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A History of the County of Lancaster
… alone in the quire,' saying that their old curate, one Horrocks, should serve them in spite of all men; and that … 271. Canon Raines seems to be in error in supposing 'Sir Horrocks' to have been the former Atherton chantry priest; …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… Atherton; 1802 and 1822, Nicholas Grimshaw; 1842, Samuel Horrocks; 1862, Robert Townley Parker; 1882, Edmund Birley; … The practical founder of the industry, however, was John Horrocks. He was born at Edgeworth in 1768 of Quaker parents, … at Penwortham. Other mills quickly followed those of Horrocks. See Hardwick, op. cit. 366, 660. Hewitson, op. cit. …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… authorities during their years of power. Jeremiah Horrocks, the astronomer, was perhaps the most distinguished …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… manor to George Jacson of Preston, a member of the firm of Horrocks, Jacson &c., Co., whose son Charles Roger Jacson …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… which 'tradition' associates with the name of Jeremiah Horrocks, is situated at the extreme north-west of the … This is the room in which it is commonly asserted that Horrocks made his observation of the transit of Venus, 24 … forward for accepting definitely the statement that Horrocks was living at Carr House at the time, though it is …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… 1905. 9 William Crabtree, the astronomer and friend of Horrocks, lived in the township, at Broughton Spout it is …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… with a rhyming epitaph made by himself; to the Rev. John Horrocks, incumbent (d. 1669), with a long Latin inscription; … Richard Brierley 165 1636 Thomas Warriner 166 1645 John Horrocks, M.A. 167 1669 James Hargreaves, B.A. 168 1694 … have details of interest, such as those of Warriner and Horrocks in the Civil War period. The visitation returns also …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… tenement was to go to James and Elizabeth for life. Peter Horrocks, another defendant, also claimed under a grant by … two-hundredth part of a knight's fee; ibid, ii, 42. John Horrocks died 19 May 1637, holding lands of the king by the … relating to several properties in EdgeworthHigher Barn, Horrocks Fold, and Wheatshaw Croftare printed in Jas. C. …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… at Pendle; Misc. (Rec. Soc. Lancs. and Ches.), i, 68. John Horrocks was curate in 1640; note by Mr. Earwaker. Commonw. …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… Ralph Higson, Henry Haworth, Edward Greenhalgh, Lawrence Horrocks, and Matthew Harrison; and the purchasers in 1615 …