
 It' Res' of mathelles wyfif for a lestall xij 
 
 It' Res' of Jhon Savege for a lestall xij 
 
 It' Res' of Rye' muchell wyff for a lestall xij 
 
 It' Res' of Rye' butler wyff a towell. 
 
 It' Res' of Jhon fnquale a towell. 
 
 It' Res' of wyftm balle for a lestall xij 
 
 It' Res' apon ow'' ladye [day] for quarteche xxij 
 
 It' Res' of wyttm yenn for a lestall vj 
 
 It' Rests in hys hands vj 
 
 It' Res' of pet^ flecher for a knelyng place viij 
 
 Ii' Res' of mest^ voydre [Vavvdrey] for a knelyng place ij 
 
 It' Res' of mest^ planctney for a lestall xij 
 
 It' Res' of thom^s ley for a knelyng place xij
 
 CHURCHWARDENS' ACCOUNTS. 229 
 
 s. d. 
 
 It' Res' for crystenmas quart^ xvj 
 
 It' Res' for a lestall of thoni''s aswall xij t>Cr~v,.,»-<Ha^.-w«15. . 
 
 It' Res' of ythell a dye for a lestall xij 
 
 It' Res' of thom"s govete for a lestall xij 
 
 / It' of thom^s wuswall for a knelyng place xij'' [crossed through] 9^-<»wva^ -Wo^u^ offl?.. 
 
 It' more of quartreche and out of y'^ boxe viij 
 
 It' of Raf foxley for a knelyng plac vj 
 
 It' of Jhon anyoii for a knelyng place vj ^Wvw O-vwurrv. 
 
 Su of the sayd Recet iij' viij^ ij'V 
 
 " M'l that the viij' day of January in the yeir of o' lorde god MCCCCCXLVIJ Elyn Clarke 
 wydowe comyth before the hole pishe deoiandynge ther & of them one certan Chalysse And 
 so Thomas vviswall & Ric' Strete the beyng Churche wardense w"' advise & cosent of the hole 
 pisheners did delyu^ the same chalisse vnto the said Elyn as her awne." 
 
 "Thes beyn peels of money y' whe Rye strete and thom^s wuswall haue payde and lede done 
 
 [laid down] for the chuich of sanct mares thvs j'cre 1547. 
 
 s. d. 
 
 It' payde for neyles and frankinsens and for threde and pynns at on' tyme ... iiij 
 
 It' payde to Rye' leche to y" bereche for makyng of the wax vj 
 
 It' payde to m'' walle for wax aganst eest^ xij j 
 
 It' payde to m'' thom"s aid sey for wax vij 
 
 It' payde to y" clerke of sanct mars [St. Mary's] for y" quartche xx 
 
 It' payde to Rye' leche f or makyng of the wax for the yer iiij 
 
 It' payde to Rye' leche for a deuotyon taper to onbryg [Handbridge] the 
 
 last yer x 
 
 It' payde to Rye' leche for a deuotyon taper for thys yer x 
 
 It' payde to Rye' leche for castyng y^ wax ij 
 
 It' payde for washyng the churche clothes by yi^ yer xv 
 
 ^ It' payde to warwyke for dressyng the churche yard v 
 
 It' payde to dame m'get for washeng the clothe ou' [over] the sacmet 
 
 [sacrament] and dressyng the bann' iij 
 
 It' payde for charkole aganst est^ ij 
 
 It' payde for ij burds [boards] to mend the sepulches j 
 
 It' deylu'et to onbrygnne [Handbridge] for xx pownds of wax [blank]. 
 
 It' payde for frankeynsens j 
 
 It' payde to Rye' dobe f or mendyng the wyndoys by the yer xvj 
 
 It' payde for lampe ole iiij 
 
 It' settyng on the geyre [gear? ornament] up in the albes at est' ij 
 
 It' payde to Rye' leche for payntyng the crosse staff viij 
 
 It' payde for pay ntyng iiij bann^ staves j 
 
 It' payde for lyme iiij 
 
 y^ It' payde to tliomSjewes for mendyng the churche wall iiij 
 
 y' It' payde to warweke for mendyng the churche yerd another tyme iiij T)A.r~.j=»-'ft..'v<' ■j 
 
 It' payde for wax aganst ow"' lade day xij '»'i*>~-«^- 
 
 It' payde for frankeinsens and neles job
 
 ?30 
 
 ST. MARY-ON-THE-HILL, CHESTER. 
 
 ^% 
 
 It' payde for on Rope for the anton bell 
 
 It' payile to wyttm crowshay for mendyng the church 
 
 It' payde more for neyles 
 
 It' payde to wyttm ball for on pese of tymb'' 
 
 It' payde to on mm for wyttyng the church 
 
 Siiiiie xxxvij' j'' ofc. 
 
 It' payde for lyme 
 
 It' payde to the clerke of seint Jons [S' John's] for a boke 
 
 It' payde for wytlymyng [whitewashing] the churche . . X''(^s^-(ym*^(^ 
 
 It' payde for takyng downe of the Rode 
 
 It' payde to the clerke of seint mars [S' Mary's] for kepyng the cloke 
 [clock] for the alffyer 
 
 It' payde to J hon grey for mendyng of the clocke 
 
 It' payde for dressyng of the leyds 
 
 It' payde for franckinsens 
 
 It' payd for lampe ole 
 
 It' payd for puttyng in ovv'' bylls to the kyngs vysyters 
 
 It' payd for a locke to the box 
 
 Ii' payd for yron and neles to mend the boxe 
 
 It' payd to the keru' [carver] for makyng the box 
 
 It' payd natts [«V for mats] to knele apon 
 
 It' payd to Rye' grey for makyng of the box locks and keys 
 
 It' payd to a wryzt [wright] for makyng ij formes 
 
 It' payde to s' george for kepyng of the clocke for crystemas quart^ 
 
 It' payd for ij horse loyde of lyme 
 
 It' payd for wytlymyng the chuiche 
 
 It' payd to on whoma for carjng of wat' and dressyng the church 
 
 It' payde for makyng my bylles and my boke by the yere 
 
 SuiTia xx^ and so Restthe in o'' handes off thys last yeres Resets the 
 svm off X' ofc vnto wyche svm chargyt the forsayde svm off xiiij* xj"^ the 
 furst yeres Recct and so whe have clerely in o'' hands over all o"' sayde 
 pements for bothe the sayde yeres the full svm off 
 
 monaye Restynge and not by vs Reseuyd that hys to wyt. 
 
 Apon the wyffe Rye' coupper for A lestall 
 
 Itni Rye' mvcchell wyff 
 
 Itm wyttm ycnn 
 
 Itm Raff plumley 
 
 Itm Reseuyd off Rye' gyttyn for A knelynge [place] 
 
 xxnij 
 
 d. 
 
 iiij 
 
 ij 
 
 iiij 
 
 vj 
 
 xij 
 
 xij 
 
 iiij 
 
 ij 
 
 viij 
 ij 
 J 
 J 
 
 ij 
 xiij 
 iiij 
 
 V 
 
 viij 
 iiij 
 
 viij 
 
 XX 
 
 viij 
 vj 
 ij 
 
 X 
 
 xj ob 
 
 xij 
 
 viij 
 
 vj 
 viij 
 xij" 
 
 1/vacGa<j 
 
 Easter 1548 to Easter 1549. 
 " 1548. 
 
 M"* y' wee wyttm ball and thorn's browne haue R' of Rye' strete for old 
 
 Ropes endes 
 
 It' R' from brokyn yron 
 
 V 

 
 K^-oJ^/^wcr yi^yx 151T {ayu2 l/^y-e^ (yY-~ay\Jkji^ /un/l^ cx-c^ O •^152.3 
 
 Jr. o^ fitajLAAA.^ d -cit/^&i^x. 
 "^fr ^ -iiyv^^ oji a£rO 1^ ^cuuycMo oj ^l^ Shekel
 
 CHURCHWARDENS' ACCOUNTS. 
 
 231 
 
 It' gethered aganst east' 
 
 It' R' of m'esse brereton for a lestall 
 
 It' R' of thom^s ley for a lestall 
 
 It' R' of Rauff plomley for a knelyng place 
 
 It' R' of mestes mathey for old wod 
 
 It' R' for on new pece of wod 
 
 It' R' of thorn's wuswall for a knelyng place 
 
 It' R. of Jhon Savege for on lestall 
 
 It' R' of ten me ofthe pyche ... .^e^. . n^^v^ ■V^^^^^'^'Vt?^.-. . 
 
 Sm" of the Receytts xlvj' ix*. 
 Svme iij'' vj' ix''. 
 It' R' of wax Ixxj" 
 It' Remenyng of wax xxxiij''." 
 
 s. 
 
 d. 
 
 xij 
 
 vj 
 
 
 XIJ 
 
 
 XI] 
 
 
 VUJ 
 
 
 XVJ 
 
 
 VllJ 
 
 
 XI] 
 
 
 XIJ 
 
 XXVI] 
 
 1548. 
 
 M'l that thes beyn ihe peels y' wee haue payde. s. 
 
 In {5i; to sanct catryn [Katharine] reves x 
 
 It' to conys wyff for wessyng the church clothes 
 
 It' to Rye' dobe for mendyng the church wyndows by y'' yere 
 
 It' to Rye' leche for makyng of y'' wax by y' yer iiij 
 
 It' payde vnto Rye' leche for makyng hundbryge surge on yere wyche was 
 
 not payde 
 
 It' in bereche for makyng the waxe 
 
 It' for castyng of the wax 
 
 It' for fyllyng of ihe fonte 
 
 It' for pynnes neles and threde [for the Easter sepulchre] 
 
 It' for settyng auon the parryers ajjon the albs to cones wyff 
 
 It' to s^ george for kepyng the clocke 
 
 It' to thom"s wusrt'all for mendyng of the church wall 
 
 It' payde to s^ george agayne for the clocke I'j 
 
 It' payd for a byll at the visitatyon 
 
 It' for makyng a byll to be red at the pcessyon of the kyngs g"ce and the 
 
 qeneofscotts 
 
 It' payde vnto Steven watton for makyng of the church yeate 
 
 It' for tymb^ to make the ban^ 
 
 It' payde to s^ henry browne 
 
 It' payde to thom"s sprage 
 
 It' payde to y" plemm^ for castyng of ov/' leed and leyng and sooder 
 
 It' to Rye' barker for fourte pound of leede 
 
 It' for the earyege of ij webbsi of leede to the church 
 
 It' to Rog^ Reede for cow'yng of on gve and tyles 
 
 It' to s^ oleu^ [Sir Oliver, the priest] for sanct catheryn s^vice 
 
 It' for makyng on key 
 
 It' for ij gyrdyls 
 
 XX 
 
 x\j 
 xvij 
 
 VllJ 
 
 XVJ 
 
 X 
 
 >j 
 >j 
 
 ij 
 ij 
 ij 
 
 XX 
 
 ij 
 
 iiij 
 
 ij 
 
 ij 
 
 vj 
 iiij 
 
 XXIIJ 
 
 ij 
 xvj 
 
 
 
 ' A web or sheet of lead, a broad and thin plate of lead.
 
 232 ST. MARY-ON-THE-HILL, CHESTER. 
 
 s d. 
 
 It' to Jhone buckley for settyng apon the parrers apon the church clothes ... ij 
 
 It' payde for a rope to y'= anton bell vij 
 
 It' payde to Robeit Jhons for ij C iij quart^ of leede at V" the C xiij ix 
 
 It' [)ayde to m"' Jhon walle for ij trees x 
 
 It' payd for on lood of wod xv 
 
 It' payJe for ij C of spykes neles and alff C of gadds [gadnails] xvj — / 
 
 It' at the castyng of y'' leed of bereche ij C«=«fcU« «|^iU f c«( a^ 
 
 It' for iij dosen hordes vj viij UiUtrS.. 
 
 It' for caryeg of them to y'= church ij 
 
 It' for sayng [sa(vv)yng] ij trees xxij 
 
 It' to Jhon holt for caryeg of ij trees to the church ix 
 
 It' payde to James alkoc and ys ma for wurkyng v j 
 
 It' to thom"s wuswall for iij days wurke xviij 
 
 It' to a laboryng ma ij days viij 
 
 Sm" vj" xviijs iij''." 
 
 
 Easter 1549 to Easter 1550. 
 
 M'' y* weke thorn's Rog^son and thom's browne churche wardnens of the pyshe of sanct mars 
 vpon the hyll In ps. . 
 
 R' of wyttm ball and thom's browne In the boxe 
 
 R' of m'' voydre [Vawdrey] for on lestall 
 
 R' of m"' wyftm aldersey for wyttm horton lestall and on chyld of the sayde 
 
 wyltm horton lestall 
 
 Itt' gethered in the east^ v.-eke 
 
 I tt' R' of henry brovvmley for on lestall 
 
 Itt' of Rychard buroys for the lestalls of Rauff chadoc and ys wyff 
 
 Itt' gethered at oW' layde day ... 
 
 Itt' R' for the churche of mone [money] 
 
 rVuL«/u,n>JT) . Itt' R' of James brerewod wyff 
 
 Itt' R' of Rychard strete (or on knelyng place xij 
 
 Sufne of Recete xlvj* j'' ob." 
 
 ' M'' y" wehe [that we] thom's Rog'son and thom's browne churche wardnens In ps have 
 payde 
 
 for the makyng of the booke at easi^ 
 
 Itt' payde to Rychard leche for makynge the waxe for on hileyery 
 
 Itt' to s^ george for kepyng of y" clocke 
 
 Itt' for wessyng of y'= churche clothes 
 
 Itt' to Rychard dowbe for mendyng of the glasse wendoys 
 
 Itt' to y"' clerke for kepyng the clocke 
 
 Itt' for iij books on for the Commiiyon and two saturs [psa'ters] 
 
 Itt' payde for too dowsen of tyles 
 
 s. 
 
 d. 
 
 
 xij 
 
 
 XIJ 
 
 'j 
 
 
 viij 
 
 j ob 
 
 
 XIJ 
 
 'J 
 
 VIIJ 
 
 
 V 
 
 xxvij 
 
 
 'J 
 
 
 s. 
 
 d. 
 
 
 xij 
 
 ilij 
 
 
 "J 
 
 UIJ 
 
 
 .\x 
 
 
 xvj 
 
 
 XX 
 
 viij 
 
 iiij 
 
 
 XIJ
 
 CHURCHWARDENS' ACCOUNTS. 233 
 
 s. d. 
 
 Itt' payde to henry bromley for coveryng of the churche flore xiiij 
 
 Itt' for soderyng of the Icyde vpon the church ix 
 
 Itt' for the lyme iiij 
 
 Itt' for caryeng of tyles j 
 
 Itt' for dressy ng of y^ churche grece [steps] ij 
 
 Itt' for too bauderycks [for the bells] ij vj 
 
 Itt' to the clerke for kepyng of y<' clocke xx 
 
 Itt' to Rye' gree for medyng of y^ belles iiij 
 
 Itt' payde to y'= clerke for kepyng y^ clocke xx 
 
 Itt' payde to wyftm botton for makyng of on forme before the he ault^ 
 
 [high altar] ij 
 
 Itt' to wyftm botton for mendyng of the belles vj 
 
 Itt' to Rog sprage for mendyng the clocke iiij 
 
 Itt' for on natte to knele vpon before the ault^ ij 
 
 Itt' for makyng of on syrples to y' clerke iiij 
 
 Itt' for ij salts found in y" church j 
 
 Itt' payde to wyitm brownshanke and Rychard strete xxvij 
 
 Itt' to wyftm botton for settyng on pule to mestres gythyn xvij 
 
 Itt' payde to m"' wydrey [Vawdrey] for the pee of on alf of on booke called 
 
 pafracs [? paraphrases] 
 
 Itt' for lyme 
 
 Itt' for wat and sande 
 
 Itt' to thorns wuswall and ij men w* hym 
 
 mendyng of the churche flore 
 
 Surne iij' 
 the pyche ys in debethe xxv' j"" ob 
 
 
 
 V 
 
 vnj 
 xij 
 
 for coveryng of graves and 
 
 ij 
 
 
 xjs iij<i. 
 
 
 
 Easter 1550 to Easter 1551. 
 
 "1550 
 A" R. Ed vj' iiij". 
 
 M'' y' thorn's Rog son and Jhon holt haue recevet at east^ 
 
 Itt' Recevet for the churche goods 
 
 Itt' for Rye' Rog^so n^buryall 
 
 Itt' for on chylde of Raffe crosses buryall 
 
 Itt' of geffre grenwall wy flf for a knelyng place 
 
 Itt' of J enkyn tel ear for on chyld of hys the buryall 
 
 Itt' for Thon rnquall buryall 
 
 Itt' of wyttm Rog^son wyff for hyr husband buryall 
 
 Itt' geffre grenwall buryall 
 
 Itt' gregore castell buriall 
 
 Itt' t horn's Starke buriall 
 
 Itt' for the leede of the holy wat^ stooke 
 
 H II 
 
 s. 
 
 d. 
 
 ix 
 
 j 
 
 XXVJ 
 
 I'J 
 
 
 XIJ 
 
 
 XIJ 
 
 
 XIJ 
 
 
 XIJ 
 
 
 XVJ 
 
 ij 
 
 ij 
 
 
 XVJ 
 
 
 XIJ 
 
 
 vnj
 
 234 
 
 ST. MARY-ON-THE-HILL, CHESTER. 
 
 Itt' a peace of tymb^ 
 
 Itt' at latnas 
 
 Itt' for Raff medilynton buriall ... 
 Itt' Jhon holt for on knelyng place 
 
 Some iij" xjx' ix'' 
 
 xxvij 
 
 d. 
 
 xij 
 
 xij 
 xij 
 
 and the churche wall 
 
 ' M'^ y' whe the sayd thorn's and Jhon haue payde 
 
 Inpfns to m' dampt for kepyng of the clocke 
 
 Itt' to henry nycolas for makyng wax ij 
 
 Itt' more to m'' dampt ij 
 
 Itt' to adlynto wyff 
 
 Itt' to Robert wyfe 
 
 Itt' for ij satars [? psalters] iiij 
 
 Itt' to warwyke wyff 
 
 Itt' for wat^ and sande 
 
 Itt' for brycks 
 
 Itt' to Rye' hasewall for dressyng of the churche flore 
 
 Itt' to m'' dampt for on key 
 
 Itt' to Rog^ dampt 
 
 Itt' to m'' dampt 
 
 Itt' to Rye' gre for neles 
 
 Itt' to Rye' hasewall for makyng of the church wall iij 
 
 Itt' to m"' dampt 
 
 Itt' for takyng downe the alters and tylyng the churche flore 
 Itt' to Rye' dobe for mendyng the glasse wyndoys . 
 
 Itt' for ly me 
 
 Itt' to Rye' hasewall for mendyng the churche wall and tylyng the churche 
 
 flore iij 
 
 Itt' for on lode of lyme 
 
 Itt' to s^ hug' ley 
 
 Itt' payde to thom's wursewall & Rye' gytty 
 
 Itt' payde to m'' voydre 
 
 Itt' to m'" dampt 
 
 Svin v^' vj^ iiij''. 
 
 List of vestments, on the fly-leaf or first page : — 
 
 " The buttoons in the hands of Robert Scryvener. 
 
 The best cope Delinked to M'' browneshank. 
 
 Twoo lunacies one awbe and one vestm' belonging to the same suete in the hands of M' 
 
 browneshank. 
 Thother twoo awlbes Deliu^ed to Thorns Rogerson. 
 The twoo copes of red purple veluet thone delinked to mystres woodward by wittm ball and Thomas 
 
 browne thother Delinked to the kings coihission^s. 
 The cope of red Damask w' a vestm' and twoo tunicles of the same Deliu ed to the cofiiission s by 
 
 M' browneshank. 
 
 d. 
 
 XX 
 
 iiij 
 
 viij 
 
 ij 
 iiij 
 
 XX 
 
 ij 
 
 XX 
 
 XX 
 
 vj 
 xvj 
 
 X 
 
 vj 
 
 xij 
 
 xviij 
 
 XX
 
 CHURCHWARDENS' ACCOUNTS. 
 
 23s 
 
 The white vestm' w' a tunicle of white Damask Deliu'ed to the coffiission^s by Richard gyttyn and 
 
 Robert Scryuener. 
 A cope of red skarlet Debused to the coinission^s by Richard Gyttyn and R. Scryvener [the 
 
 churchwardens in 1552]. 
 The vestm' of Scarlet also Debused to the comission^s. 
 The stole awlbe and Amyas they cofesse remayning w* Robert Scryvener. 
 the vestm' of grene silk Debused to the coiiiission^s. 
 
 A blak chamlet vestm' Debused to M"' browneshank and by him to the comission s. 
 The twoo lunacies Debused to the cofnission^s by gyttyn and skryvener. 
 Three corpus cases and three clothes Debused to the coiiiission^s. 
 
 A Doon corpus case w' twoo clothes remayning vppon Robert Scryvener and Rich' gyttyn. 
 It' one sylu^ crosse Dooble gylt sold by w. ball and Tbo. browne vz Iviij vnces the sylu senser 
 
 xxviij vnces. 
 
 xxj 
 
 ill 
 
 wherof xviij^' debused to diu^se poore folks, and the residue appeareth in their acconipt. 
 A senser of brasse sold by Richard gyttyn and Robert Scryven^ w' out consent of the parish. 
 The best crosse bann^ gyld sold by Richard gyttyn and Robert Scryven^ to Robert vawdrie w' out 
 
 cosent. 
 The other bann^ cloth remayning with M'' vawdrie. 
 The senser of brasse sold as afore w' out consent. 
 
 one gyld chales sold by m'^ ball of XV vnc' iij'' xv'. 
 
 One other cbales sold by Thorns Rogerson of [blank] sold to m' vawdrie for iij". 
 The third gild was mistres clerks [this was in 1547]. 
 One albe white remayning. 
 
 The cure cloth Debused to [forn] 
 
 The canape cl 
 
 A sepulchre cl 
 
 [fom] 
 
 Easter 1551 to Easter 1552. 
 
 "1551- 
 M'' that thys ys the forst yere of y'' reves of saynt mares reyseyvyd of John hollt & Robrt 
 skryevenar geyderytt in the pascon wyeke vij^ & ij''. 
 
 It' reyseyvyd of necolas weytherbe for bys wyues leystall ... . 
 
 It' Reyseyvyd of geffrey granwey wyfe 
 
 It' for a leystall of Robart bastwell 
 
 It' for a leystall of Rye' Robynson 
 
 It' reyseyvyd of Rye' borvse for hys wyfes leystall 
 
 It' reyseyvyd of Robrtt stobes for a leystall 
 
 It' reyseyvyd of Tomis Rogerson afore the forst procleraacio 
 
 It' reyseyvyd of lohn wylkinson 
 
 It' for Tomas leyses leystall 
 
 It' for a leystall of mest' techett 
 
 II H 2 
 
 s. 
 
 d. 
 
 
 
 xvj 
 
 
 xvj 
 
 
 xvj 
 
 
 XVJ 
 
 
 XVJ 
 
 
 xvj 
 
 x 
 
 
 X 
 
 
 ij 
 
 xvj
 
 236 
 
 ST. MARY-ON-THE-HILL, CHESTER. 
 
 It' for a leystall of George teyler 
 
 It' for a leystall of mest' broghttones ma 
 
 It' reseyvyd of necolas breynes a''oure the forst proclemacio 
 
 It' reseyvyd of George weytt afoure the forste proclemacio 
 
 It' reyseyvyd of vvytt''m calldeys wyfe for hur hosebandes leystall ... 
 
 It' for a leystall of tomas brones chyld 
 
 It' reyseyvyd of Robrtt hittu for a knelynge plase for hys wyfe ... 
 
 It' reyseyvyd of George teyler for the hoole yere 
 
 It' reyseyvyd of Rye' caldey for a knelynge plase for hys wyfe 
 
 It' reyseyvyd of necolas Rogerson for the hoole yere 
 
 It' reyseyvyd of Roger foxley for the hoole yere 
 
 It' reyseyvyd of wyttm Grymesdyche for a hallfe yere 
 
 It' reyseyvyd of phelyp Gest for a hallfe yere 
 
 It' reyseyvyd of tomas londes for a holle yere 
 
 Itm raysayvede of Rycc' smythe for a howlle yere 
 
 Itm Rysayvyde iiij'' for a grote afore the forst pclemason 
 
 It' reyseyvyd of wyftm [aU ojf\ 
 
 It' reyseyvyd of Rye' leydeat for hys wyfes leystall 
 
 It' reyseyvyd of Robrtt Crose for howle yere 
 
 It' reyseyvyd of hare aston for hillfe a yere 
 
 It' reyseyvyd of John aneon for a howle yere 
 
 It' allso so m/che lede reymeynes 
 
 som' of how^ ryesayts v" viij^ ij"^. 
 reymeynynge xxij' 
 
 ... iiji' 
 leystall 
 
 Ix" & vj. 
 
 " It' payd to Robrtt wyse 
 
 It' to Rye' dalbe for mendynge of the glase wyndos for the holl yere ... 
 
 It' payde for fyllynge of the font for the hoU yere 
 
 It' payde to Rye' hassyllwall for leynge of the churche flore & for lyme 
 
 It' payd to hare necolas for makynge of the wax for the holl yere 
 
 It' payd to mest' Daueportt for kyepynge of the cloke & the deybelU ... 
 
 It' payd to s^ hughe ley- 
 
 It' payd for viij dossyn of tyles 
 
 It' payd for lyme & sande 
 
 It' for workemonshypp of the chappell 
 
 It' payd for thre dossyn of tyle to the bodde [body] of y'' churche 
 
 It' payd for workemonshypp 
 
 It' payd for lyme sand & watt^ 
 
 It' payd to mest' Daueportt ow^ clarke 
 
 It' payd for makynge of the lyche gate 
 
 It' payd to the plymmer for dressynge of the churche leydes 
 
 It' payd for a lode of cley 
 
 It' payd for careynge vp to the leydes 
 
 It' payd for a horse lode of torfes 
 
 s. 
 
 XX| 
 XX 
 
 iij 
 iij 
 
 i'j 
 
 V 
 
 
 vij 
 
 "J 
 xij 
 
 d. 
 
 xvj 
 
 xvj 
 
 vj 
 
 XIJ 
 
 xij 
 
 xvj 
 
 XVllJ 
 
 xyiij 
 
 XVJ 
 
 xvj 
 
 xviij 
 
 xvj 
 
 vj 
 xvj 
 xvj 
 viij 
 
 i'j 
 
 X 
 XX 
 
 vj 
 xvj 
 
 X 
 
 viij 
 
 XX 
 
 iij 
 
 ' The "day bell" is again referred to in 1594. 
 ^ See his burial in 1587. \\%\ j>,. 
 
 It was rung at four o'clock in the morning (see 1606).
 
 CHURCHWARDENS' ACCOUNTS. 
 
 237 
 
 s. d. 
 
 t' payd for a hondert of neyles iiij 
 
 i' payd for the careynge vp and downe iiij 
 
 t' payd for swepynge of the leydes ij 
 
 t' payd for wyre to the cloke j 
 
 t' payd to mest' Daueportt ow^ clarke iij viij 
 
 t' payd to Rye' hassyllwall for coverynge of graues xij 
 
 t' payd for dressy nge of the pulle [pulley] for the cloke ij 
 
 t' payd for a belrope to the to the ante bell [anthem bell] viij 
 
 i' payde for to dosyn of tyle & fo[r] the carege xxij 
 
 t' payd to Rye' hassyllwall for couering of a graue iiij 
 
 t' payd for wascheynge of the surples ij 
 
 t' payd for makynge of candyles j 
 
 t' payd for fyllynge of the font iiij 
 
 t' payd for the mendynge of the comenean boke vj 
 
 t' payd to mest' Daueportt ow^ clarke iij viij 
 
 t' payd to the plymm^ [plumber] vj 
 
 t' payd to Rye' hassyllwall for couerynge of to graues vij 
 
 t' payd to Rye' Grey for mendynge of the cluke vij 
 
 t' payd to s^ Rye' fakener for mydsomer quarter vj 
 
 t' payd more to s^ Rye' fakener for meyeaels quartter viij 
 
 tm payde to m'' damparde for makynge and berynge owre boke th'owe y« 
 
 yere xiiij 
 
 Summe woynge vnto the pehes for the reylefe xviij^" 
 
 Easter 1552 to Easter 1553. 
 
 [The receipts come a/ierivards.'] 
 
 "It' payd to s^ George for a quartt^ wage ... 4vy '^^-'=^V^ -..I^WrfWi<»^.. 
 
 It' payd to Rye' dawbe 
 
 It' payd to adiyntu wyfe for wasceyng of close & fyllyng of y"* font 
 
 It' payd to Robrtt wyse for sweppynge of y^ ehurche 
 
 It' payd to mest' daueport ow^ clarke for owre lade day quartter in lente . . 
 
 It' payd for thre dossyn of tyle 
 
 It' payd for lyme 
 
 It' payd to Rye' haseyllwall for couerynge of graues at one tyme 
 
 It' payd for waseynge of s wyltm sorples 
 
 .'.^^.'K'^'^'^r^.- !fi2- \^^^: 
 
 It' payd for a rope for the lyttull peyse [weight] of the cloke 
 
 It' payd for a bare [bar] & a loe [lock] & a bowte [bolt] & a stapull [staple] 
 
 to the lyche zate 1 
 
 It' payd for makynge of owre byll that was put vp to the commyseonors ... 
 
 It' put in to the pore mans box att won tyme 
 
 & gaue to syx pore follkes att the same tyme 
 
 s. 
 
 d. 
 
 sxiij 
 
 iiij 
 
 
 XVJ 
 
 
 XVJ 
 
 
 VJ 
 
 I'J 
 
 vnj 
 
 "J 
 
 
 
 v 
 
 
 xiiij 
 
 
 •J 
 
 
 y 
 
 
 XV 
 
 
 ij 
 
 
 XIJ 
 
 
 XIJ 
 
 ' First reference to the Lychgate.
 
 238 ST. MARY-ON-THE-HILL, CHESTER. 
 
 s. d. 
 
