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§ 19. The Fair of Saint Matthew acquires the name of Aca's Fair
§ 19 bis. The Land with which Aca's Chapel, subsequently named "Grell's Chauntry," was endowed
§ 20. The Privileges and Customs of Saint Matthew's, or Acca's, Fair
§ 20 bis. The Infeudation of Ashton-under-Line
§ 21. The activity of Robert Greslet in the service of the King
§ 22. The Papal Power in the plenitude of its Supremacy, is resisted by Ranulph de Blundeville, the sixth Earl
of Chester.....
§ 23. Ranulph de Blundeville grants a Charter to the Town of Salford, making it a free borough
§ 24. Demise of Robert Greslet..
Appendix to Chapter V. ....
CHAPTER VI.
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Events during the Baronial sway of Thomas Greslet, the sixth baron
§ 1. Ranulph de Blundeville resists the encroachments of the Court and of the Papal See
§ 2. Ranulph de Blundeville dies, and is succeeded in his Lancashire possessions by William de Ferrars
§ 3. A Dean of Manchester is recorded by Hollinworth as living in the year 1235
§ 4. The Functions and Jurisdiction of the Dean Rural
§ 5. Certain Feudal events which occurred after Thomas Greslet came of age
§ 6. The Lands of Ordeshal, where existed the Chapel of a Hermitage, are conveyed to David de Hulton ...
§ 7. The Sufferings of the Church from Papal provisions, no less than from Royal interference
§ 8. The Deans Rural employed in the Valor Beneficiorum of 1254
§ 9. The conduct of Thomas Greslet during the agitation of certain Civil and Religious questions
§ 10. Anno 1261-2.-Demise of Thomas Greslet.....
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§ 11. The Church of Manchester is placed under the care, or wardenship, of Peter, second son of Thomas Greslet
CHAPTER VII.
Events during the Baronial sway of Robert Greslet, the seventh lord of that name
§ 1. The Bondage Lands of Gorton, Ardwick, and Crumpsall
§ 2. The Town of Manchester characterised as a Borough
§ 3. The disturbed state of Lancashire during the struggle for the Representative system
§ 4. Robert Greslet arrives at full age and marries ....
§ 5. The great ascendancy which the Monastic orders acquired in the neighbourhood of Manchester
§ 6. Demise of Robert Greslet........
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CHAPTER VIII.
Events during the Baronial sway of Thomas Greslet, the eighth Lord of Manchester
§ 9. A.D. 1299.—The institutions of Rectors of Manchester find a place in the Cartularies of the Bishop of
Coventry and Lichfield
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§ 1. The Surveys of the Barony which were taken during the Minority of Thomas Greslet
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§ 2. During the Minority of Thomas Greslet, the Rights of Patronage in the Church of Manchester are
usurped in favour of William de Marchia
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A.D. 1288-92
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§ 3. Survey of the Ecclesiastical Benefices comprised within the Deanery of Manchester and Blackburn.—
§ 4. Walter de Langton, Rector of the Church of Manchester, to which the Chapel of Assheton was annexed 68
§ 5. The embarrassments sustained in Lancashire by the demand for men in the Wars
§ 6. Hugh of Manchester
§ 7. The higher honours of Church and State are heaped upon Walter de Langton
§ 8. The Monastery of Stanlawe removed to Whalley....
§ 10. Otto de Grandison is instituted Rector of Manchester.-A.D. 1299
§ 11. Thomas Greslet grants a Charter, by which Manchester is made a free borough
§ 12. Galfridus de Stoke.-Was he Rector and Dean Rural?
§ 13. Nicholas de Arderna appointed Rector of Ashton
§ 14. The Cluniac Cell of Kersall becomes subject to the act "De asportatis religiosorum"
§ 15. The Civil and Ecclesiastical state of Lancashire, and other counties, at the close of the reign of Edward
§ 16. The introduction of the family of La Warre to the Barony of Manchester
§ 17. Civil state of the Lordship of Manchester at the close of the Baronial sway of the Greslets
CHAPTER IX.
