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A History of the County of Lancaster
… It is possible that the incised slab marked her burial-place, and that in the rebuilding of 1524 the recess was made … left. The churchwardens thereupon acquired a new pair in place of the one lost, which accounts for the three at … founded in 1412, in which year the cardinal visited the place to consecrate the parish church, which had been rebuilt …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… and Halsall on the other, it was not an attractive place of residence in former times, and the sweeping away of … phrase insistendi obsequiis may imply residence at some place away from his parish. On 27 Sept. 1355, he obtained … Abel, the latter becoming rector of Christleton in his place. In 1353 he procured licence from the pope to choose a …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… at Ormskirk and Bickerstaffe, while at the latter place a Quakers' meeting-place had been established. The Oates Plot caused some … of the Stanleys, which till the Reformation graced the place, a few modern gravestones peep through the grass, …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… had to plant two trees for each that he cut down. The place is seldom mentioned in the records; see Ducatus Lanc. … that Alan de Pennington had seized four cows of his in a place called Croftholf, part of the endowment of the church … complained that in 1291 Alan had seized his beasts in a place called Gillemichael's Croft in Pennington. Alan replied …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… the year 1140. 18 The monks on their part undertook to place at Penwortham three of their number, together with a … 20 s. a year for the benefit of poor housekeepers in the place. After a sale of the land charged in 1879 the rent was …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… gentle undulations. The town of Poulton was formerly a place of importance in the district, being called the … seized it, but the Earl of Derby having heard visited the place, took possession, and ordered the ship to be burnt, … of the town of Poulton at the north end of the market-place, and consists of an apsidal chancel 20 ft. by 17 ft. 6 …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… him in 1645, but he did not appear, having 'deserted' the place, and it was next year ordered that the 'rectory' should … 147, &c. Lich. Epis. Reg. ix, fol. 125. The admission took place on 9 Nov. William Booth was then canon of Salisbury; he … come down, the schoolmaster of Farnworth supplied his place, receiving 15 s. for every Lord's day he officiated; …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… just at the turning was the moot hall, with the market place behind it. These streets and buildings, though improved … the river by a ford, passed through Preston, 3 and as this place had good communication westward by water and stood in … de Huddleston and others sent to check them, captured the place and made levies on the townsmen. Later in the same day, …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… There is no record as to when this rebuilding took place, and the work itself is of a very plain description, … part of little interest. The Wilton chapel was the burial place of the family of the Earl of Wilton, but the vault was … to its original dimensions. The present rectory took its place in 1840. 23a Advowson The rectory is mentioned early in …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… him to do so by a lottery, and in 1785 the drawing took place. The winner afterwards exhibited the collection in … of Lancaster by knight's service, those in the former place also rendering 6 s. and those in the latter 9 s. a … as the heir of the Robert Lever of 1612. The marriage took place at Prestwich 3 May 1725; and Sir Darcy Lever was buried …