 If payd to mest' daueportt owre clarke for mydsom^ quartt^ iij viij 
 
 It' payd for wassynge of s^ wyitm sorples ij 
 
 It' payd for the newe comenean boke that was bogzthe last vij 
 
 It' payd to s^ wyttm for byndynge & bordynge of the same boke xij 
 
 It' payd to hare necolas for wax candels vj 
 
 It' payd more to s^ wyttm for mendynge of the b)bull boke & for the 
 
 couerynge of the same xx 
 
 It' payd for a skyne for couerynge of the same boke iiij 
 
 It' payd for mesi' Dauepor' for mecaet qurt^ iij viij 
 
 It' payd to Rye' carver for a tabull & frame x 
 
 It' payd to the plymm^ for mendynge of the ledes & for sod^ ij 
 
 It' payd to Rye' hasyllwall for settynge in of skyrttes of led lS: for couerynge 
 
 of a graue & for lyme .xviij 
 
 It' payd to mest' Daacportt wyfe for mendynge of the tabull clothe^ & for 
 
 wassynge of the same iiij 
 
 It' payd to mest' Dauepor' for kyrsonmes [Xmas] quart^ iij viij 
 
 It' payd for wassynge of s^ wyttm sorp[l]es ij 
 
 It' payd to mest' Daueportt owr clarke for makynge vp of owre boke of 
 
 coUttes [of accounts] iiij 
 
 m'' that we haue payde iii'' xiiij' v'f." 
 
 s. d. 
 
 ' [cu/ flj/^] [Robert Skryevenyer & Rycc'] 
 
 Getten 
 
 Geyderyt apon palme sondey toward s'' George wages viij ob 
 
 It' reseyuyd of Robrtt skreuener & lohn holltt xxij iiij 
 
 It' reyseyuyd of wyltm Grymsedyche xviij 
 
 It' reyseyuyd of mest' plankney for a leystall xvj 
 
 It' reyseyuyd of hughe hautlons wyfe for a leystall ij 
 
 It' reyseyuyd for a leystall for mest' rosomgreue xvj 
 
 It' reyseyuyd for a leystall for lohn Geffon of honbryghe ... xvj 
 
 It' reyseyuyd of mest' pheryse for ten pond of olid wax v 
 
 It' reyseyuyd of mest' wyltm ald'sey for [a] sartten of oUd brase thatt be 
 
 longytt to the churche vj vij 
 
 It' reyseyuyd of Rye' leche for a sartten of hengynges thatt be longytt to the 
 
 alters in the churche iij 'i'j 
 
 It' reseyuyd of mest' vawdrey for a prese [? press] that was in the revesttre xiij iiij 
 
 It' reseyuyd of Rye' eyvyn for hys fathers lestall • xvj 
 
 It' reseyuyd of Rye' calldey for a leystall xij 
 
 The som that we haue raysayvede iij'' vij^ x'^ ob. 
 Itm that the pychesse dothe rayemaye in dyde to Robarte skryevenyer 
 
 & Rycc' gytten ffor y'= fforste yere vj' viij''." 
 
 ' The white linen cloth used for the celebration of the Holy Communion.
 
 CHURCHWARDENS' ACCOUNTS. 239 
 
 Easter 1553 to Easter 1554. 
 
 \The receipts for this year are missing.'] 
 
 "These be the costes thatt Rye' Getten & Rubartt skryven^ haue leyde downe for thys yere 
 
 1553- 
 
 s. d. 
 
 Itm payd to mest' daveportt for est^ quartt^ iij iiij 
 
 Itm payd to Rye' dawbe for hys dotty [duty] by the yere & for mendynge of 
 
 the glase wyndaw when the led [lead] was stwne xx 
 
 Itm payd for fyllyng of the font viij 
 
 Itm payd for swepynge of the churche iiij 
 
 Itm payd att whitsonday laste paste for wassynge of the tabuU elothe & the 
 
 preste sorples iiij 
 
 Itm ]'ayd to Robartt wysse for castynge dwne of the bankes of the northe 
 
 syd of the churehe for brekynge of the glase wyndawse ij (rLick^^Ua t^ ^r'<-^^^^o^<-^ 
 
 Itm payd to mest' daveportt for mydsom^ quartt^ iij iiij 
 
 Itm payd to Elyn busiell for mendynge of a nolld allbe [an old alb] ij 
 
 Itm payd to wytt^m boUton for mendynge of the bell fram ij 
 
 Itm payd to Ry^' leche for a pond of wax & for makynge of to sargU5 [two 
 
 surges] '* 
 
 Itm payd for wassynge of the surples att methekellinos quartt ij 
 
 Itm payd to mest' daveportt for methekellmos [Michaelmas] quartt^ iij iiij 
 
 Itm payd to Rye' leche for makyng of to surgus [two surges] ix 
 
 Itm payd for wassynge of the surples att to tymes iiij 
 
 Itm payd for wassynge of the churehe clothes att krysmos iij 
 
 Itm payd to Rafe whythed for stons xvj 
 
 Itm payd for carynge of the same stons w' to feylaws [two fellows] vj 
 
 Itm payd for lym ... v 
 
 Itm payd to Tomas wyswall for makyng of the alltres xvij 
 
 Itm payd to a workeman for sarvynge hym to dayes xij 
 
 Itm payd to a labarur for whyttlymynge & for swepynge of the ehurche 
 
 wyndawse "J 
 
 Itm payd to the can-ar for a frame to the tabuU [table] of the hee alt^ [high 
 
 altar] xvj 
 
 Itm payd to meitres grymsedyche for thre pond of wax ij 
 
 Itm payd to Rye' leche for makynge of to surges [two surges] & a sartten of 
 
 candels "'J 
 
 Itm payd for settenge vp of the angell vj 
 
 Itm payd to mestrys daveportt for mendynge of a vestementt ij 
 
 Itm payd to Rye' leche for a torche ij ij 
 
 Itm payd to Rye' leche for gyllydynge of a Nemyche of owre lade [an 
 
 image of Our Lady] "x 
 
 Itm payd to lawrans the goUd smythe for mendynge of the pyx xvj 
 
 Itm payd for a ropp to the anten bell ii>j 
 
 Itm payd for a sokett to the erose that mest' vadrey dyd gyue to the 
 
 churehe ■ "U 
 
 Ca^i^-t^
 
 240 ST. MARY-ON-THE-HILL, CHESTER. 
 
 Itm payd for penttynge [ ? fastening on] of owr tabull [table] to the hee allt^ 
 
 [high altar] iiij 
 
 Itm payd to mest' daveportt for krystenraasse qwartor iij iiij 
 
 Itm payd to the berege for leynge vp of the alt^ ston ij 
 
 Itm payd for the wassynge of the surples att the last psacion [procession] ... ij 
 
 Itm payd for careynge of owre boke viij 
 
 Sum of owre reyseytes xliiij^ & vj''. 
 
 Sum payd xlv^ vA 
 
 & allso the pches [parish] ys in owre dett xj''." 
 
 Easter 1554 to Easter 1555. 
 
 "1554- 
 Thys pcells folowynge Thomas Robenson and peter fflecher Churche Wardens of Saynte mares 
 
 on the hyll have Ressevyd for thys yere past 1554. 
 
 s. d. 
 
 Item in Primvs ffor a leystawe of a doughter of M'"' Kethene ij 
 
 Item ffor a leystawe of a chylde of M"' pellens viij 
 
 Item for a leystowe of Wyllyam Davye ij 
 
 Item for a leystowe of Roger grey xvj 
 
 Item for a leystowe of harrye mylners wyfe xvj 
 
 Item for a leystowe of Rychart Evan xvj 
 
 Item for a leystowe of Rye' caldes mother xij 
 
 Item for a leystawe of M'"' ffallowes xx 
 
 Item for a knelyng plasse of Thomas Robensons wyffe xij 
 
 Item for a knelyng plasse of lohn lonsons wyffe xij 
 
 Item for a knelleng plasse of Rynalde Walkers wyfe xij 
 
 Item for a knellenge plasse of peter tarlton wyffe vj 
 
 Item Ryessevyd of sartene of the parryche as a perethe in owre geddrenge 
 
 boke towards the payeynge for the makyng of y'' Rode viij iiij 
 
 Item 9> of thomas meylles ffor hys wyffs knellenge plasse xij 
 
 Som of owre Ryessetts [receipts] ys Just xxiiij^ vf- 
 
 Also the parresse [parish] ys in owre dett the Sofn of xxxiij^ Vf ob." 
 
 "Thes parselles foloweng Thomas Robynson and Peter flecher churge Wardens of Saynt Mares 
 on the hyll have payde ffor thes yere past afio 1554. 
 
 "^ Item In p''imos payde to Roger ledsam pewtrer for the holy waiter bockytt... iij iij / 
 
 Item to Roger sprage for makynge the Ireron bove to yt & for mendeng y" 
 
 cla per of a bell 
 
 Item ffor lyme to cover the graves 
 
 I Item for iij dosyn of Tylles 
 
 \ Item for V dossyn of tylles at vj'' y<^ d3 
 
 I Item for carege of tylle and sande & for berege 
 
 s. 
 
 d. 
 
 iij 
 
 iij 
 
 
 iiij 
 
 
 VJ 
 
 'J 
 
 VJ 
 
 ij 
 
 VJ 
 
 
 UIJ
 
 CHURCHWARDENS' ACCOUNTS. 241 
 
 s. d. 
 
 ~-L Item payde to basse! wall for covereng graves xij 
 
 Item for sayenge of masse to a prest in the wytson wcke xij 
 
 Item to John telstons wyfle for wassenge a sorples ij 
 
 Item to John newall for wTyttenge for the sute of the parreche xiij 
 
 Item for a Roppe to the pesse [weight] of the cloke • xx 
 
 Item to a pressener of the castell for mendenge of the belles xvj 
 
 Item for mendenge the stoks of the belles to holbroke and for Iron & 
 
 nelles to y^ Rode x 
 
 Item for j^' of Englesse waxe xij 
 
 Item for a corde to the antyn bell and for a kye to the boxe viij 
 
 Item more for ij'' of waxe xxij 
 
 Item ij dossyn tylles and a lode of lyme ij 
 
 Item for coverynge the graves xxj 
 
 Item to peres Rossomgreve of wartton ffor makynge the Rode xij 
 
 Item for owre chirgs to warton & for berreg vj 
 
 Item for g)ldenge the Rode to Rye' leche xiij 
 
 Item for ij'' candles at crystonmas v 
 
 Item to holbroke smyth for mendenge the seconde bell welle & a locke for 
 
 y^ cloke x 
 
 Item for a henge & wyre for the cloke and for Iron and nylles ix ob 
 
 Item to Dame Ales^ for mendenge a olde allbe and a sorples ij 
 
 Item to Rychard lech for ij'' di waxe ij vj 
 
 Item to Rye' leche for Makyng waxe for thes yere xix 
 
 Item to brege wyffe for wasshenge clothes xvj 
 
 Item for makyng owre booke and belles [bills] for the hole yere x 
 
 Som' of owre payements ys Ivij' viij""." 
 
 " xxiiij" May Annis R phi & Marie prmo & sccto [1555]- 
 Thorn's browne " 
 
 Ric' gethyn //'pers for the ley of the pisshioners apon handbrygge side for necesaryes 
 
 John holt & I of the Churche. 
 
 Thomas mylner 
 
 Robert gryse "] 
 
 Nicholas Wetherby 
 
 rj,, , T, y //pers for Chester Vpton & others. 
 
 rhombs Rogerson 
 
 Thomas Wysewall J 
 
 Thorn's Mascy 
 
 R vaudry Thomas Byram 
 
 Thomas Biram is my name. 
 
 Also that the pche ys conttete that Robrtt hatton for the tabamacvll that stonds at the hee 
 allt'' end shall pay no quartterege for the spase of vij yere." 
 
 [T/iis comes after the payments for 15 76. J 
 
 ' Dame Alice Grosvenor, the Prioress of the Nunnery. 
 I I
 
 242 ST. MARY-ON-THE-HILL, CHESTER. 
 
 Easter 1555 to Easter 1556. 
 
 " ^555- 
 Thesse parsselb foyloynge We thomas Robenson and petter fflecher churche Wardens of saynt 
 marres on the hell have \Ji for thes 1555. 
 
 s. d. 
 
 Item Ryessevyd at hister [Easter] for qvarteryche and pascove peneys 
 
 [pascal pennies] xxj viij 
 
 Item R for a lestosve of coke of molenton xiiij 
 
 Item R for a lestove of hatton for mestres Rossorngreve xij 
 
 Item a lestove of mestres crosse xvj 
 
 Item a lestove of wyftym \vy the xij 
 
 Item a lestove of geffrey barker xvj 
 
 Item a lestove of John marssche xvj 
 
 Item a lestove of peter flecher chylde viij 
 
 Item R of Rye' borros for a knellenge plasse xij 
 
 Item R for a knelenge plase of Robert crooked xij 
 
 Item R of sertayne of the parresche for qvarterys as apereth in the 
 
 geythereng boke v j 
 
 Som' xxxvj^ vij'^." 
 
 " Thesse be the parssells that we Thomas Robenson and jjeter fflecher churche wardens of 
 
 Sayntt Mares on the hell Payde for thes yere ano 1555. 
 
 s. d. 
 
 Item payde for frank ensence and charcoUs v 
 
 Iiem to Dame ales for mendenge the clothe before the hey alter iiij 
 
 Item for fellenge the fonte ij'' and for hyrenge the sencer 8'' x 
 
 Item for vj^' & q'"' of waxe at xj'^ the te v ix 
 
 Item for makynge the waxe aganyste aster [Easter] xviij 
 
 Item to M'"" Dampartt for kyepenge the cloke on' q*"' xx 
 
 Item for wasshenge the prests sorples iiij 
 
 Item to Rye' Dobyes man for mendenge the vvendoes ix 
 
 Item for a lode lyme and ij" canduUs xij 
 
 Item for the lone [loan] of a senser iiij 
 
 Item for wryttenge the earteculls [articles] at the vysetacyon ii'j 
 
 Item for tylles vj 
 
 Item for frankynsence and neles & pap iiij 
 
 Item ffor ij''' Tylles xvj 
 
 Item p** to hassellwall xv 
 
 Item for iiij'i candles for the holyn xviij 
 
 Item for holence to the stare & mone ,. vj 
 
 Item to dobye for mendenge the wendooy vj 
 
 Item for coverynge geffre barkers wyffs grave iiij 
 
 Item to Rye' leche for makynge the waxe for the [year] xviij 
 
 Item for makynge the mone [moon] & all suche thyngs belongen to ytt ... ij
 
 CHURCHWARDENS' ACCOUNTS. 
 
 243 
 
 y^ Item for carynge of tylles 
 
 Item for whasshnge the clothes for the hoUe yere 
 
 Item for makynge ovre a cov"ette boke [our account book] .. 
 Item to a bewye [?boy] for carrenge the boke w"' vs 
 
 churche 
 
 Som' xxv^. 
 
 Item that the paryssche ys In owr dett the Som' of xij* ij'' ofe." 
 
 
 s. 
 
 d. 
 
 ij 
 
 xij 
 
 viij 
 
 bovtte the 
 
 
 
 Easter 1556 to Easter 1557. 
 
 " 1556. 
 
 ' Thes peels folowynge Wyttm Wyllyamson And Th jmas Myelner churche wardens of sent mares 
 on the hyll have recevyd for thys yere past whyche ys the iij & iiij yere of philip & 
 mary by the grace off god kyng & quene of England ffranc' nepells &c. 
 
 s. d. 
 
 Itm in pmis wye haue recevyd at eyster xxij v 
 
 Itm wye haue recevyd of Robart fysher for A knelyng place xij 
 
 Itm Recevyd of the wedoo gheste for A knelyng place xij 
 
 Itm recevyd for the leystall of Roger sprage xij 
 
 Itm recevyd of lohn clarke for a knelyng place for his wyffe xij 
 
 Itm R ffor A ley stall ffor hovld mclsys wyffc xij 
 
 Iim geythred Apon trenyte sondey iij x 
 
 Itm R of Rye' fifleccher for A knelyng place for his wyffe xij 
 
 Itm recevyd ovvte of A boxe in mone [money] x 
 
 Itm R ffor ower lady quarter ij iij 
 
 Itm R for A ley stall of thomas rogersons wyfife xvj 
 
 Itm R for A ley stall of Rye' kawdeys chylde xij 
 
 - Itm R for A ley stall of Rye' hassylwall xvj 
 
 Itm Jfc for A ley stall of Rye' bos,toke xviij 
 
 Itm R for A ley stall of the reyd makers wyfife xx 
 
 Itm R of gorge Robynson for A knelyng place for his wyffe xi; 
 
 Itm R of Robart Brockes for A knelyng place for his wyfife xi 
 
 Itm R of Davey barker for A ley stalle for his chylde xi 
 
 Itm R for a leystall of phylype gyeste wyfife x 
 
 Itm R for A leystall of M'"' pellyn for his chylde xiii 
 
 Itm R of John marshe for A knelyng place for his wyfife vn 
 
 Itm R of Edward Afasakerley for his wyfifes ley stall xi 
 
 Itm R of John thorronley for A ley stall for his wyfife xi 
 
 Itm R att Crystynmas quarter ij 
 
 Itm R for Rye' ledeatts ley stall of M'' brovnshocke x 
 
 Itm R of Robart Verna for A knelyng place vii 
 
 Itm gederyth of the churche pareshe to s^ gorge for mackyng of the bocke... xv 
 
 Sufii ofif owre Recetts ys Ivj' vj''." 
 I I 2
 
 244 ST. MARY-ON-THE-HILL, CHESTER. 
 
 " Theys bye the parsells that wye Wyttm wyllyamson & Thomas myelner churche wardens off 
 
 seynt marys on the hyll payed for this yere paste whyche ys the iij & iiij yere of 
 
 philip & mary by the grace of god kyng & quene of England ffranc' napells & 
 
 Jerusalem &c. 
 
 s. d. 
 
 Itm payed to Wyttm langley for A bell And for frygansencs iiij 
 
 Itm payd m"^ Wyftm AUdersaye for x" of waxe the svm ys x 
 
 Itm payd to Wyftm Knowyssley for makyng the waxe w' the bereshe xiij 
 
 Itm payd for skowryng [scouring] the cryssmatory ij 
 
 Itm payed vnto lorancs Done for A sence [? censer] iiij 
 
 Itm payed for fyllyng of the fovnt j 
 
 Itm payed for charkolle ij 
 
 Itm payed Dobye for mendyng of the glason wyendoo iij iiij 
 
 Itm payed to Wyttm Allkocke & his man for on' deyes worke xvj 
 
 Itm payed for A peys of tember to Wyttm Wyllyason to the same worke ... viij 
 
 Itm payed to hankocks man for gettyng A botte [bolt] owl off A poste ... ij 
 
 Itm payed for mendyng the Anton bell ffram & for nelys j 
 
 Itm payed for chadoys and wyte tryde [white thread] j 
 
 Itm for fyllyng the fovnt at wessontyed j 
 
 Itm payed to \VyH'm Knowyssley for makyng off the waxe ij ofe 
 
 Itm payed for ij lode of lyme xij 
 
 Itm payed to Rye' barker for ij" & iij quarters of seder xiiij 
 
 Itm for his worke man shype xij 
 
 Itm payed to Harry meller for his dey worke viij 
 
 Itm payed to his wyffe ffor caryeng water & sande ij 
 
 Itm payed to the bereche ij 
 
 Itm payed to Wyttm bollton for the Angell that the sacrament ys in xiij 
 
 Itm payed to Rye' gre for mendyng of ij bellys [bells] iij iiij 
 
 Itm payed for iiij dosen & viij brakes [bricks] iij viij 
 
 Itm payed moy^ for j dosen breke [bricks] x 
 
 Iim payed to Wyttm Knowjssleys wyffe for rnakyng off waxe iij 
 
 Itm payed to .A. womon for ciryeng water breke & sande iij 
 
 Itm payed to a wryght ffjr makyng the lyche yatte^ iiij 
 
 Itm payed ffor on' lode of lyme vj 
 
 Itm payed ffor Dressyng of ij krowyetts [cruets] and A shyppe ffor 
 
 frygansence ij 
 
 -_ Itm payed ffor iij dosen of tylle 'j 'x 
 
 Itm payed to Rye' hassyhvall for coveryng of the graves iij ij 
 
 Itm payed for XV brekes [bricks] xij 
 
 Itm payed to A woman for wat^ & sande j • 
 
 Itm payed for mendyng of the fyrst bell xx 
 
 Itm payed for A roppe to the hollen xviij 
 
 Itm moy' for A corde for the hollen j 
 
 Itm payed to m' greyn for viij'' of candylls ij vj 
 
 Itm payed for A hollen for the churche vj 
 
 See page 237 (iSS^'Sj)-
 
 CHURCHWARDENS' ACCOUNTS. 
 
 245 
 
 Itm payed for A man for pottyng vp of the rope to the hollen 
 
 Itm payed for A povnd off candells 
 
 Itm payed for A corde to the Anton bell 
 
 Itm payed to Rye' hallewod for makyng off waxe 
 
 Itm payed to Joen yewans ffor wasshyng of the churche cloys [clothes] the 
 
 hovU yere 
 
 Itm payed to s'' gorge for makyng A churche bocke 
 
 Itm payed for makyng vp o'' bocke 
 
 Itm payed for caryeng of o"' bocke w^" vs Abovt the churche 
 
 Itm s" hol)w'' [Sir Oliver] gave to the churche A govn and wye [we] 
 
 changet yt w' s^ harry snape for A blow [blue] westment. 
 Sum of owre payements ys Iv' ix.^. 
 
 Remenyng in the boxe ix"'." 
 
 d. 
 
 J 
 iiij 
 
 ij 
 
 xj ob 
 
 VI ij 
 
 'j 
 
 Easter 1557 to Easter 1558. 
 
 " 1557- 
 Theys beyn the pcells that wye wyftm wyllyamson and thomas mylner churche wardens of 
 
 sent maryes on the hyll hays Recevyd for tliys yere paste whyche ys the iiij & v yere 
 Duly 1557 to July 1558] of philype & mary by the grace of god kynge & queyn &c. 
 
 s. d. 
 
 Iim 5: of thoraas Rogerson for a klelyng [«V] place for his wyffe xij 
 
 It' 9= of John marshe for a knelyng place for his wyffe xij 
 
 Itm 51 of Rye' dobye for a ley stovU for his moder xij 
 
 Itm ft) of m' worssley ffor iij knelyng placys iij 
 
 Itm wye gedery-d at aster [Easter] quarter xviij 
 
 Itm for a knelyng place for dave barkers wyffe xij 
 
 It' J^ for a knelyng place for Rye' kocke viij 
 
 Itm for a knelyng place for lohn Dyckonsons wyffe viij 
 
 Itm for a knelyng place to m^ Dampartes wyffe xvj 
 
 Itm for a knel) ng place for M''' wytneys wyffe xvj 
 
 Itm gederyd at o"^ lady dey quarter the svm ij 
 
 Itm for a leysto of M"^ browtons prests 1 xij 
 
 Itm for a knelyng place for James Robynsons wyffe xij 
 
 Itm 1^ of Robart hope for a knelyng place for his wyffe xij 
 
 Itm y, for crystynmas quarter ij viij 
 
 It' for a leystalle of Edward fasakerley for his wyfie xij 
 
 Itm {Jj for the ieystall of John Robynson & his wyffe ij 
 
 ; Itm for a knelyng place of yonge lohn Robynson xi 
 
 It' 9j for a Ieystall of a chyelde of Robart breerwode xi 
 
 Itm ^^ for a leystoUe for lohn a thorronlayes wyffe xi 
 
 It' 9i of m'' brownshonke for his wyffeys leystoUe xi 
 
 /3^ei/«-<-~-'r<r^ It' p. for a leystolle of Rychart breerwode xi 
 
 Itm for a leystoUe of a stranger that Robart hankocke beryed xi 
 
 ' Mr. Brereton's priesti who served the chantry.
 
 
 246 
 
 ST. MARY-ON-THE-HILL, CHESTER. 
 
 d. 
 
 xvj ot) 
 xij 
 xij 
 xij 
 
 Itui that wye gederyd on the sondey aft' the sklanssyng days to the clcr' for 
 kepyng of the clocke 
 
 Itm I;l for a leystolle of Rye loo 
 
 ]tm IX for a leystolle of Roger sprages chyelde 
 
 Itm ];l of Nykoks brenys for a knelyng place for his wyffe 
 
 Itm $1 of Edmont yerdelye for lohn makequelys wyffe toyert [towards] 
 
 mackyng the lyghtys in the Rode lofte 
 
 Sm' of owre Recetts liij' ob. 
 
 " Apud Cestr, xxvj die septembris an" 1557- 
 
 hyt ys orderyd by the kyng & quenes comyssyon^rs whose names be subscrybyd that these 
 whose names here foUowe shall pay eu^y sonday as hereafter ys Apoyntyd them to the 
 church wardens of sent maryes for the same churche vse vntyll such tymes as x' be fifully 
 payd in cosideracon & recompes of such money as they have in there hands vz to begyn 
 paymct the sondey next enjuyng the date above wryten. 
 
 John Anyan glou eu y sonday 
 
 Rycharde smythe 
 
 wytfm grymesdych 
 
 phyllyp gest 
 
 George teyler ... 
 
 harry asseheton... 
 
 Robart Crosse ... 
 
 Johan ley wedds 
 
 Roger fifoxley ... 
 
 weddo whytbye 
 
 nycolas Rog'^son 
 
 John whythedde 
 
 Thomas lends ... 
 
 d. 
 
 ij 
 
 ij 
 
 ij 
 
 ij 
 
 ij 
 
 ij 
 
 ij 
 J 
 J 
 J 
 j 
 j 
 j 
 
 ita est 
 
 (Signed) Cuthe Chester [Cuthbert Scott, Bishop]. 
 John Webster 
 ffowke Dutton 
 John Smythe 
 Thomas Smythe." 
 
 \^The above comes after the payments for 1576.] 
 
 " Theys beyn the pcells that wye wyttm wyllyam[son] & ihomas mylner churche wardens of sent 
 maryes on the hyll payed for thys yere paste whyche ys the iiij & v yere [July 1557 
 to July 1558] of philip & mary bye the grace of god kyng & queyn &c. 
 
 s. 
 Itm payed vnto Rye' hallwode fifor xiiij'' waxe bye side ij'' of o'' hovn [of our 
 
 own] xij 
 
 Itm payed for the makyng of xvj'' waxe v/' the bereche 
 
 Itm peyd for fryganeencs 
 
 Itm for threde ob 
 
 d. 
 
 iij 
 
 xvij 
 iiij
 
 CHURCHWARDENS' ACCOUNTS. 
 
 247 
 
 starre 
 
 Itm peyd for skowryng [scouring] of ij chandeltrs 
 
 Itm peyd for the skowryng of the censers 
 
 Itm peyd for cherkovll 
 
 Itm peyd vnto Rye' Dobye ffor the mendyng of the glassen wendoys 
 
 Itm peyd to Robart grysse ffor ij ledes for the ij haly water stocks 
 
 Itm peyd vnto Rye' barker for on povnd of seder 
 
 Itm peyd for settyng in the same ledes 
 
 Itm peyd vnto thomas glassyer ffor makyng a novnsare [an answer] to m' 
 
 mere [Mr. Mayor] anendys wyttm bawll 
 
 Itm peyd to Rye' hallwode for makyng off the waxe at wessontyed 
 
 It' peyd for fellyng of the fovnt at ester & wesson tyed 
 
 It' peyd for makyng a bare [bier] & mendyng a locke to the fovnte 
 
 Itm peyd for pessyng a henge and settyng yt apovn 
 
 Itm peyd for makyng of the boeke at the wesetaeyon 
 
 It' peyd for a povnd of wyte candylls for to goo awesetyng wyth [for to go a 
 
 visiting with] 
 
 Itm peyd for paryeng [repairing] of the alleys in the churche yerde 
 
 Itm peyd for a rope to the Anton belle 
 
 Itm peyd vnto pellyns sovn for makyng a gederyng bocke for the best 
 
 shovte [suit] & papar 
 
 Itm for nel>s 
 
 Itm peyd ffor makyng of a stare 
 
 It' for the pentyng & gyldyng of the same stere 
 
 Itm for wyer to the stere 
 
 Itm for a rope to the stere 
 
 Itm for the holyn 
 
 Itm for a man to get the rope in to the polley 
 
 Itm for candylls for the stere and the holyn 
 
 Itm ffor makyng waxe 
 
 Itm peyd vnto govn [Joan] yevan ffor wessheng the churche cloys [clothes] 
 
 by the hovU yere 
 
 Itm peyd for nelys ffor mendyng the howys [house?] ower the Anton bell ... 
 
 Itm peyd to the wryght 
 
 Itm peyd vnto the clerke ffor kepyng of the clocke 
 
 Itm peyd to mestres gryemdyche for vij" & a halfe of waxe aft xj'^ ob a 
 
 povnd 
 
 Itm for makyng of iij" waxe to the hye alter 
 
 Itm for makyng of ix^' of waxe for the Rode lofte 
 
 Itm for wyer to the rode lofte 
 
 Itm-peyd for makyng ope of o'' bocke 
 
 Sm' of o' pements — Ij' ix'*. 
 Remenys in the boxe — xiiij'* 
 & ij leystolles vn peyd for yet." 
 
 "J 
 
 vj 
 
 vj 
 
 V 
 
 i'j 
 
 xvj 
 iij 
 'J 
 
 V 
 
 J 
 ij 
 
 »j 
 vj 
 i'j 
 
 ij ot) 
 ob 
 
 XX 
 
 XX 
 
 ij ob 
 ix 
 
 vj 
 
 ij 
 
 xiij 
 
 XX 
 
 ij 
 
 ij 
 viij 
 
 viij ob 
 
 iij 
 ix 
 
 ij ob 
 vj 
 
 JH-^n-L 

 
 24S 
 
 ST. MARY-ON-THE-HILL, CHESTER. 
 
 Easter 1558 to Easter 1559. 
 
 "'55S. 
 Thys byn The porcells That We Rbart Gryse and Rycharde Dawbe Church Wardens bathe 
 Recevyd for thys ycre past. 
 
 Itu' in prymvs Rescued for yi^ lestall of s^ gorge 
 
 Itu' gederyd at Aster [Easter] quarter 
 
 Itu' Reseued of tnester Dampart for hys wyves laystall 
 
 Itu' 1^ for y" laystall of Ihon whythed 
 
 Itu' R, for yMaystall of ethell Dyo .^^<.'?^.-. 
 