Miscellaneous notices relative to the state of the Manchester Church, under the patronage of the Greslets
§ 1. The Chauntry ascribed to one of the three Robert Greslets, successive Barons of Manchester
§ 2. A second Chauntry, of unknown date, erected at Manchester
§ 3. The Sanctuaries existing in Manchester
§ 4. The complaint preferred by the Church of Manchester against its succession of Rectors
§ 5. Demise of Thomas Greslet.
Part Fourth.
Ecclesiastical history of Manchester during the Baronial sway of the family of La Warre
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CHAPTER I.
The alienation of the Manor of Manchester to the Abbey of Dore, in Herefordshire. From the fourth to the nineteenth of Edward the Second
§ 1. The arming of Villeins, recently emancipated, as well as other "low-born" men, under the name of Yeomen
§ 2. Certain knights' fees belonging to the Barony of Manchester are broken up into fractional portions, in
order to increase the number of men required for the Wars
§ 3. John de Dekorden (perhaps Vorden), Rector of Manchester
§ 4. Adamus de Ardena, Rector of Ashton
§ 5. Johannes de Ardena and Hugh de Mylnegates, Chaplains of Manchester.-Tenth of Edward the Second.
[A.D. 1316-17]
§ 6. The death of Roger, father of John la Warre
§ 7. The Earl of Lancaster's revolt against the King
§ 8. The Civil and Ecclesiastical distractions prevailing in Lancashire at this time
§ 9. Decline of the office of Rural Deans
§ 10. Survey of the Barony, and Manor of Manchester, A.D. 1322 ..
§ 11. Adam de Southwick, Rector of Manchester, A.D. 1323.
§ 12. Symon de Barnesley, Rector of Ashton, a.d. 1324
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The Manor of Manchester, alienated to the Abbey of Dore, in Herefordshire, reverts to John la Warre
§ 1. The remedies adopted to quell Civil distractions, and their subsidence
§ 2. John de Claydon, Rector of Manchester, A.D. 1327
§ 5. The Ninths required from the Parish of Manchester in support of the Wars
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§ 6. The Deanery of Manchester is separated from that of Blackburn
§ 8. The Military exploits of John la Warre, Baron of Manchester
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§ 7. John, son of John la Warre, Baron of Manchester, predeceases his father
§ 9. General state of Rural Deaneries in the year 1342
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§ 10. The Chaplains of Manchester, A.D. 1342.......
§ 11. The Temporal power is still farther encroaching upon the Spiritual power, A.D. 1343-4
CHAPTER III.
Events during the sway of Roger la Warre, the tenth Baron of Manchester
§ 1. The appearance of Wycliffe
§ 2. The Statute of Provisors
§ 3. Against Suing in a Foreign realm
§ 4. The abuses of Patronage from Spiritual and Lay Patrons.....
§ 5. Thomas de Rodeford, Rector of Ashton
§ 6. Thomas de Wyke, Rector of Manchester
§ 7. The Pestilence of 1352
§ 8. The gallantry of Roger la Warre at the Battle of Poitiers
§ 9. The second marriage of Roger la Warre
§ 10. The privileges of Manchester as a free borough are disputed
§ 11. The names of two Chaplains of Manchester
§ 12. Thomas, the son of Thomas del Wyke, Rector of Ashton
§ 13. Roger la Warre is engaged in the Campaigns of his Sovereign
§ 14. Thomas del Booth promotes the building of a Bridge from Manchester to Salford, and also founds a
Chapel on the Bridge
§ 15. Thomas de Wyke, Rector of Manchester, with various Chaplains, are recorded in Thomas del Booth's
Will of 1368
§ 16. The advancement of Education at this time
§ 17. Demise of Roger la Warre
CHAPTER IV.