 Itu' R for the laystall of nycolus wederbe 
 
 Itu' R for y"' laystall of J hamys Jake 
 
 Itu' R for y<^ laystall of Robarte saueghe 
 
 Itu' R for y'= laystall of Ihon thornele 
 
 Itu' R for y" laystall of Rycharde gyttyns wyfe 
 
 Itu' R of nycolas wryght for a knelynge placse for hys wyfe 
 
 Itu' R of Thomas Hale for A knelynge place for hys wyfe 
 
 Itu' R of Thomas Rocherson for A knelynge place for hys wyfe 
 
 Itu' R of James gyttyn for A knelynge place for Hys wyfe 
 
 Itu' R of wyllyam Horst for A knelynge place for Hys wyfe 
 
 iiruy>ji<^c»»L. Itu' R of Robart bererwod for A knelynge place for Hys wyfe 
 
 Itu' R for y'^ shyfthynge of y" sthone and y<^ lestall of mester wodwarde 
 
 Itu' R for y"^ laystall of sesle gran wall 
 
 Itu' R for yo laystall of wyllyam grymysdyche 
 
 Itu' R for the laystall of Katheren geste 
 
 Itu' R for the laystall of phelep oscrofte 
 
 The som' of owre Recetts lij' viij''." 
 
 s. 
 
 d. 
 
 vj 
 
 viij 
 
 XIX 
 
 VllJ 
 
 ij 
 
 
 
 XX 
 
 
 xvj 
 
 
 XVJ 
 
 
 XVJ 
 
 
 XVJ 
 
 
 XV 
 
 
 xvj 
 
 IJ 
 
 
 
 VUJ 
 
 
 XIJ 
 
 
 XVJ 
 
 
 XIJ 
 
 
 XVJ 
 
 >j 
 
 viij 
 
 
 XVJ 
 
 
 xvj 
 
 
 xvj 
 
 
 XIJ 
 
 
 " Thys byn y'' parchell y' we Robart gryse and Rychad Dawbe Churche wardens bathe payde 
 
 for thys yere paste. 
 
 s. d. 
 
 Itu' payd for xiijt of waxe xiij 
 
 Itu' payd for a antan bell Rope iiij 
 
 Itu' payd for threde ob 
 
 Itu' ped for papar ob 
 
 Itu' payd for A corde to y'= Roode clothe for pame sondaye [Palm Sunday] ij 
 
 Itu' payd to Robarte wyse for y" swepynge of y" churche ii'j 
 
 Itu' payd for frankyn senes iiij 
 
 Itu' payd for charcolls ij 
 
 Itu' payd for to Rycharde Dawbe for kepynge of y" wyndous by yere ij 
 
 Itu' payd to Rycharde Hassellwall lor y'' hyllynge [covering up] of to [two] 
 
 grauys vij 
 
 Itu' payd for wyer ob 
 
 Itu' payd for socwrnge [scouring] of y" sence [censer] & to candellar [two 
 
 chandeliers] ij 
 
 Itu' payd for y'' makynge of y"^ waxe for astor [a star] xv 
 
 ^>^V^<> (il,^%».x-^-I.^ clL^^'L . QjMt.'kt^J .Vv.(^.j^il<tl^£^. ^ 
 
 MeU . Yn^' ^ ^-<,^oiiec. <,(^ in^ ^^^ i^^ i^ f^,^^ st<r..c\ 
 
 5-c«^ • VXif.
 
 CHURCHWARDENS' ACCOUNTS. 249 
 
 Itu' payd to Rye' graye for y" mendyng of the belles 
 
 Itu' payd for A ponde of candells for to go A uesetynge [to go a visiting] ... 
 
 Itu' payd for liij dosyn & iij od tyllys [tiles] , iij 
 
 Itu' payd for A lode of lyme v 
 
 Itu' payd to Rye' Hasylwalle for the coueryng of X graues ij viij 
 
 Itu' payd to nyeolas Rogerson for the parynge [repairing] of y" churche 
 
 yourde vj 
 
 Itu' payd for the soderynge of the gotter on the sowthe syde of y"= churche... xv 
 
 Itu' piyd for y<= Hallohynge [hallowing] of A corporas & ij havter clothys 
 
 [two altar cloths] x 
 
 Itu' payd to Rye' Hassylwall for A daye & A Halfe for y« churche yourde ... xij 
 
 Itu' payd to A laborer for a daye vj 
 
 Itu' payd Rye' Hasslwall for y'' cowuerynge of V grauese xvij 
 
 Itu' payd for lyme vij 
 
 Itu' payd for A dosyen of tyle x 
 
 Itu' payd for candells for crysstynmas iij v 
 
 Itu' payd for y'= Holyn vj 
 
 Itu' payd to Jhone evan for wahsshynge of y'' churche clothys by yere ij 
 
 Itu' payd for y'= mendynge of the churche yate j 
 
 Itu' pa) d for nay les & y"^ Irons for yi= bellys viij 
 
 Itu' payd to y'' workeman & hys sarvante xxij 
 
 Itu' payd for y'' makynge of y^ waxe for the hoUe yere for y«^ heavter [altar] xxj 
 
 The Som' of owre payements xliij' ]''■ ob. 
 
 Also there Remenys In y'^ boxe viiij^ vj'' ob. 
 
 Also there is vij laystalls to be payd for." 
 
 Eastilr 1559 TO Easter 1560. 
 "1559- 
 
 Thyes be the parsehells y< we Ryehard Cawday & Ryehard Dawbe Churche wardens hatha 
 Reseued for thys here [year] paste 1559. 
 
 In prymos 5t in the boxe 
 
 Itu' 5: for a busshol of wyat 
 
 Itu' gedered for y'' clerke on pames sondaye [Palm Sunday] 
 
 Itu' gedered at aster [Easter] 
 
 Itu' 51 for a knelynge place for hugh usscherwods wyfe 
 
 Itu' y. for ye lovne [loan] of iiij torchuse at messter manlese bereal 
 
 Itu' 9: of Robart savaghe wyfe that ye laste 
 
 Itu' ]jl for yMestale of Jhon grefeth 
 
 Itu' 9; for y** lestale of Jhon warton wyfe 
 
 Itu' 5^ for a knelyng plase for hugh monkysfelde wyfe 
 
 Itu' 5 for a kne[l]yng plase for wyllyam kettells wyfe 
 
 Itu' g: for y" laystall of messter manlaye 
 
 Itu' ^ for a knelyng plase for Robarte crokets wyfe 
 
 The wholl some of o' receats is liij^ j""." 
 K K 
 
 s. 
 
 viij 
 
 d. 
 
 vj 0I3. 
 
 ij 
 
 viij 
 
 xix 
 
 VUJ 
 
 X ob. 
 
 
 viij 
 
 •J 
 
 
 X 
 
 
 
 xij 
 
 
 xvj 
 
 
 xij 
 
 
 xij 
 
 
 xvj 
 
 
 xij
 
 250 ST. MARY-ON-THE-HILL, CHESTER. 
 
 " Thyes be the parchells y' we Rychard Cavdaye & Rycharde Dawbe Churche wardanes hathe 
 payde for thys yerere paste. 
 
 In prymos payde for xiiijf of waxe 
 
 Itu' payde for iiij dossen of tyles 
 
 Itu' payd to Rychard Hassellwall for y'' hyllynge of iiij grauys 
 
 Itu' payd for water & sond 
 
 Itu' payd for mendynge of to albys [two albs] 
 
 Itu' payd for pynnys & therde 
 
 Itu' payd for fifellynge y" font 
 
 Itu' payd for y"^ Repracyons of the wyndos by yerere 
 
 Itu' payd for charcollys 
 
 Itu' payd to Hare nycolas for y'' niakyng of y'= waxe at asstor [Easter]. 
 
 Itu' payd to Thomas mylhier for kepynge of y"" cloke 
 
 Itu' payd to Robarte brycman for y'' hyllynge of iij graues 
 
 Itu' payd for y"' comenyon boke 
 
 Itu' payd to Rychard coke for y« takynge done of y"^ rode 
 
 Itu' payd for a spade 
 
 Itu' payd for a boke to wryte in wedyngs crysstenyngs & bereynge 
 
 Itu' payd to Robart brecman for hyllynge of iij graues 
 
 Itu' payd for ij dosyn of tylys [tiles] 
 
 Itu' payd for lyme and sand to the same 
 
 Itu' payd for mendynge of y'^ lychge yate 
 
 Itm payd to herry nicolas for makyng o'' tapers and small waxe candels to 
 
 strve the quyere ix 
 
 Itm for hordes to the couiynion table and bordes to make formes and feete 
 
 to them and nay Is v iij 
 
 Itm to wittm garnet for makynge of them xiiij 
 
 Itm to the berache ij 
 
 The some your payement is xxxxv' xj''. 
 Also ther remayns in the boxe vij' ij''." 
 
 s. 
 
 d. 
 
 xij 
 
 vj 
 
 "J 
 
 
 
 XVJ 
 
 
 
 
 lUJ 
 
 
 
 
 
 'J 
 
 
 
 J 
 
 
 XVJ 
 
 V] 
 
 vnj 
 
 
 VHJ 
 
 UIJ 
 
 VJ 
 
 
 'J 
 
 
 VUIJ 
 
 
 "J 
 
 
 VIJ 
 
 
 XVJ 
 
 
 VUJ 
 
 
 IJ 
 
 Easter 1560 to Eas'ier 1561. 
 " 1560. 
 
 Thyes be y'' parcells y' we Rycharde caudaye & Daue Rychardson hathe Rescued for y^ yere 
 
 paste. 
 
 s. d. 
 
 In prymos gedayred on p'raemys [Palm] sondaye for y' clakre ij 
 
 Itu' li at aster [Easter] viij vj 
 
 Itu' ft for y" lestall of mester nottall xvj 
 
 Itu' 9) for y'= lestall of Rycharde cow xvj 
 
 Itu' 51 for y" lestall of gorge egerton xvj 
 
 Itu' 51 for yi^ lestall of hugh calldes wyfe xvj 
 
 Itu' ^c for a knelynge plase for felepe prynce wyfe viij
 
 s. 
 
 d. 
 
 vij 
 
 ij 
 
 
 XVJ 
 
 
 XVJ 
 
 
 xij 
 
 
 XVJ 
 
 CHURCHWARDENS' ACCOUNTS. 251 
 
 Itu' iX in y"" boxe 
 
 Itu' I;t; for y"" lestall of gorge hareson 
 
 Itu' {I for y"" lestall of Thomas brones son 
 
 Itu' 9> for a knelynge for Ihon grycse for hys wyfse knelyng place 
 
 Itu' ^ for y" lestall of Jon anyan son 
 
 The som' of oure Resetes xxvj' iiij''." 
 
 ' Thyes be y" parcells y' we Rychard caudaye & Daue Rychardson churche wardens hathe 
 
 payd for y^ yere paste. 
 
 s. d. 
 
 In prymos payd to Rychard Dawbe for y"^ wyndoys ij 
 
 Itu' payd to Thomas mylner for y"^ keppenge of y*^ doke vj viij 
 
 Itu' payd to Robart brycman for y'^ wyetlymynge [white liming] of y*^ churche v 
 
 Itu' payd for iiij lodys of lyme ij 
 
 Itu' payd for water iiij 
 
 Itu' payd to Thomas bothe for mendyng of y" second bell stoke xvj 
 
 Itu' pad to Robart hancoke for a bout [bolt] of Iren for y" same xij 
 
 Itu' pad to yi^ bereche ij 
 
 Itu' pad to Robart brycman for coueryng of v graues & mendyng of y" 
 
 churche wall xij 
 
 Itu' payd for lyme • vj 
 
 Itu' payd for wat^ ij 
 
 Itu' payd to Robart hancoke for mendyge of y^ clapar of y" fort bell xiij oh 
 
 The som' of paymentes xxj^ uf ofc. 
 
 Ther Remens [in] y<= boxe v'* vj''." 
 
 Easter 1561 to Easter 1562 
 
 " Thes be the persells that we Robert Croket and Davy Rycherson hathe Reseued for this yere 
 past 1561. 
 
 s. d. 
 
 In primus Reseyved in y"^ box v 
 
 It' gathereid at Aster [Easter] ix 
 
 It' for a kneling place to Rye' griffeths wyf xij 
 
 It' for a kneling place to Ihon simsons wyf viij 
 
 It' for a kneling place to Robart Crosses wyf xij 
 
 It' for a kneling place to Thomas smiths wyf xij 
 
 It' for a kneling place to Robort harvys wyf xij 
 
 It' for a knelyng place to Jhon marches wyf xij 
 
 It' for a leastall for crosses wyf yi^ maryner xvj tty^ •wvo^i.^cvt 
 
 It' for a knelynge place to wy Ilia smithes wyf xij 
 
 It' for a knelyng place to wyllya Rychersons wyf viij 
 
 It' for a knelyng place to Rondell mylners wyf xij 
 
 It' for a knelyng place to Edmond yordles wyf xij 
 
 It' for a knelyng place to Thomas thewllyns wyf xij 
 
 K K 2
 
 252 
 
 ST. MARY-ON-THE-HILL, CHESTER. 
 
 It' for a leastall of James bennet 
 
 It' for a knelyng place to wyllya wyllyasons wyf 
 
 It' for a lestall of Rye' burres 
 
 It' for a knelyng place to vvydow grys 
 
 It' for a lestall of nycholas brenes wyf lestall (sic) 
 
 The some of our Resets is xxxij'." 
 
 d 
 xv; 
 xvj 
 
 XV 
 
 XV 
 
 xi 
 
 Thes be the psells that we Robart Croket and Davy Rycherson churche wardens hathe payd 
 for this yere past. 
 
 In piTiiis payde to Rye' Doby for yi^ wyndys 
 
 It' payd to Thomas mylner for keping of the clocke 
 
 It' payd for ij Dussen of tylles 
 
 It' payd for lyme and y" beryng of y" same 
 
 It' payd to Robert bryckman for coveryng of iiij graues 
 
 It' for making clene of the churche 
 
 It' payd to Robart bryckman for coveryng of m'' plancne child graue and 
 
 crosses wyffes graue j"^ maryner 
 
 It' payd to Robart bryckmon f )r coverynge of Rye' pole graue and Rye' 
 
 flechers grave and Rye' burrus 
 
 It' payd for mak)ng of y*^ church yate 
 
 It' payd for coveryng of Thomas massyes grave and James bennets 
 
 It' payd to hugh Gyllam 
 
 It' payd for half a Dosen of tyles 
 
 It' payd to a dark for wrytyng of owr byll 
 
 It' payd to y'' pore wemen for dressing [? cleaning] of the churche gresse 
 
 [steps] 
 
 It' for wrytyng of owr bucke [book] 
 
 The some of owre payments is xxj^ 
 
 There Remens in the box xj" 
 
 s. 
 
 ij 
 vj 
 
 d. 
 viij 
 
 XX 
 
 vii 
 
 xi 
 
 i 
 
 vj 
 
 X ot) 
 
 iiij 
 
 ^j 
 iiij 
 
 V 
 
 iiij 
 
 ni] 
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 EA.STKR 1562 TO Easter 1563. 
 'Thes be the pcells that Robart crose & w'" ktttell hathe l;t for this yere 1562. 
 
 In primvs in the boxe 
 
 Itm gatharde in the cherche at aster 
 
 Itm 9: of Dave coke 
 
 Itm I;l of Joane mase for a lay stall ^^.'V. *v>(W->^y./. 
 
 Itm 9: of thomas brovne for a lay stall 
 
 Itm ]}. of thoraas strete for a knelynge plase for his wife 
 
 Itm \]i of wedoo wederbe for a knelynge plase 
 
 Itm l;t: of Robarte hese wife for a k[ii]eling plase 
 
 s. 
 
 X 
 
 XV 
 
 ij 
 
 1] 
 viij 
 xvj 
 xvj 
 xvj 
 xij 
 xij
 
 CHURCHWARDENS' ACCOUNTS. 253 
 
 s. d. 
 
 Itm 51 of hare ashton for a kaelyng plase xij 
 
 Ittn 9= of Robarte carrear for a knelynge plase xij 
 
 Itm li of m'^ flecher for A torche xx 
 
 Itm 5> of thomas grefethes wyfe for A knelyng plase xij 
 
 Itm 9^ of R' movchell for A knelynge plase xj 
 
 Itm 9: of John geste for A knelynge plase viij 
 
 Itm {I for ii'j c'l^'i^s hammars xvi 
 
 Itm 9^ in the chorche for mendynge he wese [high ways] .. iij jij 
 
 Icm 9^ of thomas ward for A knelynge plase xij 
 
 Iim 9. of R' meles for A laystall xij 
 
 Itm 9^ of Robarte brerwood for lohn grise vj 
 
 Itm 9: of george belen for R' pole iij 
 
 Itm 9 for the grete pese [weight] of led ix 
 
 The somme of our Rescytes ys iij'' v' ix'^ ob." 
 
 "Thes be the pcells that Robarte Krose and w™ kettell hathe payd this yere 1562. 
 
 Itm payd for takynge dovne the Ro 1 lofe 
 
 Itm payd for takynge downe the Alt^s ij 
 
 Itm payd for lyme & careage 
 
 Itm payd for Water & swepinge y'= chorche & the top of yMe is 
 
 Itm payd to brekemm for ij dayse worke & for white ly me ij 
 
 Itm payd to bothe for mendynge y<= rofe of chorch 
 
 Iim payd for makynge ij rochets for y« boys 
 
 Itm payd for laynge of A new well & exchangenge of the ovld led 
 
 Itm payd to thomas mylner charke [clerk] for kypinge y« cloke vj 
 
 Itm pay[d] to Dobe for mendynje wyndos ij 
 
 Itm payd for mendynge ye bell frame iij 
 
 Itm payd at whyte son tyde for whyte lyminge & dresynge the chorche ... ij 
 
 Itm payd for mendynge he wese [highways] viij 
 
 Itm payd for the ten coiiiavndements 
 
 Itm payd for wrytynge the Artecles 
 
 Itm payd for coverynge of graves ij 
 
 Itm payd for makynge of bels at y^ wesetacion 
 
 Itm payd for payntynge ys" chorche xxiij 
 
 Itm payd to Jelame 
 
 Itm payd for A'' & d [iHbs.] waxe candils 
 
 The soinne of our pementes ys iij'' x'^ ij''. 
 Rest Due vnto vs Sotn iiij^ iiij'' ob." 
 
 The Receipts of Robert Grose and William Kettull for the yere 1563. 
 Payments for "laystalls" by, — 
 
 "Richird Cavvday for the laystall of ij Chyldren in tyles ij«." 
 
 M'' Plankney. 
 Thomas Lloid. 
 
 d. 
 
 llj X 
 
 viij 
 
 viij 
 
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 viij 
 
 VJ 
 
 iiij 
 
 xiiij 
 
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 iiij 
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 Payments for kneeling places by — 
 
 John flrost. 
 
 John Tylston. 
 
 David Barker. 
 
 William Kettell. 
 
 Richard Gronow. 
 " Itm Ijl for ij haruest gyrdelles at the syght of M'' Kethen & M'' brownd xv'." 
 
 Total 3'i 3' S''. 
 
 Easter 1563 to Easter 1564. 
 
 The Payments of Robert Crosse and William Kettull for the yere 1563. 
 
 s. d. 
 
 " Itm payd for makynge a Rotchete for the Clarke iiij" 
 
 "Itm payd payd [sic] for makynge the bocks [books] for the poore & 
 
 other vayles [gifts] "'J 
 
 " Itm payd for pavynge the howgh grene xxiiij iiij" 
 
 Total 3" 7= T^. 
 
 Easter 1564 to Easter 1565. 
 
 The Receipts of George Tayler and John Anyan for the year 1564. 
 Payments for laystalls by — ■ 
 
 Davy Massye for the laystall of his father. 
 
 Thomas Broome for the laystall of his child. 
 
 John Coke for the laystall of Davy Coke. 
 
 Cycylye Hilton for the laystall of her daughter. 
 
 Raffe Jyneson for the laystall of his child. 
 
 J one Thropp. 
 
 Hugh Munsfeld. 
 
 Robert Weston sherman. 
 
 Foiick ap Ryse ap Benet for the laystall of his son. 
 
 Thomas Strete for the laystall of his nurse. 
 
 Widow Low. 
 Payments for kneeling places by — 
 
 Steven Woddes for his wife. 
 
 Richard Tyrall for his wife. 
 
 Mathew EUys for his wife. 
 
 Harry Heskett for his wife. 
 
 churche wall ^P '" 
 
 "It' gathered v^son Gutted [Good tide] sondayi toward the making of y 
 
 Total xLxiiij^ 'f [54' i'']. 
 ' See Morris' " Chester in Plantagenet Reigns," page 342.
 
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 The Payments of George Tayler and lohn Anyan for the year 1564. 
 
 " It' payed vnto my lord vnto my lord [j/c] buship tor ij bockes for y'^^ church 
 
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 " It' payd for y: coffdn of y« here & nayles to y" same 
 
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 " It' a wisket [large basket] 
 
 " It' payed vnto hughe massy for a kay to y'' lyme howse dore 
 
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 ST. MARY-ON-THE-HILL, CHESTER. 
 
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 Pedigrees,/. 88/'. 
 
 Gamull. 
 
 WiLLM, the Sonne of Gamull. 
 
 Stephen [of Kniihton, in Lettalys, 
 
 Salop], the Sonne of Willm., the 
 
 Sonne o' Gamull, 24 E. I. 
 
 =r Edytiie, 
 
 Richard Gamull, 
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 NVn.LM. G/\MULL, 
 
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 IsAnELL, da. and Ii. 
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 John Gamull. Willm. Gamull, =p Philippa, coheire 
 
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 Anne, wife to 
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 Kichard Gamull, 
 
 mar. one Isakla, 
 
 a" 34 : E. 3. 
 
 John Gamull, lyved ■ 
 a" 4" R. 2 & 8 H 5. 
 
 Thoma. Gamull 
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 Thomas Gamull • 
 a" 12 H. 4. 
 
 ■ Joane, da. & h. 
 ofTho. Ermedon. 
 
 Thomas Gamull, of Buerlon, '■ 
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 ■ Ellen, da. & coh. to Slaplegh 
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 ^^argaret 
 Gamull. 
 
 Thomas Gamull, who 
 
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 Thomas Gamull, who ' 
 
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 Hugh Gamull. 
 
 Hugh Gamull. 
 
 Thomas Gamull, who • 
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 Ellen, da. [base] to John 
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 Elizabeth 
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 Edmoni) Gamull, = Elizab. * dau. to John Thrope of Chester, 
 Esq , now lyvinge widdow to Mr. Goodman, Alderman 
 
 an° setaiis 60. of Chester, sans issue. 
 
 * Robert John. 
 
 Willm. Gamull, Anne, mar I to Thomas Gamull, = Alice, da. of Rich. 
 
 2 Sonne. John Brooke, of sonne and heire. Bauand, Alderman 
 
 Vpton, 2'>' to of Chester, & 
 
 Edw. Holland, of widd. of Dauid 
 
 Denton, in Coiii. Lloyd, Alderman 
 
 Lane. of Chester. 
 
 Elianor [* Ellyn], 
 
 mar. to Richard 
 
 Swinton. 
 
 Elizab. mar. 
 
 to Hughe 
 Prestland, of 
 
 Wardley. 
 
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 261 
 
 (Bamul. 
 
 Hoc Stemma antiqucia familia; de Gamul, ex Evidentijs, Cartis, el libris, in Officio Armor' 
 quanta fieri potest di ijentia et fide, coUectum est. 
 
 Copied from the 
 original roll on parch- 
 ment now in the pos- 
 session of Mr. T. Cann 
 Hughes, Chester. 
 
 May, 1892. 
 
 Per quandam Carlam sine dat' 
 Ric'us filiiis Tho. de Ocley ded.t 
 Steph'o fit Wiil'i fit Gamelvnam 
 acram tfe que vocat' Woodcrofts 
 lorje iacent' inter terram Alani, 
 et terrain Dei Steph'i et diversas 
 alias terr' in Carta p'dca specifi- 
 cat, Testibj Ada Dno de Muclis- 
 ton Hen. de Alstanston S eph'o 
 de Ocleg \Vili'o de Norton et 
 alijs. 
 
 Per alia charta Ric'us filius Tlio : 
 de As'o dedit Alano de Knighlo 
 diversas terr' in Ivnighio ^;c., hijs 
 Testibz Ada ds Moklesto, Hen 
 de Halslauneston, Steph'o de 
 Hocle.S, Rogero de kniglito, 
 Steph'o filio Wiil'i fit (ianiel de 
 eadem, Ada de Derinlo et niul- 
 tis alijs, "SiC. 
 
 The Intayle of Thomas Ocleyes 
 landes in Wynirgton, vpon the 
 mariage of Isabell, his daughter 
 and heire, \v"' Will'm Gamul 
 the Sonne of Stephan. 
 
 Sic Tho : Thorns de Ocley manens in Wyn- 
 fuit inton Dedit wili'o filio Steph'i 
 
 filius Gamul de Knighton and Isa- 
 
 Reginaldi bella vx'i eius totum illui Diraid 
 Ocley. Mesuag cu medietate Cioft adia- 
 
 cent in wininton predict' quod 
 habuii de dono Ric i de Heyr de 
 knighton et q'' idem Ric' habuit 
 de .\lano Dingan de knighlo p' 
 concoiS inter eos fact' cor' Wili'o 
 Hyngge Justic' diii Regis, ac elia 
 medietaie comu'is mei cil p'lin' 
 in knis;hton i; vocat' le Heye. 
 Et iacet inter stagnu molend de 
 wininton et gcrardred Habend 
 et tener.ct ijsde wili'o et Isabelle 
 et heredib3 de corpib; eor' 
 j)creat' cu o'lbj p'tin CoiTiun' et 
 asiament', &c. Tf stibus Ad' diio 
 de Mocliston, Sttph" de Ocley 
 cu multis alijs. 
 
 Isabella que fuit vxor Wiil'i 
 Gamel de knighton in le 
 Kalis dedit Johi filio Ric'i 
 de Huncumbache & Alicia 
 vx' eius, Ric'o fil' Rotjti 
 de Eccleshale et MatilS 
 vx' eius, Ric'o fil' Steph'i 
 Gamel & Agntt' vxori 
 eius, et eorum heredib5 
 vel Assignatis totam p'tem 
 suam vnius p'ac' vast' ia- 
 ccnte' in feod de knytton 
 
 Gamul. 
 
 GuiLiELM* Gamul. 
 
 STErH.AN* 
 
 Gamul. 
 
 Gamul verbum Hebraicum et idem 
 est quod Retribulio, a Reward 
 or recompence. .See I Cron. 
 24, 17. One of the posterity of 
 Aron of that name. And Jerem. 
 48. 23. Beth-Gamul, that is, 
 The Howse of Gamul. 
 
 Steph'us Gamel de Kneycton Dedit 
 Ric'o filio suo, pro servicio sue 
 tet'am et prat' cum suis p'tinen- 
 cijs, &c., infra feod de Kneyton 
 Testibus Ada Dno de MucUston 
 Steph'o de Ocleg Vincentio de 
 Alstenston et alijs Dat' apml 
 Novu Castrum Die Lune in festo 
 titi Pet' ad vincula An" Diii 
 mcclxxxv. 24° E. I. 
 
 EruTHA, ita 
 vocat. 
 
 GUILIELM' - 
 Gamul de 
 knighton vixit 
 an" 1.5 E. ;. 
 
 Isabella filia 
 
 et heres Jo : 
 
 Ocley de 
 
 winington 
 
 7" E. 3- 
 
 Ricardus 
 
 Gamul vix' 
 
 an" 2 E 3. 
 
 Agnes vxor 
 
 eius. 
 
 I I 
 
 Thomas Adam. 
 
 Gamul vix' 12 
 
 tempore E. 2. E. 3. 
 
 Guilielmus filius Steph'i Gamul De 
 knytton in le halis Dedit Ric'o 
 filio suo vnum Dimiit Mesuag 
 cum curtila^§ et Croft adiacent" 
 in villa de Knytton. Test Dno 
 Ada de Mucliston, Steph'o De 
 Ocley .\da De Ocley et alijs. 
 
 WUl'mus fil" Steph'i Gamul de 
 knighton in le Halys Dedit Ric'o 
 filio suo vnum Mesua,§ cu Cur- 
 tila,§ adiacente in villa de 
 knighton q'' quidm mesuagiii et 
 Curtilagiu Ediiha que fuit vS 
 Steph'i Gamul tenit [sic], &c. 
 Testibus Adni D'no de .Muclis- 
 ton, Steph'o de Ocley, et aliis. 
 
 Willmus Gamul de kneyghio 
 tenebatu' Ric'o filio Ade de 
 Mucluston et heredib; suis in 
 sex solido [sic] et octo denar-' p'ci- 
 pend de anno in .\nn' de terr 
 et ten'tis suis in Kneighton, &c., 
 cu clausula distrinctionis in 
 p'dict ten' Dat' apud MucluUon 
 in die S'ti mirhis A" Regni Regis 
 Edw' Secundi xiij".
 
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 ST. MARY-OX-THE-HILL, CHESTER. 
 
 iu>;ta metas de Dciinton 
 &; vocat' Crosbroke et se- 
 c|uendo Crosbroke in 
 Aqua de Tyrne, et sic se- 
 qiiendo cursu Aqua; de 
 Tyrne, vsq; ad S agLu 
 molenct de" Wynimo & 
 sic de Die" Siagno vsq5 
 Crosbroke. Test' WiU'o 
 fil' Sieph'i de OcleyAdam 
 de Ocley et alijs. Dat' 
 apud knytton in le halis 
 Die Dnica pt post fest' 
 oniniu sancioru. An" 
 K. 3. 7°. 
 
 ! 
 
 guilielm' 
 Ga.mul, 
 
 36 K. 3- 
 
 Phillipa coheres 
 
 cum Anna vxor, 
 
 w' whitmore. 
 
 Joannes Ganiul 
 
 diixii malikUm 
 an" iS K. 3. 
 
 Ricardus Gamul 
 
 vixit l8 E. 3 et duxit 
 
 Isolda que vidua fuit 
 
 a" 34 E. 3. 
 
 AVil'm" de wetemore Dedit Phillipe que 
 fuit vxor Will'mi Gamel vnum Culagiu 
 et Cr •flu adaicen' et quinq; seliones 
 cum suis p'tinen in knighton, que hu'it 
 de herediia'e Agnet' vxor" sue in excam- 
 bifi p omnibus if is et teu^ cum suis p'lin' 
 que p'dca Pha het m p'p'tem suam in 
 ieod de Wetemure An" 45 E. 3. 
 
 Consitis Carte eiusde Dat' fact' p' pd will'm 
 de whiieniore et Agnettm vxor' eius de 
 teri^ p'dictis quos habuerunt de heredi- 
 tat' p'cci Agnet', p'dce philippe in ex- 
 camo' (Sec, vt supra &c. 
 
 Will' ril,» Will'i Gamel de Knigh- 
 ton Dedit Johi Brett et Will'o 
 .Smyth oia messiiagia terr' et 
 teiita sua in Knighio cu reu'coe 
 Doiis Isolde nup vxor' Ric'i 
 Gamel. Dat' Die Sabat' prox' 
 post festil S'ti Miclis A" Regni 
 Regis Edw : tertii xxxiiij". 
 
 I 
 Joannes Gamul, 
 
 vixit an" 4° 
 Ric. 2. et 8" H. 5. 
 
 Johes Gamul de Knighton 
 dedit Tho Gamul fil' suo 
 vtiu mesuagiu vocat' Le 
 lympiits in Le Wode- 
 houses infra dominium de 
 whitemore, cu gaidinu et 
 p-'tis terris et ten'' eidem 
 mesua^adiicent'que h'uit 
 ex Dono et ftoffamenlo 
 Phe mairis sue, & Agnetis 
 sotoris sue et quid [sic]ipsi 
 descendebant post mor- 
 ttm p'dcorum Philippe et 
 Aguete. Te^tib; Johe De 
 Tiiteley John de Bulky- 
 It gh Jihe del Wood et 
 alijs An" S° Hen. 5'. 
 
 The Intaile of Thomas 
 Enedons Lands vpon 
 the mariage of Joane 
 his Daughter and 
 heire w"" Thomas 
 son and heiie appa- 
 of Jo. GamuU. 
 
 Thomas De Lockesley Capellanus 
 Dedit Thome De Enedon, et 
 Isabelle vxoii eius, omnia 
 Mesuag teiras, ten'&c, in viUis, 
 et ter'iiorijs De Aston, Meie, & 
 Gravenhunger, &c. Et post 
 Decessu p'dcoiu Thome Enedon, 
 et I>abelle, predict Mesuag. tcr. 
 ten', &c., remaneant Johanc filie 
 Tbome de Enedon, et htredibus 
 inter ipam Joliim et Thomam 
 filiu Joiiis Gamul legitime pcre- 
 atis &c. Testibus Tho De 
 Bromley Diio De Bronlley Johe 
 De Tittelcy, Johe de Bulky- 
 leigh et alijs. An" 12 Hen. 4''. 
 
 Predict* Thomas Enedon noiatu' |)' aliachartii gerent'dat a° 2 Hen. 4. 
 Thomas filius Jotiis de Hendon vt patet p' carta p'dca fact' eidem 
 Thome p' Bevys de Huntbache de uib terr" suis in Aston, &c. 
 
 Nola. — Piedictus Thomas Di Lockesley habuit p'dict terr' et tene- 
 nien'a, ex dono et ffeoffamento p'd<;i Thome Enedon ea inlencoe 
 vt De ijsdem cocessione faceret ad vsus p'dictos, vt p' p'dicam 
 carta apparet. 
 
 Thomas Gamul, 
 a" 20 R. 2. 
 
 
 Thomas Gamul -p Johana Eni 
 
 ;don. 
 
 ' l(v. 'yn^<^", (^iwa. 
 
 fil' 
 
 et Heres 
 
 
 1* 
 
 Tho. unecion et 
 Isabelle v.xot' ciui 
 
 £w^-j/5 H£^i- 
 
 
 
 2 in. 4 
 
 nna 
 
 Thomas t= Elena 
 
 1 
 Ma'garet 
 
 1 
 Joha 
 
 Gamul de 
 
 StAI'LEIGH, 
 
 Gamal, 
 
 vxor 
 
 Buerton in 
 
 fil & heres 
 
 nup. Hen. 
 
 Johis Lyre 
 
 com. Cest. 
 
 Rogeri 
 
 Tailor et 
 
 de 
 
 
 Stapcleigh de 
 
 post 
 
 Blecheley, 
 
 
 Buerton in 
 
 Ricaido 
 
 Junior. 
 
 
 com. Cest. 
 
 Hassell 
 de Bureto' 
 vt patet p' 
 chart' dat' 
 
 
 
 
 13 Htn. 6. 
 
 
 
 The Intaile of John Gamull, his 
 lands vpon the mariage of his 
 Sonne w"' Joane Enedon. 
 
 Thomas de Lockesley Cipellanus Ded't 
 conce.-sit, et confirmauit Johi Gamull 
 omnia messua§ ten^, tenement', &c. in 
 villis De knighton et Derinton cu 
 revcrcone Dotis Pnilippa Gamull qua 
 Djtem h'uit pjst morte will'i Gamull 
 V'ri sui in viliis predictis cu omnib3 suis 
 p'tinentijs que habuit ex duno .i fleofta- 
 mento p'dicti Johis Gamull p' chatta 
 sua inde ei confecta. Habend et te- 
 nend oi'a p'dicta mesuagia, &c., p'dicto 
 Joh. ad tola vitam suam &c., et post 
 eius Decei-su remane e Thome filio 
 p'dicti Johis Gamul et hercdib; inter 
 ipsu'' Thomii et Johanne filiim Tho 
 Dc Enedon legitime pcreat &c., et 
 p de'tctu talis exitus, inter ipsos, 
 rcmanere, p'dicto Thome Gamul et 
 heredib; de corpore suo legitime pcrea- 
 fs, &c. Et p defectu talis exitus, 
 remanere Tho. Gamull fratri p'dci 
 Johis et heredib3 de corpore suo legi- 
 time pcreat', &c., et p Defectu talis 
 ex'tus, remanere rectis heredib5 p'dci 
 Johis GamuU in p'petuum, &c. Tesiib; 
 Johe de Chitwood, Johe de Titteley, 
 witfo delwodejoh; de Bulkylegh et 
 alijs. Dat' apud Kneghton Die sabati 
 pxim ante festu Sen Clementis 
 An" Regn' Regis Hen. 4" post Coquest' 
 12°. 
 
 Johes Wodelok Rector Ecclie de Mucles- 
 ton et Thomas Gamul senio' de 
 knighton dederunt Johi Eyre Junior 
 de Blecheley et Johanne vxor' eius oi'a 
 terr^ et tenta sua in Wouer. Habend 
 et tenend p'fatis Johe et Johanne vxor' 
 eius et heredib' inter ipsos legitim' 
 pcreat'. Et p defectu talis exit' rectis 
 heredib' p'd Thome Gamul in p'petu 
 Dat a" xxij Hen. 6. 
 
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 263 
 
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 Thomas Gamul, obijt -j- Anna Manwaring Hug" Gam" 
 an° I" H. 8, vt patet I fit Jo. Manwanng Capellan". 
 
 p' testament' suu. de Baddley milit. 
 
 I 
 
 Testament' Thome Gamull fact' Die Jovis 
 pximo post fc-stu Sci Leonardi Abbaiis 
 an" Dili miliesimo quin^entesimo nono. 
 Testib5 Radulpho Hassell Wittmo Cloitu 
 Philippe Morreycii multis alijs. Dat'apud 
 Burelon. 
 
 Elena Gamul nuper vxor Thome Gamul de Buenon 
 in pura viduitate sua Dedit Nich'o Manwarins, 
 Humphredo Hassell, et Hugoni Gamul filio sue Cape - 
 lano, omnia il'a mesuagia ter^ et ten' sua, prat' pa^c', 
 &c., iacent' in Buenon in Com' Cestrie qua: sibi accict 
 iur' her' post dece^^s' patris et niatris sue, &c. Tesiibus 
 Diio Hugone Haske vicario p'petuo de Aldelem 
 Tho. Denwa'l Witlo Cli tton cum multis alijs. Dat 
 apud Buerto in festo Aploifi Symonis et Jude, An" 
 
 15 H. r- 
 
 I 
 
 Thomas Gamoll 
 
 obijt 26 H. S, vt 
 
 patet p' testament' 
 
 suum. 
 
 - Elizabeth fil. Ista Elizabeth coheres Roberti Min-huII de 
 
 Roberti MinshuU Hulgrave fuit 61ia R^iii fil. Jofiis fil. : 
 
 de Hulgraue in Petri qui duxit Joannam filiam et heredem 
 
 com. Cestr'. Johis Bebington qui duxit Aliciam filiam 
 
 et coheredem Ric'i Tranmoll ats Tianmor 
 
 in CUIUS ritu hjec insignia portat. 
 
 I 
 
 Hugo 
 
 Gamull. 
 
 
 ROBERTUS BrEREWOOD vicecomes t^un-r^ fcm S«/if» c.rw.v.4- J.)^J 
 civitaiis Cestiia; an" Domini 
 1531: duxit in vxorem Luciam 
 filiam et habuit exiium. 
 
 rtt, I 
 
 Thomas Gamul 
 ■^ obijt 29 
 
 Elizabeth. 
 
 Elen'a Poole (C-a^oe.) 
 fil. Jo. Poole de 
 poole, Armigeri. 
 
 Robertus Brerewood ter Maior 
 civitatis Cestriajviz. : annis 15S3 : 
 15S7 : et 1600 : in quo anno 
 obijt duxit in vxorem Eliza-' 
 betham fil' Thome Horton de 
 Cestria et haLuit exitum, 
 
 Thomas 
 Gamul, 
 
 obijt sine 
 exilu. 
 
 Edmoxu 
 
 Gamul de 
 
 Ciuital' Cestr' 
 
 Armig' viuens 
 
 an" 1 6 10. 
 
 Elizabeth 
 
 Case obijt 
 
 anno 
 
 ri\iiA*^>otj<) , i^<x fiiyi i/oife »^(r»v , (»■ 167 
 
 Roherlus Gamul 
 
 de Olton in coiii 
 
 Staff, gen. qui 
 
 duxit Anna vna 
 
 filiar' et hered 
 
 Humphridi fox 
 
 gen. 
 
 Jo : Gamul 
 
 de Buer'.nn, 
 
 qui duxit 
 
 Elizabe'.h.T 
 
 Ollon. 
 
 Anna Gamul 
 
 vx: Johis 
 
 Brocke de 
 
 Vpton et post 
 
 m(.item eiussine 
 
 prole, Edwardo 
 
 Holland per 
 
 quam habuit 
 
 exitum. 
 
 I 
 
 Elenor nupt' Rico 
 
 Swinlon gen et habet 
 
 txiium. Et postea 
 
 nupta Thome Harvy 
 
 de Ciuiiate Cestr' aliJ et 
 
 Maio' il5m 1 6 10. 
 
 I 
 
 1 I 
 
 Thoma Maria 
 
 Swinto. Swinton. 
 
 Thomas ' 
 Gamul ar 
 Recordato' 
 
 Ciuilat' 
 Cestr'. 
 
 I 
 
 Joties Brerewood 
 
 vicecomes Cestria; 
 
 anno 159S : obijt 22 : 
 
 October: 1 599, duxit 
 
 Mariam filiam Thome 
 
 Parry de Nanarch in 
 
 comitatu ffljnt gen: 
 
 ilia obijt 27 : Septemb 
 
 anno 1592 : et h'uit 
 
 exitum. 
 
 Edwardus 
 
 Brerewood 
 
 filius secundus 
 
 nup collegij de 
 
 Brason Nose in 
 
 Academia Oxon : 
 
 et postea collegij 
 
 de Greshim 
 
 London obijt sine 
 
 prole. 
 
 • Alicia 
 
 filia Rici 
 
 Bavand de 
 
 Ciuitat' 
 
 Cestr' 
 
 Alderman. 
 
 I 
 Wittm' G»mu! 
 de Ciuitat' Cestr 
 
 Aid' et Maior 
 
 ibm a" 1609 qui 
 
 duxit Eliano'a 
 
 Cotgrave filia 
 
 WiU'i Co'grave 
 
 de Ciuiiat' 
 
 Cestr'. Alder. 
 
 I 
 
 Elizabeth Gamul nupt' 
 
 Hugoni Prestland de 
 
 wardle in com. Cestr. 
 
 ar, et post eius mortc 
 
 sine prole Roti'o 
 
 Brooke gen p' que 
 
 haouit. 
 
 MAwvwt^vu.'0 *>v 
 
 l£<)s-. 
 
 I I . . ! 
 
 Tho: Gamul. Elenor Gamul. Williadamul. 
 
 Thomas 
 
 Alicia 
 
 & Richard 
 
 Gamull 
 
 mortui 
 
 mort' 
 
 sunt Mne 
 
 sine 
 
 prole. 
 
 prole. 
 
 Ffranciscus 
 
 Gamull 
 
 Bjrronett c'uxit in 
 
 vxorem et h'uit 
 
 exitum. 
 
 Xpiana, filia Ric'i 
 Grosvenor de 
 
 Eaton in 
 Comitatu Cestri;v 
 
 Baronelt. 
 
 Anna 
 
 filia Rani 
 
 Mainwaringe 
 
 de Pever 
 
 militis piima 
 
 vxor predict' 
 
 Ro^ti. 
 
 Rohtus Brerewood miles = Katherina filia Ricliardi Lea 
 
 Recordatcr fuit civitatis 
 Ceslria h'uit exitum. 
 
 de Darnall in coin Cestrii^ 
 militis v.xor secunda. 
 
 My father was alsoe a Judge in North-wales, 
 a .Serieant at Law, the Queen's Serieant, 
 and a Judge in the King's Benche, for 
 w''' see the Patents.
 
 264 
 
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 nat' 23 
 
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 nat' 22" 
 
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 Decern : 
 
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 15 April: 
 
 1659. 
 
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 i8o5-] OUtuaryjivitb Anecdotes, of remarkablePerfons. 885' 
 
 3^. In her so'th year, Mrs. Ayfcough, 
 cf Leiccfter. 
 
 AiHuU, if/fill, Mr. Andrew Dodgfon, 
 ef Croft, in Berwick. Hi? dearll was oo- 
 eafioned by a paralyfis of the mul'elcs of 
 His tongue and throat, which took away 
 the power of fwallowing, fo that he was 
 Jiterally ftarved to dt^ath, after having 
 lived 14 day? without fwallowing cither 
 meat or drink. 
 
 3 1. Mrs, Warren, wife of Mr. W. tai- 
 lor, of Arundel-ftreet, Strand. Having 
 watched an opportunity, when her fer- 
 Tant and children were up-ftairs, fhe 
 bolted herfelf into the kitcluen, and Tery 
 nearly fevertd her head from her body 
 with a razor. She has left four children, 
 *ne of them very young. 
 
 laterred, this day, at St. Dunflarl's in 
 the Weft, Fleet-ftreet, aged 10'>. Mary 
 Taylor, who bad been 7(j years a lau.-.- 
 drefs in Oifford's inn. 
 
 Mifs JLouifa Pcrigal, elJeft daughter of 
 Mr. H. P. of Newington-placc, Surrey. 
 
 At Healhfield pirk, SulTex, Mil's New- 
 bery, only daughter of Francis N. efq. 
 , At Bodmin, co. Cofuwall, Lieut. Wills, 
 of the Royal N'avy. 
 
 At Hull, Geor;e Robarfs.efq. formerly 
 of Beverley, in Vjrklhire, and brother to 
 Abraham R. efq. M. P. fot W.rcefter. 
 
 A.;ed 40, without the leafl previous ill- 
 pel's, Mr. Thomas Vouii.;f, an eniineni 
 draper, grocer, battef-faitor, &c. at Wat- 
 ton, CO. Norfolk, 
 
 Aged 8'), the UcT. Mr. Walker, a Dif- 
 fcntiiig-minifler at Walpole, co. Cambr. 
 
 At Sidniouth, Devon, in his 50th year, 
 James Currie, M. D. ¥. R. S. a phyfi- 
 cian of conliderable reputation at Liver- 
 pool, but who had lately become an in- 
 habitant of Bath, oil account of ill health, 
 anil who would have graced any place 
 or focicly to which he belonged. He 
 bore grt-at pain and une:<finet5, for i'e- 
 veral years, with calmnefs and ret^s^na- 
 «ion, and finifhed his courle with afibrd- 
 ing an example of that patience and forti- 
 tutle w'pich fo eminently diftinguifbcd his 
 charartcr through lite. His medical abi- 
 lities were confcUedly very great. Perfe- 
 Viring, in£,enioits, and penetrating, few 
 circumftances efcapcd his obletvatirn ; 
 and his talent of applying to prafttcc the 
 fatls whi^h he had obferved was feldom 
 £:(|urilled. He was alfo a remarkaMe in- 
 stance of the impro\ement which the cul- 
 tivation of the moral duties produceK'upon 
 tile underRandiug. His jud;mcnt was 
 not clriuded by jealoufy, or his view t>f 
 the lulijc't or cafe in qucflion obfcured 
 by purtialiiv, or'dirkencd by prv-iudioe. 
 K(]Ually ready to adopt the fug.^ft'ions of 
 other^, as he was thafe of his own judg- 
 /ncr.t, he never deviated f m th-,' point 
 aimed ai, bccaul'e me v<lii/L of thf 'path 
 
 was not traced oat by hi mfelf. Superior 
 to fuch confiderations, whi'trh never pre- 
 vail in exalted minds, he refted his cha- 
 rafter on higher grounds, and the dif- 
 cernihg part of mankind foon became fen- 
 fible that Cuch acquieiccnce, when it met 
 his own unprejudiced ideas, was an ho- 
 nour to his charafter. Candour and be- 
 nevolence were the guides of his conduft, 
 and led him to elleem and reputation in 
 the prcfent world, foftened his paliage ti> 
 the tomb, and, in his laft moments, dif- 
 armcd the dart of Death. Original, how- 
 ever, in his ideas, he was better fuited to 
 point out the ^vay, than to follow this 
 Speculations of others ; and what he ad- 
 vifed obtained a kind of involuntary pre* 
 ference, which noihmg bat a confciouf- 
 nefs of merit in the adiifer could have fc- 
 cuied. His counfels, though deftitute of 
 the recommendation of peremptory affer- 
 tion, or lavifh difplay of pretended fuc- 
 ccfs, which fotuetiraes overpower, when 
 they do not convince, carried with theni 
 the more powerful charms of fenl'e, judj^- 
 nitnt, rcfle6tion, a^d acquaintafice with 
 the I'ubjeft, and were accompanied with 
 a nioft amiable and fatisfat'tory inanner 
 of manifefting thefe admirable qualifica- 
 tions to the undetftanili'i^s of thofe with 
 whom he converfed. Nor did pain and 
 fickncfs, however embittering they were 
 to the enjoyment of life, cloud his facul- 
 ties, or diforder his temper. He rcfigncd 
 life with the Tame benevolent difpofition 
 of mind in which he h;id lived, and with 
 undiminifhed pow'crs of underflanding. 
 The faculties of his mind were not, hox»- 
 ever, confined to pro'efi'ionJ fubjeils. 
 Well verfed in elegant knowledge, he com- 
 bined the purfuits of ornamental literatjire 
 with thofe of the I'everer (Indies. Poetry, 
 hiftorj-, and other branches of knowledge 
 that improve the underftanding, and ani- 
 mate the mind to e.xert itfelf in e\ery ca- 
 prtcity, were held by him in high efttam, 
 and were I'awiurite objccls of his attention. 
 On ihcfe models, fclectcd froin the belt 
 authors, he formed his own ftyle of writ- 
 ing, which was pure, elegant, and col- 
 ree-l ; and often adorned with paflages 
 which in beauty of language, and ticlicac*y 
 and pn>])riety of fentiment, yield to none 
 of which ourC'iuntrv can boaft. The lo- 
 vers of fcience might wifh his life to have 
 been longer protracted, in which wifh all 
 the frientis of the country, who knew 
 him, would vnllingly join : but wifcr 
 Fate fays tin ; and Kefleflion Heps in ai'id 
 Warns us, that " his warfare is accom- 
 plifhcd ;" and that wc mull rot, from 
 partial, or i* tt-fefted, or inV'eed any tii- 
 min coi;li-.Urati ms, prcfur e to wifh ths 
 prolr.iiga'.ion -I I'uHering to rum who hid 
 ib long and fo eminently ftruggled with 
 ■pain antf mifcry — a^id, in tbe o^ldfl of 
 
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 269 
 
 167 CURRIE (James, m.d., f.r.s.. of 
 Liverpool, the biographer of Burns) 
 Memoir of the Life, Writings, and Cor- 
 RESPOXDEXCE of, edited by his son W. W. 
 CuRRiE ; with portrait, also inserted an 
 autograph letter, i page 8\'o., dated ist 
 Jan., iSoi ; 2 vols., 8vo., crushed calf 
 12 6- 1831 
 
 Currie of Cbcstcr, &c. 
 
 
 William Currie, 
 
 of Boughton Hall, 
 
 (third son of William Currie 
 
 Carlyle, Esq., of 
 
 CO. Dumfries), Chester, Esq., 
 
 M.D. 
 
 Born 17 July, 1749. 
 
 Marr. at St. Oswald's, 24 
 
 Aug. 1775. 
 
 Died 19 Aug. 1834, a-/. 85. 
 
 M. I. at St. Mary's. 
 
 Mary, dau. and co-heiress 
 
 of Robert Foulkes, of 
 
 Chester, Esq. 
 
 Born 5 Nov. 1745. 
 
 Bapt. at St. Mary's, 12 Nov. 
 
 1745- 
 
 Died 30 Dec 1812, if/. 67. 
 
 Bur. there 2 Jan. 1813. 
 
 M. I. 
 
 Robert FouLKES Currie, = (Rev.) William Currie, 
 
 M.D. of Ches'er. Bapt. at St. Oswald's, 
 
 Bapt. at Holy Trinity, II May, 1790. 
 
 Chester, 23 Oct. 1776. Died in April, 1818. Died 12 Feb. 1844, 
 
 Died 21 Feb. 181S, aged 53. 
 aged 42. 
 
 Susanna Currie, 
 Bapt. at Holy Trinity, 
 
 17 June, 177S. 
 
 Born 25 April, 1775. 
 
 Died 9 Oct. 1S2S, aged 53. 
 
 Bur. at St. Miry";. M.I. 
 
 Mary Cathtrine Currie, 
 Bapt. at St. Oswald's, 
 
 30 March, 17S0. 
 Marr. at Holy Trinity, 
 
 4 April, 1805, to 
 To wr send Ince, of 
 
 Christleton, Esq. 
 
 Elizabeth Currie, 
 Bapt. at St. Oswald's, 
 
 13 Aug. 1782. 
 
 Marr. at Holy Trinity, 
 
 24 Oct. 1S03, to 
 
 John Williams, Esq. 
 
 of London. 
 
 Jane Currie, 
 Bapt. at St. Oswald's, 
 II March, 1788. ' 
 Living 1850. 
 
 Esther Currie, 
 
 Bur. at St. Mary's, 
 
 20 July, 1786.
 
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 ROGERUS 
 
 Manuley. 
 
 I 
 
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 Rogerus, 
 1316. 
 
 Nicholas 
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 £1115 Of ©vcrlciib and Cbcster. 
 
 Had. MS. 2161, 
 f. 205'', old not. 
 
 Dio AP Griffith, 
 
 ., sister to W™ Guch, citizen of 
 Chester, sherri 1463. 
 
 Set, "xALM. JL^f-ij, 
 
 Ellis ap Dio, 23 E. 4, 10 H. 8. 
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 , dau. to Jenkyn ap Blelhyn, 
 
 and sister to David and James. 
 
 Wi liam ap Dio, 1482, in the lease 
 that bis brother Ellis took. 
 
 Matthew ap Ellis, cr = 
 
 Matthew Ellis, of Over- 
 
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 Feb. He was one of the 
 
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 Booth, younger brother to 
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 S' Mary's registers. 1548. 
 
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 M.\TTHE\v Ellis, in the entail, =f= 
 
 37 H. 8, and ward 2 E. 6. to i 
 
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 Mary. 
 
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 gtnt., ob. 1570. 
 
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 a wid., 19 Q. E., as 
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 Julian in the entail, 37 H. 8. 
 
 marr. a child to Hope, of 
 
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 Matthew Ellis, 6 years ^ 
 
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 1613. 
 
 Katherine, dau. to Ralph 
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 ux. Alexander Bird, 
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 ux. Heniy 
 
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 Matthew. 
 
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 Note in the margin of the Ellis Pedigree : — 
 
 Rich. Kyrk ye Abbott of Basingwerk, did let W" Legalton, chaplain, and W" Goch, citizen of 
 Chester, haue a lease cf the manor of Oveilegh for 12 years, paying 4 marks yearly &c. 
 
 Testibus John Southworth, maior of the city of Chester, Richard Saddler, and Thomas Ecclesse, 
 sheriffs of the said city, John Cotyrgh:,m, Richard Kayr.ford, and others, given at Chester 10 Feb., 
 15 Ed. 4, so that Ellis ap Dio either bought his tyme or had it by his .sisters mach [? match], for the 
 22 Edw. 4, 1848, he had a new lease for c. yeares. 
 
 Ellis ap Dio lived in Overlegh, when Hen. Andrews and Jo. How had Overlegh of the gift 
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 built about 1600, and pulled down two centuries 
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 73 */j, 266 ; Elizabeth, 73, 266 ; 
 Francis, 266 ; Hannah, 73, 266 ; 
 John, 73, 180, 205, 266 ; Nathaniel, 
 266 ; Richard, 266 ; Roger, 266 ; 
 Samuel, 266 ; Sarah, 73 ; Susanna, 
 73 ; Thomas, 73, 123, 180, 266 
 
 Adams, Dr., 286; Richard, 205; 
 Sarah, 286 
 
 Aere, Sir John, 81, 112, 223 
 
 Ainsworth : see Eansvvorth 
 
 Albany, Francis, 284 
 
 Alcock, Elizabeth, 46, 47«, 
 Thomas, 46, 47 «, 74 
 
 Aldcroft, Ann, 94 passim, 
 
 Charles, 94, 95, 95 «, 150, 178; 
 James, 94 bis, 178 ; Margaret, 
 95 » ; Ralph, 94 bis, 17S ; Thomas, 
 94, 17S; William, 94, 17S 
 
 Aldersey, Mrs., 114; Ann, 109; Ed- 
 ward, 180 ; Elizabeth, 92, 92 «, 
 iSo ; Grace, 139 « ; Hugh, 198 ; 
 John, 139 »; Randle, 116; Robert, 
 92 «, bis ; Thomas, 92 », 192 ; 
 William, 112, 192 iJZ. 
 
 Aldford, 14 
 
 Alien, Katherine, 120 «. 
 Ralph, 120 « Ur^vCAGo^ 
 
 Allender, George, 20S 
 
 Alport, Jane, 132; Robert, 132 « 
 
 Altcar, John de, 78 n 
 
 Amphlet, Dorcas, 284 ; Richard, 2S4 
 
 Anderton, Mrs., 128 ; Elinor (Eleanor), 
 22, 63, 63 », 121 K, (er ; Matthew, 
 22, 63, 63 «, 121, 121 K, bis, 198 
 
 Annion (Anyon), Elizabeth, 116 ti ; 
 John, 117 bis, 202; Margaret, 116 ; 
 Thomas, 205 ; W'illiam, 116 
 
 Arderne, Beatrice, 273 ; Richard, 91 
 
 Arnodio, Jacques, 69, 120, 137, 137 «, 
 bis ; Mary, 69, 69 11, 137, 137 « 
 
 Arnold, Lettice, iiS; Nicholas, 118 
 
 Arrindale, John, 132 ; Capt. Morris, 
 
 275-6; 
 
 Asses John, 31, 31 n, bis; Roger, 
 
 31 H, 'f) passim 
 Ashbiook, Mr. S3, S3 n ; John, 138 ; 
 
 Rachel, 1 38 
 Ashton, Eleanor, 270; Joseph, 208; 
 
 Margaret, 178; Sarah, iSo, 266 
 Astle, Edward, 116 bis 
 
 Aston, Edward, 141 bis, 204, Eliza- 
 beth, 140, 141 ; Elena Whitleyde, 
 272; Mary, 69, 131, 137 n, 281; 
 Randle, 131, 140, 205 ; Susanna, 
 141 ; Thomas, Sir Thomas, 69, 
 137 «> 187 
 
 Athurston, Sir William de, 79 n 
 
 Aubrey, Rev., 150; Thomas, 93 
 
 Axon, James, 20S 
 
 Ayckbown, Rev. Fred., 200 
 
 Badde, John, 30 
 
 Baffarno, Jane, 1 10 
 
 Bage, Joseph, 177, 207 ; William, 208 
 
 Bagome, EUinor, 141 ; Henry, 140, 
 
 141 ; Sarah, 140 
 Bagjley, Thomas, 107 
 
 Baktr, John, 117; John Richard, 210 ; 
 Thomas, 117 
 
 Ball, Catherine, 133, 135; Henry, IC9 ; 
 Margaret, 141 ; Mary, 109 ; Rich- 
 ard, 35 bis; Roger, 133. 135, 141, 
 
 142 205 ; William, 202, 204 
 Barber, Archdeacon, 104 ; Joseph, 104 
 Eardon, W'illiam, 147 
 
 Barker, Mr., 139; Francis Edge, 57 
 
 bis; Harriette, 57 bis ; Maria, 57 ; 
 
 Mary, 56, 139 ; Richard, 56, 57 ; 
 
 Sarah, 57 
 Barlow, Thomas, 23 bis, 23 n, 139, 
 
 205 
 Barnett, Elizabeth, 129 ; John, 129 
 Bamston, Rev. Roger, 95, 179 
 Barrat, James, iSl 
 Barrow, Thomas, 203 
 Barthell, Alice, 265 
 Bartlett, Henry J., 103 
 Barton, Mary Lewis, 22 
 Basnett, Grace, 139 ; Richard, 139, 
 
 140; Thomas, 139 
 Bassano, Francis, 61 « 
 Bateman, Elizabeth, 71, 142 
 Batenham, G., 9 « 
 Bathers, Walter, 142 
 Batty, Jane, 56 
 Bavand, Alice, 39, 40, iiS, 121, 122, 
 
 258, 260, 263, 264; Ellen, no; 
 
 Richard, 40, iiS, 122, 205; Thomas, 
 
 118 4<|i^.irs» 
 Baxter, Katherine, 127; Thomas, 176 ; 
 
 Sir William, 30 
 
 P P 
 
 Bayne, James, 103 
 
 Beagham, Robert, 265 
 
 Beale, Bartholomew, 2S4, 285 ; Francis, 
 
 2S5 ; Thomas, 285 
 Beamont, William, 1S3 
 Beiid5Wo:th, John, 173 
 Beaufort, Cardinal, 16 
 Becket, Eleanor, 87 « ; George, 76, 
 
 81, 87 ; John, 138 
 Beech, Ellen, 28, 29 bis; John, 28 n 
 Bellis, WiUiam, 142 
 Bellot, Ermyn, 270 
 Bennett, Ann, 131 n ; Dorothy, 131 : 
 Edward, 159; Elizabeth, 76 n, 
 131 K ; George, 131 « ; John, 
 131 «, 205 ; Henr)-, 14S ; Kendrick, 
 131 k; Peter, 131 n ; Thomas, 
 131 n, 152, iSo; Rev. William, 
 150 
 Berrie, Edward, 117; Elizabeth, 117 
 Berrington, Hannah, 115; Helen, 43 
 bis; Hubbart, 118; Philippa, 68, 
 68 », 276 ; Thomas, 68, 115, 118 ; 
 William, 43 bis, 193 
 Betes, Thomas, 31 passim 
 Beverley, Francis, 69, 281 ; Sir 
 George, 69: Mrs., 114; Bevtrley 
 School, 91 
 Bickerstafie, Baall, Ii8 
 Bi let, Ermin, 272. 274 ; Jane, 136 
 Birch, Elizabeth, 2S6 ; Samutl, 2S6 
 Birchinshaw, Maurice, 79, So 
 Bird, Amy, 275 ; John, 4, So 
 Birkenhead, Adam, 60, 61, 122, 142, 
 192; Alice, 48, 60, 61, 141 ; 
 Anne, 4S, 134, 275 : Elizabeth, 61, 
 69, 2S1 ; Henry, 61, 69, 116, 123, 
 127, 152, 154, 190 : Joan, 6l ; John, 
 48, 61 passim. So, loS ; Katherin-, 
 87 h; Ralph, 113; Richard, 48; 
 Thomas, 61 bis, 61 n, 87, 116, 124, 
 127, 142, 190 
 Birkett, Thomas, 113 
 Birtles, Ashton, 265 
 Blackmore, Henry J., 101 
 B'akestone, Walter, 90 bis 
 Bold, Anna Maria, 286 ; Margaret, 
 27S ; Mar)-, 2S6 ; Peter, 2S6 ; 
 Thom.is, 125 
 Bolland, Bryan, 205; Martha, 136; 
 Thomas, 23. 206 : William, 209
 
 2go 
 
 IJooth, Mr., 63, 122 ; Anthony, 29 ; 
 Anne, 122, 429; Elizabeth, 117, 
 129 «, 142 ; Sir George, 8 ; Jane, 
 142 ; John, 108 ; Lawrence, 142, 
 143 ; Mary, Lady, loS, 285 ; 
 Nathaniel, 117, 129, 129 «; 
 Thomas, in, 114, 129 « 
 
 lioitock, Elizabeth, 272 
 
 lioswell, Samuel, 97, 98, 162 
 
 Boteler, Sir John, 1S4, 1S5 
 
 Boiighton, Stephen, 175 
 
 Bouhon, Anne, 87 ; William, 87. 
 
 Bowen, Rev. C, 10, 11, ig, 102, roj, 
 201 
 
 Bowyer, Robert, 93 ; William, 193 
 
 Boyd, James, 123, 204 
 
 Bradborne, Amy, 139 ; Roger, 139 
 
 Bradburne, Nathaniel, 142 
 
 Bradbury, R'chard, in 
 
 Braderton, Henry, 134, 143 ; Mary, 
 143 ; Thomas, 134 
 
 Bradley, James, 142 iis 
 
 Bradshaw, 86, 87 ; Rev. — 96 ; Alice, 
 117; Anne, 117; Ellen, 140 ; John, 
 28, 29, 29 H, bis ; Thomas, 140 
 
 Bramshill, John de, 282 
 
 Bramton, Frances. 72 k 
 
 Branshank, Mr., 5 
 
 Brasier Brooke, 140; Col. 140 
 
 Brassie, John, 116, 117; Katherine, 
 117 ; Melior, n6 
 
 Bratherlon, Mr., 86 
 
 Brereton J'amily, 186-8; Will, 1S7; 
 of Eccleston, 198 
 
 , Jlr., 82, 83, 112; Mrs., n2 ; 
 
 Alice, 186; Cecily, 35 bis, 187; 
 Elizabeth, 107; Francis, Lord, 93 ; 
 Captain Henry, 125; Joan, 35 bis; 
 John, 2, 80, 81, 188, 197, 198, 
 200 ; Katherine, 62, 62 k ; Mary, 
 140 ; Owen, 187 ; Sir Randle, 35, 
 80, 81, 108, 1S6, 18S ; Richard, 82, 
 &l, 88«, 140, 188; Thomas, 108, 
 112, Ii2«, 187, 18S.; Urian, 113, 
 188; Sir William, 62, 62 k, Xo, 120, 
 120 «, 121, 125, 125 «, 182 
 
 Brerewood of Chester, 115 ; Alice, 
 
 107, 108, 257 ; Anne, 63, 63 n, 66, 
 67, 67 H, 108, 119, 119 «, 257; 
 Charlotte, iSl, 257 ; Christian, iSo, 
 257 ; Christina, 257 ; Douse, 107 ; 
 Edward, 62 «, 263 ; Elizabeth, 65, 
 III, 119, 257, 264, 280; Francis, 
 '36, 257; Gravenor, i8i, 257; 
 James, 107, 108 bis ; Jane, 107, 
 
 108, Ii9«, 257, 264 ; John, 66 bis, 
 nobis, 115, 119 «, 136, 137, 181, 
 203, 257, 263, 264 ; Katherine, 66, 
 67, 141 ; Lettice, 257 ; Lucy, 107, 
 loS; Mary, 265; Priscilla, iSo ; 
 Richard, 107 bis, loS ; Robert, 42, 
 
 INDEX NOMINUM 
 
 45, 62, 63, 65, 66, 82, 107, 109, 
 115, 119, 123, 128, 144, iSi, 203, 
 205, 257, 263, 264; SiJney, 157, 
 257 ; Thomas, 257 
 
 Bretherton, John, 87 « 
 
 Brett, Katherine, 273 
 
 Brettargh, Anne, 70 « ; William, 70 k 
 
 Bridge, Baall, 118; Edward, 139 bis, 
 204; John, 130 », 144, 178, 205; 
 Margaret, 118; Martha, 130; Mar)', 
 123, 139; Randle, iiS; Richard, 
 112, 114, 130, I30«; William, 1307/ 
 
 Biidgeman, Bishop, 76, 77, 85 ; Lydia, 
 76 
 
 Bridges, Thomas, 83 » 
 
 Briscoe, Thomas, 27, 120 
 
 Brittiin, Samuel, 208 
 
 Brock, Anne, 49, 64, 64 », 65 bis; 
 Barbara, 115, 280; Edward, 49, 64, 
 64 H, 65 bis, 65 «, bis, 122, 122 «, 
 279, 280 ; Eleanor, 2S0 ; Elizabeth, 
 65, 65 «, 181, 279, 2S0; Fi.ancis, 
 87 n ; Jane, 279; John, 87 ii, 115, 
 122 «, 279, 280; Jos^h, 280; 
 Katherine, 65, 124 «, 279, 280 ; 
 Margaret, 65, 280 ; Melior, 2S0 ; 
 Parnel, 122 n ; Randle, 65, 280 ; 
 Robert, 122 «, 124 ;(, 203, 279, 
 280 ; Susannah, 49, 65, 65 «, 75, 
 75 n, iSr, 280; Thomas, 65, 65 «, 
 283 ; William, 64 bis, 64 «, 65 n, 
 6'-, passim, 75 «, T^ter, 115, 119, 
 122, 122 «, 279, 280 
 
 Brocke of Up.on, 115 ; John, 179 ; 
 William, 179 
 
 Brogden, William, 81, 82 
 
 Bromfield, Katherine, 141 « 
 
 Bromhall, Elizabeth, 96; Jane, 118 
 
 Bromley, Richard, 203 
 
 Brooke, Anne, 258; George, 173; 
 Grace, 95, 133 «; Henry, 95, 133, 
 133 k; Major, 86; Sir Peter, 89; 
 Pusey, 95, 134; Sir Richard, 133 «; 
 Roger, 134 ; Sir Thomas, 95, 96, 
 
 133 ». 134*" 
 Broome, Joan, 27, 119 
 Broughton, John, 108 ; Morgan, 35 
 
 bis 
 Brown, Amy, 276 ; John, 166, 207 ; 
 
 Roger, 202, 220, William, 276 ; 
 
 Rev. — ,151 
 Browne of Netherleigh, 115 ; of 
 
 Upton, IIS; Mr., 128, 136 bis, 
 
 136 n; Mrs., 89, 113 bis; Alice, 
 
 69, 120 K, 276 ; Anne, 120 «, 276 ; 
 
 Benjamin, 276 ; Charle', 276 ; 
 
 Cicely, 69, 281 ; Dorothy, 69, 281 ; 
 
 Eleanor, 276 ; Elizabeth, 48, 68, 
 
 68 II, 69, 120 «, 275, 276; Frances, 
 
 69 ; Francis, 69, 276, 28 1 ; George, 
 63 «, 68 ter, 120 «, 12S, 276; 
 
 Grissell, 69 bis, 69 h, 281 ; Hannah, 
 
 68 bis, 68 n, 276 ; Sir Henry, 30, 
 81 bis, 108, 108 «, 135 ; Jane 276, 
 2S1 ; John, 157 ; Judith, 69 ; Julian, 
 113, 281 ; Katherine, 120 n, 276; 
 Margaret 135, 276; Mary, 69 bis, 
 137 «, 276, 281 ; Matthew, 69 bis, 
 
 69 n, 114, 120, 120 », 204, 205, 
 2o5, 276 ; Philippa, 68 ter, 68 n, 
 S9. 130, 134. 137. 276 ; Richard, 
 68, 68 H, 69, 137, 203, 276, 281 ; 
 Samuel, 68, 69 n, 276 ; Thomas, 
 48, 68, 6S«., 69, 81, 89 bis, 108, 
 no, 113, \ii,bis, 120, \2%ter, 137, 
 190, 191, 202, 203, 205, 276, 281 
 
 Brownsham, William, 202 
 
 liruen, Jonathan, 143; Mary, 118; 
 
 Joseph, 118 ; Ralph, 137, 137 n 
 Bruerton, Thomas, 225 
 Biuyn, John, 27 bis 
 Buck, Margaret, 2.S4 
 Buckley, Randle, 114, 118 
 Bullen, Hannah, 136; James, 136, 
 
 137 
 Bunbury, Henry, iSo; Margery, 270, 
 
 272 ; Thomas, 180 
 Bunnell, Alice, 138; George, 139 
 Burchenhead, Elizabeth, 109 
 Burches, Ann, 91 ; Hugh, 91 passim, 
 
 91 n; Margaret, 91 n; Mary, 91 
 
 bis, 91 n ; Thomas, 91 Itis 
 Burganey (Purgeny), Rachael, 135, 
 
 135 H, 141 ; William, 135, 135 ;;, 
 
 141 
 Burgh, Joan, 117 ; Theobald, 117 
 Burghall, Edward, 90 
 Barren, John, 207 
 Burroughes, Robert, 121 
 Barrowes, Ambrous, 144 n ; Ann, 
 
 14471; Edward, 144, 144 «, 156, 
 
 205 ; Elizabeth, 135, 144 n ; Henry, 
 
 144 II ; Holme, 1O7, 168 ; Robert, 
 
 128; Mary, 144; Robert, 204; 
 
 Thomas, 144 « 
 Burton, Sir Edmund, 30, 81 
 Bury, Richard de, 77 bis, 77 « 
 Byrom, Mr., 86; John, loS, no; 
 
 Richard, 203 ; Robert 124 
 Byron, Bridget, 124 
 Byvynton (Bebington ?), Thomas de, 
 
 78 bis 
 
 Cadie, Robert, 82 
 
 Calcott, Jane, 118; John, 204 ; Robert, 
 
 82, I So; William, 123 
 Calcott (Calcocke) Mr., 13S 
 Calday, John, 202, 217 
 Caldy, Margaret 46, 47 11 ; Richard, 
 
 46, 47 K 
 Calveley, Hugh de, 27, 1 23 
 Campbell, Capt. Duncan, 152
 
 INDEX NOMINUM. 
 
 291 
 
 Canterbury, William, Archbishop of, 
 
 93 
 
 Caper (Capper), John, 143, 144 ; 
 Ursula, 143, 144 
 
 Caponhurst, Thomas de, 78 bis 
 
 Capper, John, 144 ; Ursula, 144 
 
 Ciiil n, Thomas, 205 
 
 Cardine (Cardin) Robert, Ml bis 
 
 Carlyle, William Currie, 49 
 
 Carrey, Elizabeth, 117 ; James, 117 
 
 Carter, John, 124, 124 n. 125 
 
 Cartwright, Anne, 93 ; Elizabeth, 42, 
 42 «, 93, 93 bis, 94 ; Frances, 93, 
 Giace, 93, 94 ; John, 92, 92 «, 93 
 ter, 94, 151 ; Lettis, 133; Richard, 
 133 ; Sarah, 93, 199 ; Thomas, 93 
 
 Case, Elizabeth, 258, 259, 263 ; 
 Thomas, 42, 42 n 
 
 Casteene, Mr., 125 
 
 Catherall, ModlanS 141 ; Robert, 141 
 
 Caurdeh (Cawerden), S.r Thomas, 81 
 ter 
 
 Cave, Amyor Almira, 2S3; Sir Thomas, 
 
 2S3 
 Cawdey, John, 202 ; Richard, 202 
 Cawley, Thomas, 173 
 Challenor, Mary, llS 
 Challiner, Mr., 8 C^-^-x^"^- 
 Challoner, Roger, 187, William, 182 
 Chaloner, Elizabeth, 46, 47 «, 74 ; 
 
 Tboma', 34, 46, 47 «, 74-233 
 Cbambeilain, George, 26 «, 128, 137, 
 
 137 «, 204 ; Sarah, 137 n I&IW in. 
 Chamber.', Calcott, 1 16 ; Jane, 116 
 Chaneller, Charles, 134; Tim thy, 134 
 Chapman, Ellen. 50 ; Robert, 124 
 Charnocke, Cecilie, 180 
 Chaville, Rev. H. li. G. de, 103 
 Cheshire, Captain, 127, 127 «; John, 
 
 127 « 
 Chester, BihUopof, Francis, 93 ; John, 
 
 83, 83 n 
 Chetwynd, Mary, 8g 
 Chisenhall (Ghisnai;), Oliirer, 125 
 Chitwood, Lady, 121 ; Dame Dorothy, 
 
 121 
 Cholmondeley, Charles, 171 ; Earl of, 
 
 74 
 Clarke, John, 132, 203 ; Mary, 132 
 Clcgg, William, 22 ^^"^ ^^f • 
 
 Cliffe, Hugh, loS ; Jane, 108 ; Rober', 
 
 79 
 Clipston, Robert de, 77 
 Clive, Catherine, 90 ; Thomas, 90 
 Clivery or Clibbery, William, 24 his. 
 
 25 
 Clubbe, Henry 173, 176 
 Glutton, James, 207 
 Coke (Cook), Eleanor, 283 
 Cole, Humphrey, 87 ; Martha, S7 ; 
 
 Susan, 2S1 
 
 CoUey, John, 206 
 
 Collier, Mr., 121 ; Elizabeth, 82 ; Jane, 
 82 bis, 83 ter ; Katherine, 82 ; 
 Robert, 82, 83, 109, HO bis 
 
 Colly, Richard, 81 
 
 Collyer, Jane, 197 ; Robert, 197 
 
 Colthurst, Thomas, 137, 204 
 
 Comberbach, Ann, 135 ; EUinor, 135 ; 
 James, 135 
 
 Congleton, 24, 24 « 
 
 Coniley, Jane, 118; Luke, 118 
 
 Connah, William, 208 
 
 Conway, Jane, 64 ; John, 64 
 
 Cook, To ias, 206 
 
 Cooke, Mrs., 84 bis ; Ann, 130 n \ 
 Edward, 130 bis, 130 n, 141, 143, 
 205; Elizabeth, 84; Hugh, 130 « ; 
 John, 63, 84, 114, 203, 206 ; Joseph, 
 130 «; Kath., 127, 127 «; Wil- 
 liam, 130 « 
 
 Cookes, Ann, 2S4 ; Henry, 2S4 
 
 Coole, Major, 129, 129 n 
 
 Cornish, Miss, 2S7 
 
 Cutgreave, Elizabeth, 52, 52 ;; ; Jane, 
 279 ; John, 32, 33, 52, 52 «, 147, 
 205, 206 ; Thomas, 175 ; William, 
 260 
 
 Coton, Richard de, 77 bis 
 
 Cottingham, Charles, 206 \itv«. Vj?. 
 
 Cotton, Jane, 127; John, 114; Peter, 
 
 54. 198 
 
 CoulsoD, Daniel, 205 
 
 Coulthurst, Thomas, 128 
 
 Courthope, James, 81 
 
 Coventry, John, 67, 67 «, 129 ; Wil- 
 liam, 67, 67 n, 129 
 
 Cowpcr, Edward, 180 ; Elizjbeth, 28; 
 John, 203 ; Julia, 48 ; Thomas, 48; 
 William, 48. 206 
 
 Crane, Thomas, 20S 5i 
 
 Crawfo d, Mary, 116 ; John, 116 
 
 Crewe, John, 96 ; Ju'ian, 275 
 
 Critchley, Thomas, 281 
 
 Crockson, James, 142 ; Jane, 142 
 
 Croket, Robert, 202 
 
 Crompton, Edward, 142 
 
 Cropley, Grace, 139 
 
 Crosby, Capt. Charles, 17S; Katheiine, 
 178 ; Col., 164, 165 
 
 Cross, William, 173, 208 
 
 , 83, Mrs., 127 ; Frances, 99 
 
 Crosse, Jane, 83 ; Jobn, S3, 120 ; 
 Katherine, 27, 119; Richard, 82, 
 99 ; Robert, 202 ; William, 203 
 
 Crougliton, Mrs., 113 
 
 Crowton, Margaret de, 273 
 
 Cro-xton, Col., S bis; Dorothy, 131 
 n ; Hannah, 179; James, 131, 
 131 «, 179; John, 131 ; Mary, 44; 
 Col. Thomis, 44 ii»x- 
 
 Cidlam, Esther, 142 ; William, 129 
 P I' 2 
 
 Culme, Rev. Ben-, 151 
 
 Cumberbatch, Roger, 159; see Com- 
 berbach 
 
 Cuming, Joshua, 207 ; Thoma?, 169 
 
 Cummin, Rev. Joseph King, 103 
 
 Cundeth, Mr., 117 ; Francis, 117 
 
 Currey, Captain, 132 ; Meruin, 132 
 
 , see Keyrey 
 
 Currie, Dr., 10; Anna Maria, 50: 
 Edward (Lieut.-Col-), 50; Eliza- 
 beth, 49, 269 ; Esther, 269 ; Jane, 
 49, iSi, 269; John Robert, 50; 
 Mary, 49, 50 bis ; Mary Catherine, 
 181, 269; Robert Foulkes, 179, 
 269 ; Susan, 50 ; William, 49 bis, 
 50 bis, 179, iSi, 26S, 269 
 
 Curson, Capt- Matthew, 123 
 
 Custance, Rev. F., 200 
 
 Dalby, EdwarJ, 204 
 
 Dalton, Sergeant, 124; Thomas, 124 
 
 Danald, Christopher, 120 ; Elizabett 
 
 120 
 Danald, ElUn Mrs., 197 
 Dane, Thomas, iSl 
 Dannakl, Ellin, 113 ; Samuel, 205 
 Dannalde, Mr., 112; Sir Robert, 
 
 187 
 Dannatt, John, 132 ; Martha, 132 ; 
 
 Mary, 132; Moses, 132, 205 
 Danniell, Dorothie, 178 
 Dannot, Thomas, 203 
 Darby, Archdeacon, 104 
 Darwall, Henry, 123 ^^^JSi_y^ 
 Darweli, Henry, 204 
 Davenport, Mr,, 112, 143 ; Humphrey, 
 
 189; John, 3t, 80, III, llS; 
 
 Mary, 118; Roger, 113; William, 
 
 189 
 Davies, Charles, 20S ; David, D.D., 
 
 101 ; Edward, 95 ; Juhn, 204, 207 ; 
 
 Peter of the Grove, 159; Randle, 
 
 204 ; Robert, 203; S-, 59 ; T., Rev., 
 
 162 
 Davis, Mr., 136; Elizabeth, 135: 
 
 Hugh, 135 ; John, 206 ; .Mary, 139 ; 
 
 Thomas, 134 
 Dawbe, Richard, 202 
 Dawson, Perry, 207 ; William, 55 
 Daye, William, 124 
 Dedvvood, Cicely, 30 ; Joan, 31 : 
 
 Thomas, 30 .'vlv^l ilf 
 
 Delves, William, 181 
 Denman, Mr., 128 
 Dennis, John, 55 ; John Dewsbury, 
 
 55 ; Leticia, 55 
 Denson, Richard, 207 ; Thomas, 97 
 Denton, Alex., M.D., 162, 169, 176 : 
 
 Ann, 169; Arthur, 164; Samui'- 
 
 163
 
 292 
 
 INDEX NOMINUM. 
 
 
 i~v^i7r. 
 
 Derby, Earl of, 36, 67 ; Thomas, Earl 
 
 of, 60 
 Devenett, Elizabeth, 46, 47 ; John, 
 
 46, 47 
 Dewsbury, Peter, Aid., 165, 168 ; 
 John, 133, 140, 205 ; Leticia, 55 ; 
 Mary, 133 ; Martha, 133 ; Peter, 55, 
 138, 205 ; Percival, 140 ; Richard, 
 
 55. «33 
 Dicas, Catherine, 142, 19S, 200 ; 
 
 Dove, 76 ; John, 198,^^00'^ Joyce, 
 
 139; Handle, I39,''f40; Robert, 76; 
 
 William, 139, 140, 204 S,^ift. 
 Dickisson, Jane, 140; John, 140 
 Dikus (Dicas), John, 203 
 Dio, Ellis ap, 275 
 Dix, William, 176 
 Dobb, — , 69; Grissell, 69, 281 
 Dobson, Mr., 140 ; Mrs., 14O 
 DockeriU, Rev., 150 
 Dod, Barbara, 277 ; Ma'g?ry, 277 
 Dodd, Elizabeth, 47, 136; Hugh, 114 
 
 John, 207; Thomas, 47, 136 
 Dodde, David, 187 
 Doncaster, Mr., 113 
 Done, Chailes, 144; Hugh, 144; 
 
 JIaria de Vtkinton, 273 ; Mary, 72, 
 
 73; WilUam, 72, 73, 144, 177 
 Donne, Thomas Sir, 187 
 Donnough, Par, 17S 
 Downeham, Rali.h, 182 
 Ducker, Edw. , 208, 209 
 Duckworth, Charl s, 81, 82, 156; 
 
 George, 82 
 Duke, Andrew, 93, 133, 156, 206 ; 
 
 Bartholomew, 156, 206 ; Barth., 
 
 Silversmith, 147 ; Eleanor, 133 ; 
 
 Rebecca, 133, 142; Thomas, 133, 
 
 142 ; Thomas, Aid., 163, 205, 206 ; 
 
 — Rev. :6i t&^da'Snii^-. 
 Dunbatin, Richard, 128, 256 
 Dunn, James, 166 
 Durham, Bishop of, 77 
 Dutton, EUzabeth, 274, 276 ; John, 
 
 206; Miiy, 27s 
 
 Eansworth, John, 123 
 
 Earl (e), William, 207 
 
 Eaton, 14 ; see Eyton 
 
 , Ann, 97; Elizabeth, 131 ;;, 
 
 ■38, 179; Joseph, 96, 97 
 
 , 162, 178 
 
 , Kendrick, 13S, 179 ; Mary, 131, 
 
 166, 180 
 , Samuel, 131, 131 «, 205 ; 
 
 Thomas, 10, 100 ter, 131 « 
 
 , William, 97 
 
 Eaves, Lieut. Christian, 124 
 Eccles, Sophia, 56 ; W. 56 
 
 Eccleston, Mr., I2I ; John, 122, 122 
 H, 204 ; Magdalen, 137 ; Rchard, 
 
 137 
 Edge, Catherine, 130; George, 130; 
 
 Robert, 1 78 
 Edgley, Rev. Samuel, 89 Ur 
 Edwards, Mr., of Cheveley, 197 
 
 , Alice, 130 ; Ann, 83, 84 its, 
 
 84 «, 179 
 
 , Andrew, 84 ; Elizabeth 84 /er, 
 
 85, 265 ; Francis, 83, 84, 84 », 85 
 ter, 87, 90 «, 116 iis, 123, 123 « 
 127 ; John, 30, 84 /er, 84 «, 123 ; 
 Peter, 84 ; Richard, 207 ; Theodor, 
 84; Thomas, 84, 84 », 1 30; Wil- 
 liam, 84 
 Egan, Mary, 51 
 
 Egerton, John, 49, 119 >i, 121 ;/, iSi, 
 280; Katherine, 119 «, 12 1 «; 
 Peter, 121 ; Rev. Philip, 89, 181 ; 
 Thomas, 121 
 Ellington, Will'am, 174 
 Elliott, Mr., 124; John, 124 
 Ellis, Mr., 29 /lis, 120; Mrs., 109 «, 
 of Chester, 115 ; Agnes, 107 ; Alice, 
 39 iis, 48 iis ; Amy, 1 14, 275 ; 
 Anne, in, 134, 275; Catherine, 
 
 47, 47 «, III ; Christopher, 107; 
 Edward, 172 ; Elizabeth, 29 48 iis, 
 109 ; Henry, 275 ; Joseph, 275 ; 
 Julian, 48, 275 ; Katherine, 48, 63, 
 115, 120 »; Mary, loS; Margery, 
 48 ; Matthew, 25, 30, 39, 47, 47 », 
 
 48, 63, 109, III iis, 113, 114, 115, 
 120 », 134, 203, 204, 275; Randle, 
 275 ; Sarai, 275 ; William, 172, 275 
 
 Elton, Mary, 267 
 
 Enedon, Johana, 262 Cn^w i+o. 
 
 Evans, de Harden, Alicia, 272 ; Eliz- 
 abeth, 139 ; Griffith ap, 123 ; John, 
 2o5 ; Thomas, 207 
 
 Evanson, Alice, 270 
 
 Evers, Ann, 50; James, 50 ter; 
 Peter, 50 iis, 208 ; Thomas Baxter, 
 
 50 
 Eyre, Johanna, 262 
 Eyton, Madam, 138, 138 k; Ann, 
 
 131 ; Charles, 54 /er 
 
 ■ , Eleanor, 130; Elizabeth, 132, 
 
 133, 138 «; EUinor, 132; Gerard, 
 
 132 ; Jane, 54 ; Kendrick, 130, 
 130 «, 131 H, 132, 133; Sir Ken- 
 rick, 138, 138 «; Mary, 54 iis; 
 Rebecca, 138 »; William, 132 
 
 T»^«x«t». I3<j. 
 
 Fairclough, Geo., 176 
 
 Fallowes, Anna, or Hannah, 266 ; 
 
 John, 266 ; Mr., 112 
 Farrar, Dorothy, 139 
 
 Farrar, Eleanor, 132 ; EUinor, 144 ; 
 John, IJ2, 134, 140, 144 ; Margaret, 
 132; Peter, 132, 134; Roger, 132, 
 144 ; William, 132 
 
 Fa'quhar, Charles, 55 
 
 Farrington, Randle, 141 ; Robert, 14 1 
 
 Faulkner, Richard Sir, Si 
 
 Fawcelt, Catherine, 51 ; John, 141 ; 
 Mary, 135; P. Rev., 51, 99. 174, 
 177 ; Stephen Henry, LL.D., 51 ; 
 S., 174-7 
 
 Feamill, John, 207 
 
 Fell, Thomas, 28 
 
 Felton, Thos., 284 
 
 Fereday, Mr , 18, 23 ; Mrs., iS, 23 
 
 Fernahaugh, Andrew, 140 
 
 Fernihough, Andrew, 205 
 
 Ffoulkes, Susanna, 49, iSi, 268 ; 
 Thomas, 130, 181, 26S ; W.n., of 
 Chester, 208; William, 130, 26S ; 
 Waikin, 268 
 
 Finchett, Daniel, 29 ; Ralph, 2) 
 
 Findlow, Cicely, 197 
 
 Findlowe, Thomas, 203 
 
 Finlow, George, 141, 142 
 
 Fish, Joseph, Rev., 99 ; John, Rev., 
 99 ; William, Rev., 99, 174 
 
 Fitton, Elizabeth, n8 ; EUinor, 118 
 
 Fleck, James, 206 
 
 Fleetwood, Mr., 86, 87 ; Robert, 
 133 ; Th. mas, 133 
 
 Fletcher, Charles, 117, 13S ; James, 
 no, 203; J., 99; John, 25, 204; 
 Lawrence, no, 137, 204 ; Peter, 
 202 ; Philip Henry, 209 ; Richard, 
 114, 120, 203; — ,124; Thomas, 
 125 ; William, 203 
 
 Fiuitt, Joseph, 15S 
 
 Fogg, Robert, Rev., 150 
 
 Forcett, Elias, 133 ; John, 133 
 
 Ford, Harry, 53 ; Randle, 53 ; 
 Knowles, 53 ; Lieut. -Col. John, 
 53 ; F., Rev., 53 ; Robert, 24 
 
 Forton, CO. Salop, minister, 47 
 
 Foulkes, Barth'us, 272 ; Betty, 57 
 Catherine, 26S ; Charles, 130, 268 
 Edward, 130, 26S ; George, 13O; 
 268 ; Gertrude, 130, 135, 268 
 Henry, 268 ; Hugh, 130, 181, 268 
 John, 133, 26S ; Jones, 272 ; Mary, 
 50, 130, 26S, 269; Owen, 57 
 Peter, DD., 30, 131, 132, 199, 
 268 ; Rebecca, 2(8 ; Richard, 130, 
 132, 268; Robert, 49, 50, 130, 13 
 
 132, 135, 181, 206, 26S oi/Kxjr^. 
 Fox, Anne, 259 ; Ann, 135 ; William 
 
 13s 
 Framwall, William, 124 
 
 Francis, 180 
 
 Franckland, Thomas, 121 
 Fiankland, — , 123 
 
 i.c
 
 INDEX NOMINUM. 
 
 293 
 
 Frodsham, Catherine, 181 ; Vicar of, 
 
 97 ; Wm., iSs 
 Frost, Charles Albert, iS ; Lady, 18 ; 
 
 Sir T. G., 18 
 Fr)er, Edward, 117 ; Elizabeth, 117 
 
 Gaddes, Saml., 161 
 
 Gaman, or Gamon, Charlts, 208 ; 
 William, 207 
 
 Gammull, Alex., 179, 180 
 
 Gamul, of Chester, 115 ; Adam, 261 ; 
 Alice, 39, 41, 121, 122, 260, 263 ; 
 Amy, 259 ; Charles, 208 ; Christian, 
 122, 260, 265; Edmund, 40, 42, 
 58, 63, no, 113, 259, 260, 263; 
 Edward, 264; Elizabeth, 42, 177, 
 
 259, 260, 263, 279; Frances, III, 
 
 260, 264 ; Francis, Col. Sir, 39, 
 
 40, 41, 44, 114, lis, 120, 121. 122, 
 124, 128, 137, 180, 260, 263 ; 
 Hugh, 258, 259, 263 ; Joan, 262 ; 
 Joseph, 263; Ka'herine, 120, 260; 
 Lady, 12S ; Lettice, 115, 118, 260, 
 264 ; Margaret, 134, 258, 262 ; 
 Mary, 134 ; Richard, 40, 258, 260, 
 
 261, 262 ; Robert, 259, 263 ; Ste- 
 phen, 258, 261 ; Sydney, 114, 257, 
 260, 264 ; Thos. Capt., 9, 39, 40, 
 
 41, 42, 45, no. III, 121, 122, 124, 
 179, 180, 197, 25S, 259, 260, 262, 
 263, 264; William, 42, 133, 134, 
 179, 20S, 258, 259, 260, 261, 262, 
 263 
 
 GamuU, Anne (or Anna), 133, 259, 
 260, 263, 279 ; Ed tha, 258, 261 ; 
 Edward, 260; EUenor, 63, 121, 
 179, 260, 263 ; John, 209, 258, 
 259 ; Ph lippa, 258, 262 
 
 Gamwal!, Christian Alice, 180 
 
 Gandey, M. , 138 
 
 Gardiner, Sister, 284 
 
 Gardner, Alicia, 283, 284 ; Charles, 
 133. 134; John, 133; Thomas, 
 131, 133 ; William Albert, 134, 209 
 
 Garnor, Mr., 121 
 
 Garratt, John, 208 ; Samuel, 155, 206 
 
 Gascoigne, — , 284 
 
 Gastrell, Francis, 97 
 
 Gathercoale, John, 120 
 
 Gee, Edmund, 80 
 
 George, Avise, 279 
 
 Gerard, Anne, 70, 131, 177; Charles, 
 142; Gilbert, 70; (Gerharde) Han- 
 nah, 143; Margaret, 142; Peter, 
 Sir, 27; Peter, Dr., 131, 138; 
 Peter, 60, 70, 1 38 ; Richard, 27 ; 
 Stephen, 70 ; Susan (or Susannah), 
 70 ; Thomas, 27, 143 
 
 Gerrons, Randle, 2 
 
 Getten, Richard, 202, 222, 223 
 
 Gibbons, Catherine, 135 ; Thomas, 
 
 20J 
 Gibson, Eliza Maria, 56 ; Wm. Rev., 
 
 S6 
 G.lbert, Elizabeth, 121 ; Leona'd, 209 
 Gill, Mr., 82, S3, 106; Thomas, 134; 
 
 John, 83, 85 
 Glasier, Elizabeth, 278 ; Margaret, 
 
 278 ; Margery, 278 
 Gleave, Mr, 138; John, 139, 179; 
 
 Margaret, 138; Ma thew, 121 
 Glegg, Betty Baskerville, 51, 177; 
 
 Cicely, 69, 281 ; John, of Irbie, 51, 
 
 160, 176; Margaret, 277; William, 
 
 277 
 Glover, Georg", 99 ; Wdliam, 167 
 Glynne, Stephen, Sir, 9 
 Godfiey, Mai tha Maria, 257 
 Godiendus, ElizaVeth, 119 
 Godwin, William, 99, 100 
 Golboroe, Richard, 29 
 Goodman, Elizabeth, 42 ; Margaret, 
 
 Si ; Ursula, 81 ; William, 42 
 Gordon, Francis, Sir, 2S6 ; Lewi?, 
 
 2S6 
 Gough, Edward, 134, 143 ; Mary, 
 
 134, 143 ; Richard, 206 
 Grange, Ralph, no 
 Granger, Francip, 140 
 Gantham, H. D., Rev., 103; Henry, 
 
 103, 104 
 Granwall, John, 106; William, 119 
 Grappenhall, Rector of, 86, 87 
 Gray, Albin, 205 
 Greaves, Rev. James, 103 
 Gr.-dge, EUinor, 127 
 GieJge, Edward, 65, 117; Elizabeth, 
 
 117; Katherin;, 65, 124, 2S0 ; 
 
 Pollixina, 124 ; Robert, 117 ; 
 
 Thomas, 124 
 Gregory, - , 122 ; Anne, 122; John, 
 
 82, 203 
 Grcnwall, Widow, S3 
 Greves, Rev. Mr., 161 
 Giey, of Codnor, HeDry Law, 184 ; 
 
 John, 125, 128; Katheriae, 275; 
 
 Thomas, 125 
 Grice, Jane, 118; John, 123, 204; 
 
 Roger, 203 
 Griffdth, Peerse, 143, 144 ; Thomas, 
 
 17. 125. "43. 144. 207 
 Griffith, Mr. 113; Dio ap, 275; 
 
 George, 2o5 ; Giles Richard, 17, 
 
 209 ; Helen, 43 ; John, 197, 207 
 Griffiths, Thomas Williams, 210 
 Grimsditch (Grymdyche), Christian, 
 
 107 
 Grindley, John, 26, 207 
 Grosvenor, Anne, 270; Ca'herin?, 
 
 2S3 ; Christian, 122, 260 ; Earl, 2 ; 
 
 Juliana, 272 ; Margaret, 125 ; Sir 
 
 Richard, 122 ; Richard, 38, 99, 125, 
 
 128,204, 205; Robert, Earl, 99; 
 
 Sybil, 38; Sir Thorn IS, 125, 2S3 ; 
 
 Christiana, 263 
 Grove, Jame=, 103 
 Grubb, Mr., 128 
 Gryce, Roger, io5 
 Grymdyche, Edward, 107 ; William, 
 
 "107 
 Gryse, Robert, 202 
 Gryzell, John, 140 
 Gubian, Audrey, 275 
 Gusty, John, 162 
 Guy, Gerard, 95 
 
 Haddock, William, 208 
 Hall, Sarah, 132, 139 
 
 , Capt., 154 
 
 , Mrs., 132. 139 
 
 , Hen., Att. Gen. for County, 
 
 I7S 
 Hale, Ann, 131 «, Frances, Mjry, 
 
 Jane, 131 
 , Jonathan, 131; Samuel, John, 
 
 131 n 
 
 , Edman., 131 «, ifr 
 
 , Robert, 131 
 
 Halwood, Edward, 180 
 Hillwood, James, 124 
 Hilton, Elizabeth, 122 
 - — -, William, 122 
 Hamilton, William, 162 
 Hamnet, Dobb, 169 
 
 . Mr., 109; M.atthew, 109 
 
 , William, 43 bis, 193 ; He!en, 
 
 43 *". 193 
 Haabridge, 231 
 Hand, Mrs., 84 « 
 
 Handford, Jane, 2S5 ; Dorothy, 2S4 
 Handley, Thomas, 144 ; Benjamin, 
 
 144 
 Har.mer, Thomis, 119 h 
 Harding, William, 27 ; Mr. 129 
 Hardware, Henry, 286; John, Samuel, 
 
 2S6 
 Harefinch, Robert, 14I 
 Hargreaves. James, 55 
 Harlton, .Anne, 177 
 Harper, Mr., 26 
 Harp ir, Benjanain, 47 ; Katherine, 
 
 47 
 Harris, Mary, 130; .Mr., 130 
 Harrison, Rev. Thos., 200; Charity, 
 
 200 
 Harrison, James, 11; Mrs.. 140; 
 
 Matthew, 209 
 Harrison's rtgt., Col., 146 
 Hartley, Richard, 2S1 
 Harvey, Robert, 107 ; Wm., 205, 2S6
 
 294 
 
 INDEX NOMIXUM. 
 
 Harvey, Katheiine, 2S1 ; JIaria, 286 ; 
 
 Robert, 202 
 .Eleanor, 121 «, bis; Thomas, 
 
 121 II, liis 
 Harwojd, Simon, 179; Rev. E. 179 
 Haslehurst, Letitia, 167 
 Haslewa'l, John, 136 
 Hassall, John, 53; Margaret, 53 
 Hassellwall, Richard, 106, 503 
 Hastings, George, 58 ; Mary, 58 
 Haswell, — , 286 
 Hatton, Richard, 27, 132, 140 bis ; 
 
 Ralph, 132, 140; Katheiine de, 27 ; 
 
 Thomas, 140 
 Havvarden Castle, 8, 9 ; Rector of, 
 
 67.79 
 
 Hayward, George, 206 ; James, 207 
 
 Ileald, James, 132 ; Thomas, 132 
 
 Heald, — , 124: :ee Yealde 
 
 Helley, Thomas, 142 ; William, 205 
 
 Henchman, Rev. Chas, 150; Hum- 
 phrey, 97 
 
 Henry, Philip, 90 
 
 Henshall, Richard, M..\., 96, 97 
 passim, 97 « 
 
 , Anne, 97 bis ; John, 97 bis 
 
 Herbert, Dorothy, 133 ; Edward, 135 ; 
 Mary, 285 
 
 Hereford, Philip, Bishop of, 93 ; Earl 
 of, 48 
 
 Hewson, Samuel, 133, 133 ii\ Dorothy, 
 
 133 « 
 
 , Hester, 142 ; Roger, 133 ; 
 
 Samuel, 142 
 
 , Rev. John Fitzgerald, loi, 103 
 
 Heyward, Thos. 202 
 
 Hickes, James, 1 14 
 
 llicklin, John, 209 
 
 Hickock, Ann, 134; George, 141 bis; 
 Thomas, 134 
 
 Hide, Robt., of Catnell (Catenhall), 
 149 
 
 Hignett, Thomas, 116; William, 
 116 
 
 , Mr., 114; Elizabeth, 116 
 
 Hill, Brian, 98; Elizabeth, 75, 98 «; 
 Elizabeth Ann, 75,98;/; Emma, 98; 
 Emma Jane Barbara, y^bis; Frances 
 Emily, 9S«; General, Lord,G.C.B., 
 50 ; Henrietta Amelia, 22 ; Harriet, 
 99 ; John, 22, 27, 48 bis, 75 75 «, 
 98, 98 «, bis, 171 ; Mary, 96, 98 
 b's ; Mary Anne, 98 « ; Mary 
 Meeke, 98 « ; Margaret, 98 ; 
 RicharJ, 89, 98, 127 ; R-v. Robert, 
 2, 96 ; Robert Wilbriham, 75 ; 
 Robert Wdbraham Bromhall, 98, 
 99 ; Robert, LL.B., 97, 98 ter, 
 98 H, 99 ter ; Sir Rowland, 97 ; 
 Rowland, M.A., 98, 98 », 99, 99 bis; 
 Samui', 173, 98 ; Susanna, 48; 
 
 140 
 
 Alice, 63 ; 
 
 47, 
 
 Thomas Wilkinson, 22, 98, 98 n ; 
 
 Thomas, 98; William, Rev., 173; 
 
 William, 98 -HihcKsXfeg. 
 Hinchman, Rev. — 16 1 
 Hockenhull, Joseph, 65. 75 ; Susanna, 
 
 65, 75, 280 
 Hodgkin, Charles, 206 
 Hodgkis, Thomas, 204 
 Hodson, George, 207 
 Hoghc (Hough), Thomas, 185 
 Holcroft (Houcraft), Henry, 137 
 
 , Jane, 274; MiUinton, 137 
 
 , Ursula, 123 
 
 Holford, Allen, 159 
 
 Holland Elzibeth, 90 ; Henry, Earl 
 
 of, 285 ; Wm 203 
 HoUinshead, Ralph, 124 
 Holme, Alderman, 114 
 
 Amy, 63 ; Anne, 288 
 , Arms of, l ; Catherine 
 
 47 « 
 
 , of Chester, 115; E'tzabeth, 46 
 
 bis, 47 bis, 47 « Ui; 63 bis, 74, 114^ 
 136, 180, 288 /ei- 
 
 Holme, Helen, 63 ; Jane, 47 » ; John, 
 46, 47 II, 28S ; Katherine, 47 pissiin, 
 48, 63 bis, 115, 275, 288; Matilda^ 
 46, 47 n ; Margaret, 46, 47, 47 n, 
 288; Mr., 6, 124; Rachel, 47, 
 135. 135 «. ; Rilp^, 47. 63, 288 ; 
 Randle, 6, 7, 7 11, 19, 20, 20 n, 23, 
 25 bis, 26, 34, 34 H, 36, 37 «, 38, 
 46 passim, 46 n, 47 passim, 50, 60, 
 60 ;;, 61 n, 62, 63 bis, 65, 66 «, 
 74 ter, 74 «, 77 bis, 88, loi, 105, 
 106 ter, 107, 109, 109 «, III bis, 
 111 n bis, 114 bis, 115 bis, 116 it, 
 119 «, 120, 120 «, 128 bis, 135 «, 
 136 bis, 136 «, bis, 142, 142 fi, 
 180, 198, 203, 204, 2S8 ; Richard, 
 ltjHl2t, 2S8 ; Robert, 32, 46 bis, 47 « 
 ter ; .Sarah, 47 ter, 288 ; Thomas, 
 46 bis, 47 « bii, 2SS ; William, 46 
 bis, 47, 47 » bis, 63, 74, 74 «, 1 14, 
 179, 288 
 
 Holmes, John Goodie, 210 
 
 Holt, 24, 24 « ; John, 202 ; Mr , 130 ; 
 Sarah, 130 
 
 Holywell, 20 
 
 Hopley, Sophia, 257 
 
 Horton, Elizabeth, 71 ; Walter, 71 ; 
 William, no, 112, 204 2JZ. 
 
 Hough in Wybunbury, 2 ; Rd. of 
 Leighton, 185 ; Anne, 130 ; Gilbert, 
 138; Josiah, 139; Margaret, 185; 
 Mrs., 139; Thomas, 130 
 
 Houghton, John, 82 ; Wm., 202, 220, 
 221 
 
 House of Industry, 170 
 
 Houseman, John, 71, 71 «, 142 
 
 Howard, Joseph, 207 
 
 Howerd, Dorothy, 140; Mr., 140 
 
 Hue, Alexander, 128 
 
 Hughes, Anne, 178; Catherine, 143; 
 James, 20 ; Peter, 97 ; Thomas, 177 
 
 Hulse, Thomas, I S3 ; Margary, 183 
 
 Hulton, Elizabeth, 48 ; William, 48 ; 
 W. P., 201.. . ■ -. t;- „,. ur(^_, tl_ |j^ 
 
 Humberston, Catherine Maria, 56 bis ; 
 Catherine, 56 ; Frances, 56 ; Hester, 
 56 ; Mary, 56 ; Philip, 56 bis ; 
 Sophia, 56 
 
 Humfreys, Samuel, 17S ; Thomas, 128 
 
 Hunt, — 287 ; Anne, 87, 284, 286 ; 
 Anthony, 2S4 ; Wm. Cartred de 
 Uttoxeter, 282 ; Dorcas, 2S5 ; 
 Elizabeth, 38, 39, 135, 285, 286; 
 EUinor, 118; Edmund, 282; Ed- 
 ward, 284, 285, 287; family, 115; 
 Frances, 285, 286; George (De), 
 283, 286 ; Grace, 87, 89 ; James, 
 285 ; Sir John, 39 bis ; John Le, 
 282 ; John, 283, 28s ; Mr. Rev., 87, 
 89, 179 ; Mr. 123 bis, 123 n : Maria 
 Anna, 286 ; Mary, 285, 286 ; Mary 
 Vere, 286 ; Martha, 87 ; Matilda 
 Le, 282 ; Nicholas Le, 282 ; R. 39 
 bis; Randle, 38, 39, 125 ; Richard, 
 B.D., 87, 88 It, 88 passim, 89 n, 
 89 passim, 136, 136 n, 283, 285 ; 
 Robert, 283 ; Roger, 283 ; Row- 
 land, 283, 284, 285, 286, 287 
 
 Hunt, Sarah, 284, 287 ; Thomas, 118, 
 283, 284, 285, 286, 287 ; Tho. Le 
 (of Stone Dawberry), 282 ; Wm. 
 Le, of Uttoxeter, 282 ; William, 87 
 Huntington, Anne, 55 ; Isaac, 55 ; 
 Theophilus, Earl ol, 93 
 
 Hurleston, Elizabeth, 280 ; Isabel), 
 Mrs., 197; Isabel, 122; James, 
 118; Katherine, 62, 62 « ; Lettice, 
 iiS ; Rebecca, in ; Roger, 4, 62, 
 62 n ; William, 181, 203 
 Hutchinson, W., M..\., 100 
 Hulton, Ellen, 58 ; W. P., Rev., 201 ; 
 
 W. P., 58 
 Huxley, A'ice, 60 11, 61 ; Elizibeth, 
 271 ; John, 60 «, 61 
 
 Ince, Elizabeth, \2~> n ; Sarah, 137 ; 
 Thomas, 120 « ; William, 137, 
 137 n; William, Aldn., 180 
 Inesley, Ellin, 135 ; Fran;is, 135 
 Ithell, Thomas, 20S ; William, 206 
 
 Jackson, George, 205; Georgina, 9; 
 Humphrey, 136; Rev., 161; Rev. 
 Dr. Richard, 43, 44 ; Richard, 44 ; 
 Stephen, 70 bis, 70 n ; Susan, 
 70 bis, 70 « ; Thomas, 143, 205
 
 INDEX NOMIXUM. 
 
 295 
 
 Jacobson, Bishop, 11, 12 
 
 Jarnion, Mr. 127 
 
 Jannyon, Elizabeth, 117; Richard, 
 
 117 
 
 Jekyll, Sir Joseph 32 k 
 
 Jenkin, Richard, ap 100 
 
 Jennings, William, 93, 206 
 
 Jennyns, Nicholas, 191 
 
 Jepson, Margaret, 76 « ; Thomas, 
 76 n 
 
 John, Phipps, 199 ; Robert, 1S3, 25S ; 
 James, 159 
 
 Johnes, Garrard, iSo 
 
 Johnson, Edward, 131 «, bis; Eleanor, 
 131 n ; EUinor, 135 ; James, 23, 
 27, 120; John, 27, 119, 125, 131 
 bis, 131 «, 138, 139, 142, 175, 
 205 ; Margaret, 131 n, 139 ; Mary, 
 118. 131 n \ Mrs., 124; Richard, 
 118, 202 ; Thomas, 7 bis, 116 «, 
 131 71, 204 ; William, 131 ;;, 206, 
 209 
 
 Johnstone, Abraham, 13S n ; Rebecca, 
 138 n 
 
 Jolliffe, William Davis, 210 
 
 Jones, Edward, 203 ; John, 97, 103, 
 141, 209 ; Mr., 136 ; Middleton, 
 Rev., LL B., 52, g-j passivi ; Mary, 
 55 ; Richard 93, 136 ; Robert, 
 93, 205, 20S ; Roger, Rev., 151; 
 Samuel, 208 ; Thomas, 55 bis, 
 140 ter ; William, 97, 208 ; Walter, 
 no 
 
 Jordan, Abigail, 57 ; Elizabeth, 57 ; 
 James, 57 bis ; John, 207 
 
 Joyce, John, 87, 89 ; Alderman, 87 ; 
 Grace, 87, 89 
 
 Joynson, Edward, 174; John, 205; 
 Robert, 204 ; Tho., 181 
 
 Judson, Elizabeth, in, 275 
 
 Kelly, Barbara, 58 ; Catherine Sarah, 
 
 58 ; Elizabeth Anoie, 58 ; Peter 
 
 Thomas, 58 
 Kelsall, Alice, 180, iSl ; Thomas, 157, 
 
 iSo, iSi, 2S1 
 Kelshaw, Humphrey, 143 ; John, 144, 
 
 144 », I>is ; Richard, 144 
 Kendrick, Ann, 135 ; Eaton, 179 ; 
 
 William, 207 
 Kennion, Thomas, 133 
 Kethene, Mr., n2, 113 
 Kettell, Edward, 204 ; William, 202 
 Kettle, Mrs., 113 ; Thomas, 204 
 Key, Matthew, 129 
 Keyrey, Captain, 132 ; Elizabeth, 
 
 132 
 Kilmacduagh, Ireland, Archdeacon of, 
 
 W] I! 
 
 King Katherine, 278 ; Thomas, 123 
 
 Kiikes (Kirk), Elizabeth, 90 l)is ; Mr., 
 138, 138 K ; Thomas, M.A., 90 
 fassim ; Thomas, 69, 69 n 
 
 Kirks, Catherine, 135 ; John, 90 « 
 
 Kin'ey, Anne, 91 n 
 
 Knight, Margery, 275 ; Matthew, 123 
 
 Knolt, Amy, 127 
 
 Kynaston, Ar hur, 284; Edwd., 285 ; 
 Margaret, 285 
 
 Kyrke, Richird, 85, 116 « 
 
 Laceby, Thomas, 119 
 
 Lache, 11 
 
 Lacy, Mrs., 129; Sarah, 72, 73 ;/ ; 
 
 Thomas, 72 
 Laine, John, 140 
 Lancaster, Rev. — , 151 
 Langford, John, 95 ; Mr., 24 
 Langley, Katherine, 109 ; Thomas, 
 
 So bis 
 Larken, Margaret, 272 
 Laterwood, — , Rev., 150 
 Lathis, Sir Thomas, 218 
 Lathom, Richard, 27, 120 
 Laughill, Baron of, 93 
 Law, — , Rev., 151 
 Lawrenson, Lawrence, 57 ier ; 
 
 Martha, 57 ; Mary, 57 ; PrisciUa, 
 
 57 bis 
 Lawton, John, 99 
 Lawton, Mary Anne, 99 
 Lay, Madam Sarab, 153 
 Lea, Katherina, 263 
 Leach, Ann, 55 
 
 Leather, John, 2S1 ,r, 
 
 TUT , ■ T . RicA'/ft-io. 
 
 Leche, Joan, 34 hs ; John, 34 bis 
 
 Lee, Elizabeth, 271 ; Katherine, 66, 
 67 ; Sir Richard, 66, 67 ; Robert 
 de, 37 
 
 Leech, Mary, 109, nS 
 
 Leet, Charles, 209 
 
 Leftwich, Elizabeth, 43 bis ; Robert, 
 
 43 *" 
 Leftwiche, Rev. T., 150 
 Leicester, Hannah, 68, 68 « ; Richard, 
 
 68, 68 « 
 Leigh, E. , 62 ; Eglanbie, 62 ; John, 
 
 138 ; Mr., 136; Mrs., 113 ; Ralph, 
 
 12S, 138, 204, 205 ; Richard, 62 ; 
 
 Thomas, 133 bis, 141 bis, 205 
 Legh (Leigh), Anne, 124, 277 ; 
 
 Eleanor, 124 «; Edward, 124 11, 
 
 189; Mr., 124; Thomas, 124 h; 
 
 Col. Thomas, 124 
 Lessals, Darcie, 137 
 Lester, Margarc*, 131 ; Ralph, 131, 
 
 131 «, bis; Sarah, 131 « 
 Lether, Prudence, 192 
 Levesley, Charles, 68, 68 n ; Hannah, 
 
 68, 68 » 
 
 Levinge, Anne, 132 ; Dorothy, 133 ; 
 Richard, 132, 132 11, 133 
 
 Lewis, Ralph, 208 
 
 Ley, Sir Hugh, 81, 82 ; John, 86 « ; 
 Thomas, 128 
 
 Leycester, Hannah, 276 ; Sir Peter, 
 89 
 
 Lightfoot, France?, 136 ; Mrs. 136 
 
 Linney, William, 208 
 
 Littler, Robert, 209 
 
 Liverpool, Margaret, 135 
 
 Lloyd, Ann, 139, 143; Alice, 1:7, 
 119, 119 «, 120 n, 121 H, 122 H, 
 Archdeacon, 117, 117 «; Barnet, 
 Capt., 143 ; David, 121 n, 122 « ; 
 Edward, no ; Elizabeth, 90 ; 
 George, 119 n, 120 « ; Griffith, 47 ; 
 Helen, no; John, 134, 144, 177; 
 Jane (Loyde), 134 ; Jane, 177 ; 
 Katherine, 270 ; Lajtitia, 286 ; Mary 
 or Margery, no, 135, 135 a; 
 Margaret, 47; Mrs., 127; Robert, 
 no ; Roger, n?, 117 « ; Salisbury, 
 144 ; William, 12S 
 
 Loarde, Jane, 1 10 
 
 Locker, Catherine, 141 ; Nicholas, 
 205, 141 
 
 Locket, Anne, 737 ; Francis, 137 
 
 Lodes, Cassandra, 271 
 
 Loe, Thomas, 204 
 
 Long, Sarah, 267 
 
 Longley, Ellen, 109 ; Rowland, 109 
 
 Lowe, John, 204 
 
 Lowndes, Richard, 140, 205 
 
 Lownes, Frances, 142 ; John, 142 
 
 Loyde, William, 205 
 
 Lutwyche, Sir Edward, 132 h ; Ed- 
 ward, 131, 131 K ; Katherine, 131 
 
 Lymme, Gilbert de, 46, 47 k ; Matilda 
 de, 46, 47 n ; Peter de, 46, 47 11 
 
 Mackay, William, 177 
 
 Mackarness, Bishop, 104 
 
 Mackintosh, Peter, I Si ; Catherine, 
 181 
 
 Maddock, John, 203; Richard, 172, 
 207 ; Samuel, 93, 100 
 
 Maddocke, William, iSo; Elizabeth, 
 iSo 
 
 Maddocks, John, 197 
 
 Madley. Richard de, 78 ;/ 
 
 Mainwaring, Anna, 259, 263 ; Anne, 
 63, 66, 67, 67 II, 11911, 258, 263, 
 2S0; Charles, 166-7; Edward, 
 117 K ; Eleanor, 43 bis ; Elizabeth, 
 67 «> 73 '^^ 74. 135. iSi, 260, 266 ; 
 Hester, n7; James, 43 bis, 266; 
 John, 73, 74 bis, 266 ; Johnson, 
 73 ■fxissim, 74, 155, 266; Lady 
 Katherine, 62, 62 n, bis, 114 11 \
 
 296 
 
 INDEX NOMINUM. 
 
 Lady, 114, 122 »; Mr. 113; Sir 
 Randle, 62, 62 «, 63, 65, 67, 67 », 
 119 «; Thomas, 135; Thomabina, 
 274; Sir William, 117, I17 «. 
 
 Mainwaring, Madame Katherine, 197 
 
 Mallory, Dr. Thomas, 88 //, bis 
 
 Madley, John, 273 
 
 Man, Henry, D D., 80 bis, Si ler 
 
 Mandley, Alice, 271 ; Anne, 271, 274 ; 
 Elizabeth, 270, 271, 274 ; EUena 
 274; George, 270, 271, 272, 274; 
 Henry, 271, 273; Jicjb, 274; 
 John, 270, 271, 272, 274; Julian, 
 270, 272; Katherine, 271, 274; 
 (Katerina) 272 ; Margaret, 270, 
 271; Mary, 27 1 ; Nicholas, 273; 
 Richard (Sir), 270, 271, 272 ; 
 Richard de, 273 ; Roger, 273 ; 
 Thomas, 270, 271, 272, 273, 274; 
 Will am, 270, 272 
 
 Manlegh, Thomas, 274 
 
 Manley of the Lache, 115 
 
 Manley, Ann, no, 177; Dorothea, 
 274 ; Elizibeih, 118 ; George, 
 113, 115, 12S «, 203, 204 ; Jane, 
 274 ; John, loS, 205, 272, 274 ; 
 Katheiine, I15, 186; Kezia, 178; 
 Margiret, 118; Maria, 274; Mary, 
 III; Mr., 112 bis, 129; Mrs., 113 
 bis; Nicholas, 274; Peerciiis, 273; 
 Thomas, nS, 177, 177 «; William, 
 112 K, 187, 271, 274 
 Mapletoft, Rev. John, ijl 
 Markham, Abraham, 91 ; Elizabeth, 
 92, 92 « ; Rev. 151 ; Ralph, 92 bis ; 
 Ralph, M.A., 91 bis, 92 passim ; 
 Robert, D.D., 92 Ur 
 Marj-hatr, James, 209 
 Martin, Major Charles, 170 
 Martyn, Elizabeth, 47, 47 n ; Samuel, 
 
 47. 47 » 
 
 Mason, Elizabeth, 116; Mr. 116; 
 Robert, 133 ; Thomas, 133 
 
 Massey, Alicii, 273; Edward, 160, 
 168; Elizibeth, 120 « ; Mrs., I13 ; 
 Richard (of Moston), 208 ; Robert, 
 136; Thomas, 120 ti; William de 
 (of Ri.xton) 183 ; Joan, 183 xs-j.. 
 
 Massie, Rev. E., 102 ; Hester Lee, 
 loi ; Mr. 113 ; Peter, 206 ; Richard, 
 109; Richard, M.A., loo, loi, 102, 
 173; William Henry, 10, 11, 21, 
 33 «, 100, 100 K, loi, 102 
 
 Mather, Dorothy, 26S 
 
 Mathers, Ellinor, 181 
 
 Mathewes, Edwaid, 121 
 
 Mathews, Elizabeth, 136, 136 «; Mr., 
 136 
 
 Mawdesley, Frances, 99 ; Frances 
 Elizibeth, 51 ; Frances Elizabeth 
 Matilda, 51, 99 ; Mary Ann, 22, 51, 
 
 99 bis, 100 ; Othuell, 22, 99, 100 ; 
 Robert, 51, 99 ; Thomas, 22 bis, 99 
 ter, 100, 200 
 Maylis, Thomas, 202 
 McGregor, Alexander, 209 
 McHattie, John, 209 
 Meacock, — , 127 
 Meadowes, Mary, 74 ; Samuel, 74 
 Mellis, Capt. John, 176 
 Mellor, George, 171 ; John, '^-j passim; 
 
 Justina, S7 ; Thomas Shaw, 57 
 Mercer, Peter, 115; Thomas, 1 15 
 Meredith, Margaret, 274 
 Metcalfe, Mary, 121 ; Ralph, 121, 
 
 116 
 Meycock, Robert, 140 
 Michell, James, 128 
 Midcalfe, William, 116 
 Miller, John, 174 
 
 Milner, Jacob, 107 ; James, 82 bis ; 
 Rev. James, 1S7 ; Mrs., 119 ; 
 Thomas, 202 
 Milnes, William, 30 
 Milton, William, 93 bis, 206 
 Minshall, Edward, 209; Eliz., 258, 
 259, 263; George, 130 bis, 138; 
 John no, 130, 207; Mary, 130 
 Mitchell, James, 204 
 Mocatta, Major-General D., 210 
 Mohun, Anne, 64, 65, 279 ; Robert, 
 
 64 65 
 Mohune, Anne, 49, Robert, 49 
 MoUineux, Margaret, I iS 
 Moore, Lattice, iiS 
 Moreton, Jane, 121, 121 « 
 Morgan, — , 122 ; Randle, 205 ; 
 
 Thomas, 277 
 Morgell, Alice, 278 ; Anne, 277, 27S ; 
 Cis'ey, 278 ; Edward, 277, 27S ; 
 Elizabeh, 277, 278; Henry, 27S ; 
 James, 277 ; Isabell, 278 ; John, 
 277, 278 ; Margaret, 278 ; Ma y, 
 277, 278; Philip, 278; Rafe, 277, 
 278 ; Randle, 277, 278 ; Richard, 
 278 ; Thomas, 277, 27S ; William, 
 277, 278 
 Morris, Henry, 125 ; Richard, 123 ; 
 
 Roger, 204 
 Moscioft, Thomas, 109 
 Moss, Alice, 130 ; Edward, ^l passim, 
 208 ; Henry, 209 ; Lord, 130 ; 
 Sarah, 53 ter; Thomas, 53; Wil- 
 liim, 53 
 Moston, Bishop, 76 
 Mouldsworthe, Katherina, 273 
 MouUon, Charles, 206 C>/vv>„,''t 
 Moyle, Mary, 277 
 
 Muchell, Richard, 202, 221, 222, 223 
 MuUennex, Elizabeth, 142 ; Thomas, 
 
 142 
 Murcot, John, 86 n 
 
 Murray, Alexander Fereday, 18 ; 
 
 Lieut.-Col., 18; Mrs., 18; Robert, 
 
 18 
 Mutchell, — , 124; r<ichard, 202, 204 
 My lis, Thomas, 217 
 Myners, Margiret, 282 
 Myvod, (Myvat), Henry, 137, 13S «; 
 
 Margaret, 137 «, 1 38 
 
 Nanney. William, 176 
 
 Nash, Edw.-ird, 51 ; Richard, 51 
 
 Needham, Elizabeth, 140 n; Mrs., 
 
 140 
 Nelson, — , 56; Mary, 56; Rev. 
 
 William, 56 178 
 Newcome, Henry, 89 
 Newell, Ann, 53; Emma, 53; Frances, 
 
 53; Harriett, 53; John, 53, 207, 
 
 176; Margaret, 53; Mary, 53; Mira, 
 
 53 ; Sarah, 53 bis ; William, 53 bis, 
 
 20S 
 Newlands, Thomas, 140 
 Newton, Jonathan, 132 /'iV; Guy de, 
 
 78 
 NichoUs, Dorothy, 133 
 Nichols, Elizabeth, 135 
 NichoUs, William, D.D., 88 n, 133, 
 
 205 ; Wm. Arthur Miller, 210 
 Nickson, Samuel, 23 
 Norbury, Elizabeth. 266 
 Norris, Anne, 70 « ; Edward, M.D., 
 
 70 », 153, 177 ; Edward, of Spike, 
 
 177 
 Noseworthy, Rd., paymaster in 50th 
 
 Regiment, 171 
 Nuttall, Mr., 112 
 
 Oakes, Joseph, 209 
 
 O'Brien, Alicia, 58 ; Christopher 
 
 James, 58 
 Oclegh (Okley, Okeleye), Richard de, 
 
 7S 
 
 Ocley, Isabell, 25S, 261 
 
 Offley, Hujh, 200 
 
 Oldfield, — , 193, 196; Eleanor, 43 bis; 
 Ellen, 44 ; Eliza eth, 43 n, 43 
 passim ; Helen, 43 passim ; Dame 
 Katherine, 114, 119, 119 Ji ; Left- 
 wich, 21, 44 bis, 91 «; Letitia, 44; 
 Mary, 43 bis, 44, 91 « ; Margery, 
 43^'.;; Michael, 43 to; Mr., 114, 
 136; Philip, 9«, 39, 42, 42 «, 43 
 Ur, 44, 45, Tio, 113, 193 ; Sir 
 Philip, 114, 119 I! ; Thomas, 21 
 paisim, 43 bis, 44, 196; Thomas 
 Brame, 21 bis, 44 bis; William, 
 42>bis, 44 /'/V ; Will am Lampton, 44 
 
 Oldford (Aldford), 14 
 
 Oliver, Alice, 17S; Rev. John, 151
 
 INDEX NOMIXUM. 
 
 297 
 
 Orford, Mr., 61 11 ; William, 26, 207 
 Ornies, Mr., 61 n, no, 203 ; Thomas, 
 
 197 
 
 Osboston, Anne, 28 ter, 29 passim ; 
 James, 28 Ins 
 
 Othwell, Hugh, 192; Wm., 192; 
 Anthony, 192 ; Katherine, 192 ; 
 Edward, 192 ; Rose, 192 ; Avice, 
 192 
 
 Oxford, Bishop of, 93, 104 
 
 Oulton, Elizabeth, 259 
 
 Owen, Ann, 118, 2S4 ; Alice, 116; 
 Anthony, 2S4 ; Catherine, 94; Sir 
 Hugh, 94; Elizabeth, 116, 116 it's, 
 2S4 ; John, 116, 122; Margaret, 
 116; Thomas, gS"> 121 ; William, 
 59, iiS 
 
 Paget, Francis, 2S5 ; William, Lord, 
 
 285 
 Paggan, Catherine, 265 
 Palin, William, 208 
 Palm, Richard, 209 
 Palmer, John, 285 ; Sarah, 285 ; 
 
 William, 
 Parker, Catherine, 130 ; Elizabeth, 
 
 130 k; George, 210; John, 76 n ; 
 
 Lydia, 76 « ; Philippa, 68, 130 «, 
 
 iis, 134; K\chard,6S /lis, 6S passim, 
 
 130, 130 ft, 134, 134 II, 139, 139 H : 
 
 Thomas, 68 k, 139 
 Parnell, Alice, 69; Thomas, 69, 123 
 Parrey, Rev. T., 150 
 Parry, Elizabeth, 270, 272 ; Ellen, 
 
 118 n 
 Parsons, Capt. Richard, 147 
 Partington, Richard, 197, 204 
 Pasley, Christopher, D.D., 67 iis, 
 
 67 >i, iis; Christopher, 66, 177, 
 
 181 ; Charles, 181 ; Margaret, 181 
 Paslew (Parsley), Christopher, D.D., 
 
 129, 129 », iis a^-^Hi IV) 
 Pastmaker, Annes, 108 
 Patrbiche, Edward, Sir, 285; Edwd., 
 
 285 ; Elizabeth, 285 
 Patten, Thomas, 73 « 
 Patterson, Ellen, 117; Hannah, 117; 
 
 John, 1 17 iis 
 Paynter, William, 109 
 Peake, Christian, 265 ; Frances, 73 «, 
 
 •35 ; James, 135, 135 k, 143 «, 
 
 265 ; Rev. James, 73 iis, 73 n, ter 
 Peartree, Mr., 75, 128, 128 «, 129 ; 
 
 William, 88 n, 88 passim; Rev. 
 
 William, 180 
 Pearson, Catherine, 56 ; Rev. George, 
 
 56 
 Peck, Hugh, 6r ; Lydia, 143 : see 
 
 Peake 
 Peere.s, Edward, 141 ; Lovett, 141 
 Pellen, Mr., 112 
 
 Pemberton, Joseph, 133 ; John, 133, 
 133 «; Margaret, 118, 137; Miles, 
 118, 204; Mr., 137; Thomas, 133 « 
 
 Pencell, Richard, 35 i-s, 35 « 
 
 Pennant (Pennentt), George, 143 
 
 Pensall, Richard, 79 «, 79 ter 
 
 Perpoynte, Thomas, 1S7 
 
 Philips, Margaret, 138 
 
 Phillipes, Leltice, 112 
 
 Phillips, Mr., 113; Mrs., 114 
 
 Phillpot, Rev. Nath., 161 
 
 Phipps, John, igg, Thomas, 140 
 
 Pickeren, Capt. John, 146 
 
 Pickering, Jane, 1 18; Thos., 118, 208 
 
 Pickmore, Ralph, 55, 205 ; Raph 
 (ch'ivarden), 145; Sarah, 55 
 
 Pigot, John, 137; Mary, 137 
 
 Pike, Joan, 45, 46 ; John, 45, 46, 189, 
 192 
 
 Plankney, John, 107 ; Ed*ard, 112 « 
 
 (Plangney), Edward, 107 ; Ellen, 107 
 
 (Plancney), Plankney, Mr., 112 iis, 
 ill iis 
 
 Piatt, Edward, 172 
 
 riumbley, Thos,, 207 
 
 Pule, Sir William, Kt., 1S5 
 
 Pool, William cf Pool Hall, 151 
 
 Poo'.e, Ann, 135, (Eleni) Ellen, 258, 
 259, 263; Jane 47 « ; Mrs., 127; 
 Ralph, 135 ; Thomas, 47 n 
 
 Porter, Edward, 207 
 
 Pott, Barbara, 28 ; John, 28, 29 
 
 Potter, Abigail, 136 ; Joseph, 282 ; 
 John, 136 ; Thomas 141 '''" ! Mary, 
 141, Peter, 141, 157 ; William, J38, 
 205 
 
 Potts, Charles William, 209 
 
 Pjvey, Charles, 143 ; John, 143 iis ; 
 Mary, 143 
 
 Powell, Alice, 45 iis 
 
 (Powenall), Charles, 144 
 
 Powell, Dorothy, 119 k; EHinor, 119 
 « ; Ed., 109 ; John, 1 19 «, iis ; John, 
 144; Katherine, I19 «, 121, 121 « ; 
 Margaret, 119 n, iis ; Mary, 109, 
 Mr., 113 iis; Mrs., 113, 113 «; 
 Richard 119 k; Roger, 119 «; 
 Serjeant, 1 40; Sidney lig « ; Thos., 
 45 iis, 45 II, 82, III, 113, 114, 119, 
 119 «, iis, 192, 203; Sir Thos., 
 113 H, iis, 119 «, ier, 121, 121 >i ; 
 William, 46 
 
 Poyne, Capt 141 
 
 Presbury, John, 205 
 
 Prescot, George, 75 /er ; Rev. J. 150; 
 Thos., 167 
 
 Prescott, Arthur, 267 ; Anne, 267, 
 75 iis ; Elizabeth, 267 ; Gregory, 
 75, 267 ; George, 162, 267 ; Sir 
 George Wm. 267 ; Sir George 
 Beeston, 267 ; Susanna, 75, 75 «, 
 
 Q Q 
 
 267 ; Taomas, 75, 267 ; Wm. 
 
 Willoughby, 267 
 Prestland, Elizabeth, 268 
 Priace, Ann, 142 ; Francis, 134 /' s, 
 
 136, 142, 143, 144 ; Jemnia, 144, 
 
 Martha, 136 
 Price, Charle;, 23 207 ; Francis, 93 ; 
 
 Samuel 59, 206 ; William, 209 
 Prince, Rev. John, 96, 161 
 Probart, William, 171 
 Probert, Margaret, 135; Thomas, 135 
 Proby, William, 181 
 Proudlove Elizabeth, 87 11, iis; Robert, 
 
 87 «, iis ; William, 99 ti 
 Pogh, George, 209 
 Puleston, Edward, II9« ; Katherine, 
 
 1 19 » ; Margaret, 1 19 k ; Thomas 
 
 119 « 
 Pulford, Hester, 54 
 Pulford (Pullfearth). Thoma=, 138 
 Pulfiirt (Pulford), Thomas, 138, 17S 
 PuUen, Robert, iSl 
 
 Radford, Mr., 139; .Samuel, 139 
 
 Radnor, Henry, Earl of, 285 
 
 Ralfe, Mr., 138 
 
 Randle, — , 1S6, 1S7 ; Will, 187 
 
 Ratcliffe, William, 173, 207 
 
 Rathbone, Catherine, 136; John. 136 
 
 Raven, Katherine, 141 « .• Willia-n, 
 141, 141 « 
 
 Ravenscroft, Anne, 118; Elizabeth, 
 67 « ; Frances, 92 ; George, 67, 
 67 K ; Capt. George, 129; Philip, 
 67, 67 II, 124 ; Robert, 67 passim, 
 67 «, 125 ; Thomas, 92 
 
 Reade, Rev. George Edwin Pearsal!, 
 
 103 
 Reading, — , 69 « ; Mr. 121, 122 iis ; 
 
 Lawrence, 63, 63 ;/, iis, 114, 119, 
 II9«, 122 » 
 Reddich (Wreddech), Elizabeth, 136 ; 
 
 John, 136 
 Reece, Randle, 2o5 ; Thomas, 132, 
 
 141, 205, 2o5 ; William, 132, 141 
 Retford, Alan de, 77, 78 
 Revington, William, 207 
 Rich, Frances, Lady, 2S5 
 Richardson, Alice, I iS ; David, 202 : 
 
 John (alias Barker), 203 ; John, 203 ; 
 
 Mr. 86; Theophilus, 91 
 Richmond, Silvester, 95 iis 
 Ridgway, John, 207 ; William, 207 
 Rigby, Alexander, 130, 137, 139; 
 
 Alexander, of the Burghe, 190 ; 
 
 Alice, 137; Mrs. 139; Robert, 130;/; 
 
 Thomas, 130 
 Roby, Mr., 129 
 Robartes (Rohartes), Vere Mary, 2S5; 
 
 Russel, 285
 
 298 
 
 INDEX NOMINUM. 
 
 Rfl 
 
 tby. 
 
 Roberts, Alice, 6l ; Edward, 208 ; 
 
 Hugh, 93, 102, 103 /^^ 206; Mary, 
 
 17 «; Robert, 17 « /'is; Thomas, 
 
 61, 204, 207; Widow, 127, 136 
 Robotham, Elizabeth, 92 n 
 Robinson, Christopher, 116, 116 n ; 
 
 Colin, 55 ; John, 30, 116 k; Mr., 
 
 23; Samuel, I16; Thjmas, 202; 
 
 William, 204 
 Rocke, Elizabeth, 117 ; John, 117 ln's; 
 
 Mr. 117, 127 
 Rodley, Humphrey, 79 « 
 Roden, John, 141 
 Rogerson, Thomas, 82, 202 
 Rogers, Elizabeth, 135 ; Thomas, 135; 
 
 a/iaj Rogerson, Wm., 80 6/s ; Swar- 
 
 brick, John, 208 
 Rolph, Eiizabeth, loi 
 Rosingreve (Rosomgreve), Mr., 112 
 Romilly, Sir Simuel, 72 n 
 Rowarth, Mark, 20S 
 Rowland, Thomas, 205 
 Rowley, John, 205 ; T homas, 206 
 Rowlinson, Lawrence, 20J 
 Rudhall, Charles, 26 ; John, 26 
 Kuffell, Jane, 2S4 
 Runrell, George, 204 
 Rustall, — , 2S7 
 Rutter, — , 116; Anne, 116; Mr, 
 
 116; Sarah, 116 
 
 Sabine, Gereral, 287 ; Joseph, 287 
 Salisburie, Elizabeth, 6^ n ; Thomas, 
 
 63 « 
 Salisbury, Alice, 117 ; Elizabeth, 116, 
 
 122 ; Sir Hecry, 114, 119 « ; Jane, 
 
 64, 64 «; John, 117; Lady, 120 ; 
 
 Mrs., 122; Thomas, 64, 116, 122, 
 
 122 « 
 Salmon, James, 209, 210 
 Saltney, 11 
 Sandbach, John, 197 
 Sanders, William, 161 
 Sjnderson, Owen, 28 1 
 Sandford, Robert, 82 
 Sai.key, Frances, 260 
 Saunderson, Lieutenant, 132 ; Samuel, 
 
 "32 
 Scarbro', Anna, 282 
 Scofield, Edward, 132 ; Rachel, 135 ; 
 
 Thoma.', 132 /et, 135 
 Scolt, Benjamin, 23 ; Geoffrey, 25, 
 
 25 n, 26 « ; George, 206 ; John, 
 
 25 II, 26 » 
 Scrope, Sir Richard C., 1S2 
 Scroup, William 192 
 Seddon, Edward, 180 ; Rev. Edward, 
 
 85 ; Eleanor, S7 « ; Elizabeth, 87 
 
 It, its ; Ellinor, 85 ; Frances, 87 «; 
 
 Katherine, S7 «, it's ; Mr., 22, 87 «, 
 
 122 It; Peter, 86; WilliatD, 85 
 
 passim, 85 it, his, 86, 87 
 
 Sedgwick, Sir Nicholas, 30 
 
 Sewell, Cuihbcrt, 179 ; Anne, 179; 
 Elizibeth, 179 «; Joseph, 179 « ; 
 John, 178 ; Rev., 161 
 
 Shakerley, Sir Geoffrey, 43, 137 « ; 
 GeofTrey, 43 bis ; John, 1S9 ; Mar- 
 garet, 43, 44; Margery, 43 ier ; 
 Peter, of Hulme, 196 ; Peter, 120 ; 
 Pe'er, 43 tei; 44 
 
 Sharrard, Elizabeth, 140 
 
 Shaw, Elizabeth, 57 bis ; Thomas, 57, 
 passim 
 
 Shearing, Robert, 207, 208 
 
 Shelley, Dorothy, 143 ; Sampson, 205 
 
 Shepherd, Thomas, 281 
 
 Sheram, M., 151 
 
 Sherington, Frircis 189, 191 
 
 Sheynton, John de, 78 bis 
 
 Shipton, Rev. Samuel, M.A., 89 ter 
 
 Shone, Dorothy, 135 ; Richard, 203, 
 207 ; William, 205 
 
 Shrewsbury, Earl of, 38 
 
 Shrifneres, Mrs., 113 
 
 Shrubsole, G. W , 13 
 
 Shut'.lewortb, Ellen, 50; Sarah, 50; 
 Thomas, 50 his, 208 
 
 Simcoe(x), Jane, iSi 
 
 Simson, Thomas, 180 
 
 Simpson, Aid Thomas, 152; Cilher- 
 ine, 132 ; Katherine, 142 ; Thomas, 
 132 bis, 142; Thomas, 205; Wil- 
 liam, 132 
 
 Skarrett, Richard, 141 
 
 Skelhorn, Margaret 135 
 
 Skelhorne, Peter, 266 
 
 Skerit, Richard, 205 
 
 Skerratt, Richard 90 
 
 Skesbrycke (Scarisbrick), Harry, 203 
 
 Sliryevenar (Scrivener), Robert, 202 
 
 Skye, John, 133 ; Lieutenant, 133 
 
 Smallwood, Philip, 139 
 
 Smith, 83; Rev. C. F., 100; Ed- 
 ward, 125 ; Ellen, 125 ; Grissel, 
 122 bis, 122 K, ter \ Grissell, 63, 
 63 «, bis; H., 197; Henry, 93, 
 197. 198 ; Charity, 2CH3 ; James, 93, 
 170, 206 ; John,'^203, 204 ; Lady, 
 127 ; Sir Lawrence, 4 ; Peter, 203 ; 
 Richard, 133 ; Sir Samuel, 63 
 
 Smith, Sarah, 133; Thomas, 202-4; 
 William, 202 
 
 Smyth, Jane, 118 « ; Oliver, 192 
 
 Sm)the, Edward, 203 ; Henry, 79 bis; 
 Mrs., 113 ; Peter, 113 
 
 Snell, Dove, 76 n; Dr., 8S, 88 it, 
 bis; Dr., 129, 129 «, 136, 136 it; 
 Eleanor, 76 « ; Elizabeth, 76 11 ; 
 George, 76; George, D.D., 75 », 
 7S (er, 76, 76 n, 138, 138 it; 
 
 Katherine, 76 it ; Lydia, 76, 76 it ; 
 
 Margaret, 76, 76 11 ; Tnomjs, 
 
 76 II ; William, 76 
 Snow, Daniel, 134, 135 ; Edward 
 
 Shakfield Simon, ^2 bis; Elizabeth, 
 
 52 ; Isabella, 52 ; John, 52, 206 ; 
 
 Joseph, 134, 176, 181 ; Mary, 52, 
 
 135 ; Peter, 52, 176 ; Sarah, 52 
 Soden, Thomas, 134; Vaughan, 134 
 Soley, Henry, 47 ; Sarai, 47 
 So'ie, Sarah, iSo 
 Sorr.erfotd, John, 43 bis ; Mary, 43 
 
 bis 
 Sone, Stephen, 23, 206 
 Sorocold, Elizabeth, 137 ; Thomas, 
 
 137 
 Sorton, John, 176; Randle, 59, 209 
 Spencer, Jane, 139 ; Mr., 139 
 Speede, Mary, 135; Richard, 135 
 Sproston, Robert, 203 
 Squier, John, 78 ter, 78 11 
 St. Edmund, Richard de, 77 ier 
 St. George, Richard, 20 
 St. Tollins (St. Olave's), 155 
 Stacy, Catherine, 182 
 Stancliffe, Sir Richard, 30, 31, 81 ; 
 
 Sir Richard, loS, 112 it, 227 
 Slandish, Ralph, 192 
 Stanley, Elena, 274 ; James, 79 bis ; 
 
 Margaret, 38, 38 « ; Thomas, 1S3 ; 
 
 Thomas, Lord, 184; Margaret, 184 
 Stanney, Thomas, 128, 204 
 Stapleigh, Elena, 262 ; Ellen, 258, 
 
 259 
 Starkey, Anne, 13S, 179; Edward, 
 
 139, 140, 141,. 205 ; Elizabeth, 141 ; 
 
 Hrnnah, 180; Hugh, 27; John, 
 
 27^,178; Ribecca, 178; Thomas, 
 
 140; William, 139 
 Starkie, John, 178: Peter, 127; 
 
 Richard, 121 
 Steel, Laurence, 93 ; Sarah, 93 
 Steele, Mr., 124, 125; Thomas, 122 
 Steeles, Samuel, 139 
 Sterr (Star), 220 
 Stevenson, Elizabeth, 80, 90; Jane, 
 
 89 ; (Steenson) John, 28 ; Justicia, 
 
 89, 90 ; Mary, 89 /tv, 90 ; Nicholas, 
 
 89 Ur, 90 bis, 130, 13S, 1 38 «; 
 
 Thomas, 89, 90 
 Stewart, Ezekiel, B., 174 
 Stewkly, Shuckburgh, 170 
 Stocken, William, 173 
 Stones, Mr., 92 
 Stoughton, Martha, 116; Rebecca, 
 
 116 ; William, 116 bis 
 Stourton, Mr., 127 
 Strailbarell, James, 79 
 Stranbery, 76 ; Margaret, 76 
 Stratford, Nicholas, 89 
 Strattan, James, 170
 
 INDEX NOMINUM. 
 
 299 
 
 Street, Richard, 202 ; Thomas, 17S If/ 
 
 Streefe, Elizabeth, 130 ; Thomas, 130, 
 130 n, bis 
 
 Stretbarell, Sir Thomas, 30 
 
 Stringer, Mary, 142 
 
 Sirongitharme, James, 116; Robert, 
 116 
 
 Stubbs, Dr., 104 
 
 Studley, 2S3 
 
 Stukeley, 14 
 
 Sumner, Bishop, 56, 100; Dr., loi ; 
 Eliza Maria, 56 ttA/v~«.fl. 
 
 Sutton, Mr., 113 
 
 Swan, Hannah, 23, 23 «; John, 130 ; 
 Thomas, 130 ; Rev. Thomas, 23 n 
 
 Swanbreck, John, 179 
 
 Swinton, Eleanor, 63 «, 121 >i bis, 
 25S ; Eljzabeth, 42 «, 193 ; Mary, 
 121 h; Peter, M.D, i6S; Richard, 
 63 », 121 n, dr; Thomas, 63, 63 « 
 bis, 121 bis, 121 « bis, lay ojvy^ 63 
 
 Talbot, Sir John, 31 ; Sir John R., of 
 
 Grafton, 185 
 Tatton, Elenor, 124 « ; Timothy, 27, 
 
 no ; William, 124 « 
 Taylor, Clemen*, 81, 107 ; Rev. C. E., 
 
 200; George, 181, 202 ; Henry, 202 ; 
 
 James, 202, 224, ; Joan, 275 ; John, 
 
 119; Mrs., 119; Thomas, 81,82, 
 
 107 ; Sir Thomas, 108 
 Teggen, Joseph, 83 
 Teggin. Ellen, 118; Jane, iiS; 
 
 Joseph, 114, 118, 119 
 Temple, Sir John, 143 ; Robert ' 
 
 Griffith, 209 
 Tench, John, Rev., 162 
 Thane, Dr. Rev., 150 
 Thelwall, David, 53 ; Elizabeth, 53 ; 
 
 Watkin, 53 
 Thomas, William, Capt., 54, 167, 176; 
 
 Jane, 54 ; Mary, 54 ; Sam, 162 
 Thomason, William, 114 
 Thomson, Lieut. James, 51 
 Thompson, Wm , 207 
 Thornley, EIizab;lh, 272 
 Thorneley, Hugh, 204 ; Robert, 125 
 Thornet, James, 27 
 Thornton, Anne, 28, 29 
 Thorpe (Thrope), Elizabeth, 42, 259 ; 
 
 John, 42 
 Threadgold, William, 58 
 Thrope, Elizabeth, 25S 
 Throppe, Elizabeth, 143 ; Widow, 109 
 Thwellin (Llewelyn), 17S 
 Tilley, John, 181 
 
 Tilsley, Geoffrey, 131 ; Sarah, 131 ; 
 Simon, 139 ; Symon, 131 ; (Tenslej ), 
 Katherine, 131 
 Tilston, John, 202 ; William, 209 
 Tindall, Thos., 153 
 
 Tovey, Solomon, Captain, 148 
 
 Tompson, Allen, 123 
 
 Topham, Robert, 54, 20S 
 
 Tottie, Mr., 129; Edward, 114, 120, 
 
 203 ; Francis, 120 
 Touchett(Tech-tt), Mr., 112; Thomas, 
 
 in, 119, 1S9 
 Towers, Rev. Myles H., 103 
 Townsend, Anna Maiia, 92 ; Anthiny, 
 
 143 
 TrafforJ, Sir John, 31 
 Tr.inmoll, Matilda de, 46,47; Richard 
 
 de, 46, 47 ; William de, 46, 47 
 Travers, Mr., 137 ; (Trevers), James, 
 
 137 
 Trevis, Mr., 12S; Hannih, 129; John, 
 
 116, 129; Thomas, n6 ; William, 
 
 n6 
 Trevor, Arthur, 2S5 ; Mary, 285 ; 
 
 Tudor, 48 
 Troutbeck, Sir Adam, 38; Dane 
 
 Margaret, 38 ; Eglanbie, 62 ; Sir 
 
 Heory, 38 ; Joan, 2, 26, 31, 32, 38, 
 
 183 ; John, 32, 183 ; Rev. John, 
 
 D.D., 21 ; William, 2, 31, 32, 36, 
 
 38, 62, 79, 1S3. 185 ; Sir William, 
 
 K.T., 21, 32, 38, 84, 184, 1S5 
 Tuchett, Katherinf, 45, 46 ; Thomas, 
 
 45. 46 
 Tudor, Alice, 275 
 Tucker, Margaret, 2S4 
 Turner, Edward, 172 
 Turton, Mrs., 127; (Tarton), 127, 12S 
 Twambrook, Thomas, 143 
 Twedle, Captain John, of Invalids, 
 
 152 
 Tyrer, — , 124 ; Richard, 203 
 Tyrwhitt, Thomas, M.A., 100 
 
 Vanbrugh, Rev. George, 172 
 
 Varum, Elizabeth, 139 
 
 Vaughan, Mr., 138; Marj', iiS 
 
 Vause, Proby, 207 
 
 Vaudrey, Alice, 107 bis; Edward, 
 35 « ; Jane, 108; John, 107; Robert, 
 loy Ur, loS ; Randle, 112 n, 107, 
 108 ; Mary, 107 ; Mr. 64 «, bis, 
 65 «, bis, 1 14, 1 14 «, 122 bis, 122 n; 
 Parnel, 122 « ; Parnell, 279 
 
 Vaughan, Thomas, 122 «, 177 
 
 Vawdrey, Avice, 45, 46 ; Edward, 
 no, no«; Jine, II2 7/; Mr. 112 
 its; Robert, n2 «, bis; Thomas, 
 45, 46, 46 It, 1S9, 190 
 
 Venables, Anne, 108 ; Anthony, ic8 ; 
 Thomas, of Kinderton, 193; Ptter, 
 205 j 
 
 Venator, Adam Le, 2S2 (Le Hunt I 
 
 or Hunt) ; Rjch.ard, 282 ; Robeitus, 1 
 
 2S2 ; Roger, 2S2 ; Wi liam, 2S2 j 
 
 (Le Hum) : sec- Hunt. | 
 
 Q Q 2 
 
 Vernon, Hannah, 74 «, 96 « ; Rev. 
 
 Ralph, 74, 74 n; Ralph, 74, 95, 
 
 165 ; Robert, 203 
 Vere, Mary, 2S6 
 Veinson, Serjeant, 127 
 Veysy, John, LL.D., 79i^/V 
 V'ignaux, Joseph, 174 
 Vinon, Rev. F. A. H., 103 
 Vipont, Philip, 175 
 Vischan, Owen, 273 
 
 Wainwrigbt, John, LL.D., 72 bs, 91 
 Laurence, n3 ; Mr., n3 ; Mary, 
 72 bis, 91 
 Walker, Elizabeth, 54; John, 54, 
 134 /'«; R=v. John, 85, 89; Mr., 
 86 «, Mary, 121 n ; William 121 >i 
 Walley, Charles, 134 passittt, 135, 
 143 ; Francis, 207 ; Gertrude, 135 ; 
 Joseph, Aid, 165 ; Jane, 134 ; John, 
 134 ; Jonathan, 134 bis ; James, 
 206; Robert, 13^; Thomas, 143 
 Walmeslcy, Philip, 85, Thomas, 85 
 Walsh, John, 72 « ; Katherine, 27 ; 
 
 William, 27 
 Warburton, Edward, in ; Peter, 114 
 Warburtan, John, 121 ; Peter, in « 
 Ward, Edward, Sit Hon., 2S5 ; Jane, 
 
 2S6 ; Philip, 287 
 Ward, William, 209 
 Waring, 283; Abigail, 133 «, 139; 
 Elizabeth, 133 n; Hannah, 133 »;, 
 140; John, 133; Mr., 139, 140; 
 (Warringe) Rowland, 48, 131, 131 n. 
 133. 139. 141 ; Richard, 133 n ; 
 Samuel, 131 ; Zacharia, 139 
 Warrington, Edward, 206 ; Henry, 
 
 Earl of, 2S5 
 Watkin, Thompson, 13 », 14 « 
 Weaver, Joseph, 208, 209 
 
 Webb, Edward, 142 ; Mr., 38 i^tJlri^tcx, 5*^^ 2.u(> 
 Weddurbe (Wetherby), Nicholas, 202 
 Weigh, Edwin, 50 ; Ellen, 50 
 Welch, Elizabeth, 84 ; John, 84 
 Weld, Ellen, 27, 120 
 Weller, Capt., Nicholas, 165 
 Welles, Grace, 93 ; Rev. Thomas, 93 
 
 bis 
 Wells — , 2S6 
 
 Welshman, Thomas, 7 bis, 12S, 204 c v- '%.yx . 
 Wenlock, Richard, 143 
 Werden, Mr. 113 i,a.. joj. 
 Weston — , 94 : Ann no, 265 ; Ben- 
 jamin, 133, 265 ; Catherine, 265 ; 
 Elizabeth, 265 ; Frances, 73//, 135, 
 265; Humphrey, 265 ; Jane, 265 
 Leilice, 265 ; Leltis, 134 ; Lillice", 
 265 ; Mary, 265 ; Margery, 265 ; 
 Mr., 136; Pagjan, 265; Peter, 
 133 Hi, 134 bis, 265 ; Richard, loS, 
 I97j '98, 265, 2S4 ; Robert, 265 ; 
 
 tOa/vwv»..LiAAt»4 . "ijiy
 
 3O0 
 
 INDEX NOMIXUM. 
 
 Sarah, 134, 265 ; Thomas, 73 it, 94 
 
 III, 114, 125, 125 «, 130, 136 H, 
 
 180, 203, 265 
 Wetenhall, Elizabeth, 43 bis, 273 ; 
 
 John, 43 bis 
 Witteiihall, John, 196 ; Maiy, 91 ; 
 
 Thomas 91 
 Whalter, Alexander, III 
 Wheywell, Amb-ose, 206 
 Whickstead, Alice, 64 n, 64 ter ; 
 
 Hugh, 64 n. 64passii/i 
 Whicksted, Hugh, 121, 204; Mr., 
 
 114, 114 « ; Mrs., HI « 
 Whicksledde, Elizabeth, 109 ; Hugh, 
 
 109 
 Whickstid, Katheriiie, III ; Susannah 
 
 III, Thomas, III 
 Whishaw, Charles, 72, 73 « ; Elizi- 
 
 beth, 179 ; Frances, 72, 72 «, 73 «, 
 
 1S2 ; Hugh, 53 bis, 72 bis, 72 » ter, 
 
 73. 73 «. '"'. 145. 149, 160, 164, 
 
 16S, 178 ; Jane, 72, 73 «, 17S ; 
 
 John, 72 « ; Mary, 177; Rebecca, 
 
 72, 73 «; Sidney, 17S 
 Whitby, Alice, 22, 23 bis, 23 «, 41, 
 
 I2I«, 122, 122 «, 197; Anne, 
 
 199 « ; Edward, 22, 23 «, 41, 121, 
 
 121 n, bis, 122 n, bis ; Hanna, 278 ; 
 
 Randle (Whitbie), 82, 114, 119 n, 
 
 203 ; Thomas, 1 10 
 White, — , 284 ; Alice, 281 
 Whitehead, Richard, So ter, 81 
 Whitley, Dorothy, 257 ; Elinor, 270 ; 
 
 Madam Lettis, 153; Ralph, 139; 
 
 Col. Roger, 71 
 Whitmore, Grace, 124 
 Whittell, John, 205 ; William, 204 
 Whittle, Matthew, 123 ; William, 123, 
 
 125, 125 « 
 Wickstead, Alice, 129 ; (Whicksted), 
 
 Hugh, 129, 129 n ; Richard, 162 
 Widders, Daniel, 175 
 Wierden, Thomas, 82 ia- tlyvKifcv id. 
 Wightman, Lieut. William, 146 
 Wighton, Charles AUanson, 98 
 Wightwick, Alex, 2S4 
 Wilberforce, Dr., 103, 104 
 Wilbraham, Anna Maria, 92 passim ; 
 
 Charles, 74, 74 «, 92 ; Eleanor, 96; 
 
 Elizabeth, 96 passim ; Emma, 287 ; 
 
 Frances, 92 ; Grace, 95, 133 n ; 
 
 George, 286, 287 ; Hugh, 74 n, 94 ; 
 
 (Rev.), 198 ; (Rev.), ^2 passim, 125 
 
 bis, 125 «, 150 ; John (Bromhall), 
 
 96, 96 K, 96 », bis, 96 passim, 98 ; 
 
 (Rev.), l6l-2; Margaret, 96 />««//«, 
 
 125, 125 H ; Maria, 2S7 ; Mary, 75, 
 
 75 ", 92 l/'^, 96, 97. 9S bis, 166 ; 
 
 Mr., 89, 94 /«r; Ralph, 74, 91, 92, 
 96 ter ; R ndle, 96 ; Richard, 141 ; 
 Sir Richard, 87 ; Roger, 51, 89 bis, 
 90 bis, 94, 95 bis, 95 n, 133 n, 167, 
 286, 2S7 ; Thomas, 125, 125 «, 1 53, 
 286 ; William, 204, 287 
 
 Wilde, Joy'y, 134 
 
 Wilding, Elizabeth, 2S4 
 
 Wilkinson, Matthew, 175; Ralph, 27, 
 120 ; Robert, 174, 20S 
 
 Willan, Agnes, 98, Dorothy Edward.^, 
 99 ; Hannah, 98 bis ; John, 98 bis, 
 172, 1 78 ; Mary Ann, 99 ; Willi, m, 
 98 
 
 Willaston, John. 34 bis ; Wylas'.on, 
 John de, 78, 79 
 
 Willcocke, Randle, 130 bis ; Rev., 
 150, 161 
 
 Willcoxen, Rev., 151 
 
 Williams, 125; Almonde, 137; Riv. 
 Arthur, 94 bis, 95 ter, 178 ; Cath- 
 erine, 94 ; Edward, 1 58 ; Elizabeth, 
 134; J- 23; Jane, 122, 122 »; 
 John, 94, 122 bis; Katherine, 27, 
 120; Mary or Margery, 135 «; 
 Nathaniel, 125; Owen, 143; Robert, 
 207; Rachel, 135, 2S0 ; Thoias, 
 93. 134 '«'-. 205; William, 135, 
 135 « ; Sir W., 94 
 
 Williamson, Catherine, 139; Elizabeth, 
 117, 118; John, 139; Richard, 
 116 bis, 117, 118, 137; William, 
 202 
 
 Wills, Sarah, 287 
 
 Wilson, Elizabeth, 180; Elianor, 116 ; 
 John, 65, 65 n bis, 114, 115, 116; 
 Mary, 116; William, 27, iii 
 
 Windsor, John, 96 bis, 97 ; Margaret, 
 96 bis 
 
 Wingfield, Thomas, 2S4 ; John, 2S4 
 
 Winnington, Mr., 113 
 
 Wirrall, Charles, 135 ; Catheiine, 135 
 
 Wishaw, John, 160 
 
 Wiston, — Rev., 161 
 
 Witter, Capt., 206; Samuel, 208; 
 William, 206; (Capt.), 23, 157 
 
 WoUey, Jane, 2S6; Mr., 286 
 
 Wood, 103, 209 
 
 Woodes, Dorothy, 132 n ; Joseph, 
 132 bis, 132 «, ter; William, 132 n 
 
 Woods, Francis, 91 ; William, 205 
 
 Woodward, Ellen, 27, 120; Mr. 112 
 
 Wool rich, Collins, 93 ; Elizabeth, 
 
 93 
 
 Wordsworth, Hannah, 98, 178 
 Worrall, John, 205 
 Worsley, Alice, 45, bis, 189 ; A vice, 
 45, 45 l>", 46. 189. 191 ; Alex., 190, 
 
 192 ; Charles, 125 ; Hugh, 190, 192; 
 Joan, 45, 46; James, 190, 192; 
 Katherine, 45, 46, 189; Mr., 113 
 b's, 121; Otwell, So ter, 190. 192; 
 Ralph, 45 ler, ^6 passim, 113 bis, 
 113 It, bis, 188, 189 ; Williaip, 
 45 bis, 1 88, 1S9 
 
 Woswoall (Wiswa'l), Thomas, 202, 
 220, 226, 227 
 
 Wrench, Anne, 144; Catherine, 144 «; 
 Dorothy, 144 « ; Edward, 144, 
 144 >i, bis, 168, 205 ; Grace, 132 « ; 
 John, 32, 33, 132, 132 «, bis, 144 >i, 
 164, 205; Mary, 132, 144 n ; 
 Richard, 132 11 ; Robert, 93 ; . 
 Sarah, 132 n ; Thomas, 144 it; 
 Rev. T., 152 II \ Wiliam, 132 k 
 
 Wright, Anne, 91 11, 93, J 19 n, 127, 
 127 « ; Alderman, 138; Catherine, 
 7'. 9°. 130; Charles, 207 ; Ellin, 
 '32, 135 ; EUinor, 139 ; Elizabe h, 
 72 bis, 72 «, 91 bis, 118, 143, 149; 
 Grace, 138; George, 134; Harbitt, 
 131 ; John, 71 It, 71 ter, 131, 132 
 '^'•, 139. 140. 157. 205; Joseph, 
 134; Mary, 72 ter, 91 ter; Mr., 
 112,140,143; Mrs., 122; Nicholas, 
 121 ; Richard, 90, 91 n, llS, 127, 
 141, 143 bis, 144 ; Rev. Richard 
 B.D., 32 It, 71, 72 bis, 72 II ; 
 Thomas, 82, 83 ter, 93, 114, 119, 
 119 K, bis, 130, 203 ; Timothy, S3 ; 
 WiUiam, 179 
 
 Wrottesley, Howard, 2S4 
 
 Wyke, Richard, 284 
 
 Wynn, Alexander, 139 ; (Gwyn) Dorq- 
 thy, 119H; Edward, i^gter; Morris, 
 119 « ; Mr., 113 ; Mrs., 113 
 
 Wynne, Alexander, 71 bis; Edward, 
 71 ter; Elizabeth, 71 ; Grace, 13S 
 
 Wynnington, John, 191 
 
 Wyrrall, Agnes, 36 Us ; Richard, 36 
 bis 
 
 Wyrthen (Werden), Thomas, 203 
 
 Yarker, Frances, 56 ; Rev. Robert, 
 
 56 
 Yells, Alice, 138; Mr., 13S 
 Yealde, Thomas, 131, 140; William, 
 
 >3i 
 Yorke, Ann, 133; Capt. William, 
 
 133- 142 
 Yonge, Elizabeth, 2S5 ; Sir Walter, 
 
 2S5 
 Young, — , 121, 122 ; Lt-. -Col. Robert, 
 
 172; Mr., 62, 113; Mrs., 114 
 Yoxall, Richard, 208 
 
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 INDEX RERU M, 
 
 Acton, rear Xantwich, Vicar of, 87, 
 
 89, 90 
 Adam and Eve, Painting of, 215 
 Alb, 226 
 
 Alderley, Rector of, 89 
 Aldford, Priest at, 82 j Rector of, 100 
 All Souls' College, Oxford, Fellow of, 
 
 97> 133 » 
 Altars and Chantries in the Church, 
 
 30 
 Amyse (Amice), 221 
 Anderton Matthew, Charity of, 198, 
 
 200 
 Anthem Bell, 212, 219, 220, 221, 
 
 232 
 AntoII (Anton) Bell, 212, 230 
 Arms and Crest of Brereton, 18S, 189; 
 
 Brerewood, i ; Gamul, I ; Oldfield, 
 
 193; Rowland Waring, 76; Worsley, 
 
 59 (see under family name) 
 Aslbury, Rector of, 32, So 
 
 Banner, 231 
 
 Banner Staves, 227, 229 
 
 Ba5'ng\verk Abbey, near Holywell, 2, 
 
 9 n, 20, 211 
 Bebington, Rector of, So 
 Bell, Anthem (Anto'.l), 212, 219, 220, 
 
 221, 225, 230, 232, ih. 
 Bells, 23, 24, 25, 26 
 Bere (bier), 224 ; Mending, 216, 224 
 Bereche (beyricVe) = allowance of 
 
 driLk, 211, 215, 223, 232 
 Blackamore Servant, 152 
 Bloreheath, Battle of, 1S4 
 Boards for Communion Table, 250 
 
 . to make Forms, 250 
 
 Books for the Communion, 232 
 Boughton Chapel and Hospital, 26 
 Bowdon, Vicar of, 73, 135 n 
 Bowke = bucket, 195 
 Brasenose College, Oxon, 66 bis, 70 11, 
 
 his, 90, 92 
 Brass to Row'and Waring, 76 
 Brasyn Cense, 217 ; Crosse, 215 
 Brewers' Ha I, 147, 179 
 Budworth, Great, Vicar of, 86 n 
 Bunbury Register, iSi 
 Button->rou!d Turner, 161 
 
 Caddo w, 196 
 
 Cambridge, Emmanuel Col'ege, 87 ; 
 Jesus Co'lege, 90 ; Trinity, 72 « 
 
 Candles for Anthem, 219; to go a 
 visiting, 249 
 
 Carder of Hatmakers' Wool, 17S 
 
 Castle Camps, Rector of, 56 
 
 Cense Brasen, 217 
 
 Censer (cense), 212, 215, 217, 226 
 I Chain to the Bible, 224 
 
 Chantries and Altars in the Church, 
 30 
 
 Chancellor of England, Lord, 77 
 
 Charcoal, 212, 215, 217 
 
 Charities of St. Mary's, 197, 200 
 
 Charterhouse, London, 80 
 
 Cheese Warehouse, 146 C^-^^-»^ 
 
 Chelford, Incumbent of, 22, 99, 100 
 
 Cheshire Dialect, Words, 195, 196, 
 218, 222 
 
 Cheshire Families connected with St. 
 Mary's, 183 
 
 Chester, Alderman of, 52, 53, 54, 55, 
 62, no, 113, 120, 120 «, 121, 122, 
 128, 132, 136, 137, 138 ; Bishop of, 
 4, II, 56, 76, 80, 85, 89, lOI, 
 104, 119 «, 120 «; Blue Coat 
 School, 54 ; Castle, 8 ; Cathec'ral, 
 80 ; Chsmberlain of, 20, 36 «, 77 ; 
 Chancellor of, 72 bis, 91 ; Chief 
 Justice of, 29 », 32 n ; Constable of, 
 29 bis, 116, 137 n, 142 », 143; 
 Coroner of, 64 ; Dean of, 77, So, 81, 
 88 H, 104; Earl of, 2 ; Holy Trinity, 
 Rector of, 91 » ; Mayor of, 4, 36 bis, 
 42 passim, 62, 74, 120, 121, 122 «; 
 the Plague in, 109 ; Prebendary o', 
 44 ; Recorder of, 22, 23 n, 39 bis, 
 40, 41, 42, 66 bis, no, 113, 121 n, 
 122 «, 131 «, 132, 132 « 
 
 Church Revjs (Wardens), 211 
 
 Chime Himmers, 253 
 
 Christleton, Rector of, 73 n 
 
 Church Wax, 214, 216, 2iT passim 
 
 Clock, the, 136, 136 « 
 
 Cloth over the Sicrament, 229 
 
 Clarke to Cheese Warehouse, 146 
 
 Coach with whee's, 194 
 
 Communion Book, 232, 250 ; Plate, 
 22, 23 ; Table (Boards for), 250 
 
 Cope, 214, 219, 224 
 
 Copsowe (copsal), 194 
 
 Corporas, 249 
 
 Cotton Charities, 54 
 
 Cressetts, 218 
 
 Cuppen's Lane, 145 
 
 Custody of Castle Garden, 186 
 
 Devocion Surge, 221, 223. 225 
 Devotion taper to Handbridge, 229 
 Dig=duck (Cheshire dialect), 195 
 Donations to S. Mary's-without-lhe- 
 
 Walls, 17, iS 
 Dorfold, near Xantwich, 2 
 Drawers of Dee, 153 
 Drayton's Polyolbion, 184 
 Dressing the banner, 229 
 Dunham on the Hill, 20 
 
 Easter Sepulchre, 231 
 Eas ham. Vicar of, 85, 85 «, 86 it, 100 
 Eccleston, Rector of, 93 
 Emmanuel College, Cambridge, 87 
 Ensign of the Invalides, 146, 149, 156, 
 
 175 
 
 Eshin^pail, 195 
 Ewer of maslyn, 195 
 Executioner, The, 30, 123, 123 « 
 Exeter, Canon of, 131 » 
 
 Filling the Font by the year, 214, 215, 
 
 220, 221, 225, 250 
 Font filled, 214, 215, 220, 221, 225, 
 
 250 5{t/»k-v 
 
 Forton, co. Salop, Minister of, 47 
 Foundling children, 218, 219, 220 
 Frankincense, 214, 215, 21S, 220, 2J1 
 Frodsham, Vicar of, 97 
 
 Gamashees, 194 -^Ovt^afi^. 
 
 Gang (rung of ladder), 2iS 
 
 Gaoler of X'orthgate, 167 
 
 Gifts to S. .\Iary's-without-the-Walls, 
 
 17, 18 
 G'ass stained, 21, 22, 33 
 Glover, Dry, 163 
 Gloverstone, 14S 
 
 
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 INDEX RERUM. 
 
 Goodtide (Gutted) Sunday, 254 
 (Jrappenhall, Kector of, 86, 87 
 (Ireat Bolas, co. Salop, Keclor of, 98 
 Great Bud worth. Vicar of, 86 « 
 Grese^steps to pulpit, 222 
 Gyrdills to the Prests, 218, 231 
 
 liandbridge Surge, 229, 231 
 Hangman, The, 30, 123, 123 n 
 Harrison's Charity, 200 
 Harrism's regiment, Col., 146 
 Hawarden Castle, 8, 9 ; Rector of, 67, 
 
 79 ; Registers, iSi 
 Heelmaker, 160 
 Heraldic dispute, 182 
 Herbal, 196 
 Hereford, Earl of, 48 
 
 , Philip, Eishop of, 93 
 
 Hetchell (Hatchell), 196 
 
 High Allar, 216, 217 ; Curtain-, 217 ; 
 
 Raising up, 216 
 Holy Goste (Schestyng), 216, 21S 
 Holy Trinity Chapel, 30, 32 79 ; 
 
 Church, 27 ; Registers, 179 
 Holme, Randle, Arms of, 1 
 Holt, 24, 24 « 
 
 Holy Water Stocke, 217, 2iS 
 Holywell, co. Flint, 2, 20 
 Hough G:een,paving, 254 - 
 Hough in Wybunbury, 2 
 Hour glass, 196 
 House of Industry, 170 
 Hunts roe (row), 145 
 Hylling of a grave, 224, 250 
 
 Incidents, Special, 1S2 
 
 Injunctions, 214 
 
 Inquisitions post mortem, taken in 
 
 the Church, 27 
 Inscriptions, Monumental, and Tablets 
 
 in the Church, iS, 20, 21, 22, 
 
 45-59, 60-76 
 Invalides, Colonel of, iSi ; Ensign of, 
 
 146, 149, 156, 17s, .178; Sergeant 
 
 of, I4S, 165 CPt,i.,-,x^oV . (^.J. 
 
 Keeper of Northgate, 153; of lions in 
 Tower, Ralph, Urian, Thomas, iSS, 
 189; Wid, 1S9-192 
 
 King's Visitors, 230 
 
 Kirk's Col., regiment, 146 
 
 Kneeling-place, 211, 213, el passim, 
 22S 
 
 Laj'Stall, III, iSS, 213 
 
 Lecture, Sunday evening, 200, 201 
 
 Lecturers : Rev. Fred. Ayckbourn, 
 
 F. Custance, Thos. Harrison, C. B. 
 
 Taylor, Fiediiick Ford, 200 
 
 Lestall (leastall), no 
 
 Leystall, 224 
 
 List of Churchwardens, 202-210 
 
 Llay Estate, 200 
 
 Llay Farm Estate, 199, 200 
 
 London : Charterhouse, 80 ; Middle 
 
 Temple Inn, Reader at, 66 bis ; 
 
 St. Paul's Cathedral, 84 ; Sion 
 
 College, 80; Whitechapel, Rector 
 
 of, 92 
 Lymbeck, 195 
 
 Macclesfield Grammar School, 72 n, 
 
 lOI 
 
 Macebearer, the. III, III «, TI4 
 Maiden, Gentlewoman, 163-165, 168 
 Maker, Peruke, 160, 163 ; Sal Am- 
 moniac, 175 
 Making of pulpit and carving, 222, 
 
 223 
 Maldon, Free Burges? of, 58 
 Malpas, Rector of, So, 91 
 Manchester, Dealer, 163 ; Grammar 
 
 School, 87 
 Marriage before Justices, i8o 
 Martins, S. Register, 179 
 Maslyn, Ewer of, 195 
 Master Miller of Dee Mills, 146 
 Master of Blue School, 171 
 Master of Comediens, 147 
 Matt to kneel upon, 230 
 Mayor's Porter, 156 
 Michael's, S., Registers, 177, 178 
 Middlewich, Vicar of, 93 
 Middle Temple Inn, London, Reader 
 
 at, 66 bis 
 MinshuU, Vicar of, 92 bis 
 Mollocke, 212 
 Mone (luoon) under the holyn, the, 
 
 218 
 Moon, Skaffolde to take down, 21S 
 Monument, old, 33-40 
 Monumental Inscriptions, iS, 20-22 ; 
 
 and Tablets formerly in the Church, 
 
 45. 59- 60, 76 
 Mount, The (Handbridge), 154 
 
 Nantwlch, 2 
 Native of Africa, 171 
 Needlemaker, 176 
 Neston, Vicar of, 56 
 
 Old Cheshire Families connected with 
 
 St. Mary's, 1S3 
 Organs, 211, 219 >iif. 
 O.\ford, All Souls' College, 97, 133 n ; 
 
 Brasenose College, 66 bis, 70 n, bis, 
 
 90, 92 
 
 Paper Maker, 170 
 
 Pardoner of S. Chidde (C:iad). 213 ; 
 
 of Jesu, 223 ; of S. John's Friars, 
 
 213 ; Lady Ronsivale, 213 
 Pardoners, 211, 213 
 Parochial Charities, 200 
 Parrnes on the albs, 21S, 229, 231, 
 
 232 
 Pascill, cords to, 212 
 Paxes, 218 
 
 Peter's, St., Register, 179 ?GiAiic^. l6.ir«t-. 
 Pedigree, 192 
 Pikle = pitchfork, 195 
 Pl.igue, the, in Chester, 109, 125-127 
 Plate, Communion, 22, 23 
 Pressing to death, 27, 28, no, 119 
 Prisoners, burials of, 27, 119- 121 ; 
 
 pressed to death, 27, 28, no, 119. 
 Procession books, 224 ; of King and 
 
 Queen of Scots, 231 
 Pulford, Rector of, 102 
 Pulpit making. 222 
 Puppet Show Explosion, 167 
 Purse to carry the Sacrament, 224, 
 
 22S 
 
 Rachett for Clerk, 215, 2';4 
 
 Rectors of St. Mary's, List of, 77-104 
 
 Register, Bjnbury, iSl ; St. Bridget's, 
 17S; Chelfurd, 182; Ilan'irJen, 
 iSl ; Holy Tiiiity, 179 ; St. Mar- 
 tin's, 179; St. Mary's, 105; St. 
 Michael's, 177; Sc. Oswald's, 179; 
 St. Peter's, 179 
 
 Revestre, 226 
 
 Rochet, 220 
 
 Rochets for boys, 253 
 
 Rochett fjr the Clerk, 224 i-y«-. 
 
 Rode lofte, 218, 228 ; cord to, 22S 
 
 Rode, taking down, 230 
 
 Ronsevale, our Lady, 213 
 
 Rostherne, Vicar of, loi 
 
 Rashes, 211, 212, 214 
 
 Rushes against Easier, 211 ; carrying 
 out old, 214; Pentecost, 212 
 
 Sabine's, Genl., regimjnt, 14S 
 
 Sacryng bell, 226 
 
 Saint Andrew's University, 76 ; Brid- 
 get's, Chester, Rector of, 23 «, 56 his, 
 58, 90 « ; Catherine's Strvice, 231 ; 
 (see St. Katherine's Service, 23) ; 
 David's, Archdeacon of, 95 ; John's, 
 Chester, Tablets in, 60 « ; John's 
 frary, 213 ; John's College, Cam- 
 bridge, Fellow of, 76, 76 n ; 
 Katherine's Chapel, 3, 6, 8, 20, 30, 
 32. 35. 36, 3S, 39, 46, no, 113, 
 114, 211, 214; Mary's Nunnery,
 
 INDEX RERUM. 
 
 303 
 
 Chester, 4, 116 », 120 n ; Maryon- 
 the-Hill, Cliurch of, Chester, 2, 
 19 ; Mary-on-the-IIill, Chester, 
 Townships of the Parish of, l ; 
 Mary's, List of Rectors of, 77-104; 
 Mary's Registers, 105 ; Mary- 
 without-the-Walls, Chester, Church 
 of, 13; Oswald's, Chester, Vicar 
 of, 99 ; Paul's Cathedral, London, 
 84 ; Peter's, Chester, Rector of, 
 53. 79; Stephen lights, 211, 213, 
 214; Stevyns (Stephen) lights, 211, 
 213; Werburgh's Abbey, Chester, 
 77 -So; Werburgh's, Chester, Hugh, 
 Abbot of, 77, 77 bis ; Werburgh's, 
 Chester, John, Abbot of, 80 ; Wer- 
 burgh's, Chester, Thoma=, Abbot 
 -of, 61 
 
 Salisbury Cathedral, 79 
 
 Sanctus bell, 226 
 
 Sandbach, Vicar of, 93 bis 
 
 Scrope and Grosvenor Trial (He- 
 raldic Suit), 1S2 
 
 Sepulchre (Easter), 212, 214, 218, 
 220, 231 ; Lights, 220, 226 
 
 Sepulcur (Sepulchre) lights, 218, 220, 
 231 ; nayles pynes to hang the, 
 212, 214 
 
 Sepulchre sergesse, 226; Hanbrige, 
 226, 229, 231 
 
 Sergeant of Bridge Gate, 1S4, 186 
 
 Sheriff of Chester, 63 bis, 64, 84, 
 
 Shifting the Cross, 220 
 
 Shrewsbury, Earl of, 2, 31 n, 32, 
 
 32 », 33, 36 
 Sion College, London, So 
 Skaffolde to take down the mone, 218 
 Socket to best Cross, 224 
 Sodor and Man, Bishop of, 81 
 Special incidents in past history of 
 
 St. Mary's, 1S2 
 Stained Glass, 21, 22, 33 
 Star and the Hollyn, The, Candles to, 
 
 226 
 Stevyn's, S*., lights, 211, 213 
 
 StiUinge =-frame or stand, 195 
 Sundial in the Churchyard, 59, 123, 
 
 123 « 
 Sunday Evening Lecture, 200 
 Surge, 204, 205, 207, 209, 211 
 Surge, Devotion, 211, 217, 219, 221, 
 
 223 
 
 Tablets formerly in the Church, 60-76; 
 'in St. John's, Chester, 60 « 
 
 Taking down the Altars, 253 ; the 
 rode, 230, 250, 253 
 
 Ten Commandments, 253 
 
 Testerne, 195 
 
 Tiling, St. Katharine's Chapel, 211, 
 214 TTpers Mt. 
 
 Torch for Palm Sunday, 215, 216 
 
 Torch, 253 
 
 Torches at burial, 249 
 
 Trial of witches at Chester, 1656, 28, 
 29 
 
 Trinity Chapel, Holy, 30, 32, 79 
 
 Trinity College, Cambridge, 72 « 
 
 Troutbecks, 1S3, 186 
 
 Troutbeck, Adam, 185 ; Chapel, 8, 
 10, 3'-33> 36, 3S, S3. 54, 61, 62, 
 63 «, 64 «, 67, 67 «, 69 «, 119 «, 
 123, 123 «, 124, 125, 127, 127 «, 
 128, 129, 129 n, 136, 136 «, 141 II, 
 1S3, 1S4; place, 186; William, 20 
 
 Trundle bed, 195 
 
 Undertaker of Dee Mills, 146 
 Upton, II, 12 
 
 Vale Cloth, 215, 216 
 Vestments, List of, 5 
 Visitation, 253 
 Voyder = basket, 195 
 
 Wallasey, Rector of, 75, 76, 95, 95 n 
 Walsall, CO. Stafford, Vicar of, 87 
 
 Walton, Curate of, 95 ; Rector of, 95 
 Walton-on-the-IIill, Vicar of, 95 bis 
 Waring, Rowland, Arms of, 1695, 76 
 Waters Upton, co. Salop, Rector of, 
 
 98 Ulty^^eU-urCM 2.10 . 
 
 Waverton, Rector of, 76 
 Wax-making, 217 
 Wax against the Ester, 215 
 Web of lead, 231 
 Wells, Dean of, 77 
 Wellington, Duke of, 50 
 I Werden family, 113 
 Weston family, 115 
 West Kirby, Rector of, 100 ; Minister 
 
 of, 86 « 
 West Derby, Curate of, 95 
 Westminster, Canon of, 21 ; Duke of, 
 103, 104 ; Marquess of, 103 ; 
 Richard Marquis of, 100, 102 ; 
 Robert Marquis of, 100 bis 
 Wet Glover, 145, 155 
 Wettenhall, 2 
 
 Whitechapel, London, Rector of, 92 
 Whiteliming the Church, 230, 251 
 Whitewashing the Church, 230 
 Wills, Sir Wm. Troutbeck, 1S5 ; 
 Randle Brereton, 187; Ralph 
 Worsley, 1S9 
 Wimble = auger, 194 
 Winchester, Bishop of, 103 
 Wistaston Church, 27 
 Witches hanged at Chester, 1656, 28, 
 
 129, 129 K 
 Witton School, 54 
 Woodchurch, co. Chester, Rector of, 
 
 91 « 
 Wright, Prebendary, 89 
 Wrenbury, Vicar of, SS 
 Worsley, Ralph, Arms of, 1573, 59 
 Worsley Arms, iSS ; Pedigree, 192 ; 
 
 Ralph, 1S8, 1S9 ; Will, 1S8 
 Wybunbury, 2 
 
 Yeoman of Pentice, 154
 
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