Events during the Baronial sway of John la Warre, the eleventh Lord of Manchester
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§ 1. Thomas, brother of John la Warre, appointed, pro tempore, to the vacant Rectory of Assheton-under-Line 111
§ 2. John la Warre takes possession of his Estates
§ 3. Death of Thomas del Booth
§ 4. Thomas la Warre resigns the Living of Ashton to Jo. de Marchford.-A.D. 1373
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§ 5. Did Thomas la Warre, about this time, succeed to Thomas del Wyke in the Incumbency of Manchester? 112
§ 6. The earliest Church which was built within the Fortified precincts of the Baron's Hull
§ 7. John de Marchford resigns the Living of Ashton to Henry Nettleworth.-A.D. 1374
§ 8. The Duke of Lancaster aids the attacks of Wycliffe against the Papal supremacy
§ 9. Wycliffe popularizes the principles of Reform .....
§ 10. The effect of Wycliffe's mission on the Social and Political state of England
§ 11. The disturbances of Lancashire at this period .....
§ 12. Thomas la Warre is admitted to the Prebend of Grindale, York
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§ 13. Were John la Warre and his brother, Thomas la Warre, influenced by the principles of Wycliffe?
§ 14. The Duke of Lancaster withdraws his favour from Wycliffe
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§ 4. Thomas la Warre makes a Trust Deed in favour of the descendants of his half-sister, Joanna, with the
view of displacing the true Heir of the Griffin family ....
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§ 5. The Trustees nominated by Thomas la Warre, when providing for the succession of the family of West... 125
§ 6. A Deed relative to the Infeudation of Assheton-under-Line, by which a trust settlement of Thomas la
Warre is implied......
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§ 7. The Cell of Kersall is released from its obedience to the Abbot of Clugni
§ 8. Precept issued to the Sheriff of Lancaster against the Lollards of this County ....
§ 9. Thomas la Warre collated Prebendary of North-Kelsey
§ 9. Thomas la Warre styled Decanus Decanatus de Mamcestre.
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The Motives for Collegiating the Parish Church of Manchester....
§ 1. The extent and increased Population of Manchester form a motive for Collegiating its Parish Church 129
§ 2. Causes of the increase of the class of Yeomen.
§ 3. The abuses of Patronage form a motive for Collegiating the Parish Church of Manchester
§ 4. Thomas, Lord la Warre, obtains the co-operation of the Bishop of Durham, and the Bishop of Lichfield
and Coventry ....
§ 5. The description of College contemplated by the Founder
§ 6. An increased Endowment proposed to be bestowed upon the contemplated College.
§ 7. By what Laws the proposed Capitular Body was intended to be governed..
Representation to the Bishop of the Diocese of the Evils which had resulted in Manchester from Rectors having
been employed in Secular offices.
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§ 1. The Non-residence of Rectors represented and complained of.........................
§ 2. The complaint that the Parishioners of Manchester were abandoned to the care of remotive, stipendiary
Chaplains .....
§ 3. The representation that the non-resident Rectors applied the fruits and offerings of the Church to their
own use
§ 4. The representation of the Neglect of the Cure of Souls
§ 5. The charge of a Diminution of Divine Worship .....
§ 6. The charge of a Defrauding of Hospitality and of the Support of the Poor
§ 7. The representation of the great Danger of Souls
Henry the Fifth is supplicated for a License to Collegiate the Parish Church of Manchester
The various parties whose joint consent to the Appropriation was demanded by the Bishop of the Diocese ..... 149
CHAPTER X.
Consent of the Parishioners of Manchester and of the Dean Rural to the Foundation
§ 2. The second portion of the Charter of Foundation.-The Procurators appointed by the Prior and Chapter
of the Cathedral Church of Coventry;—by the Dean and Canons of the Cathedral Church of Lichfield;—
and by Henry Halsall, Archdeacon of Chester........
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§ 3. The third portion of the Charter of Foundation.-Declaration of the contumacy of certain persons.........
§ 4. The fourth portion of the Charter of Foundation.-The Charter of Foundation declared by the Bishop of
Lichfield and Coventry
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§ 5. The fifth portion of the Charter of Foundation.—Declaration of the Public Notary to the Correctness of
the Proceedings..........
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§ 6. The sixth portion of the Charter of Foundation.-Confirmations of the Charter of Foundation.-[Given in Chapter XIII, pp. 168, 169, and 177]
CHAPTER XII.
The Laws which were drawn up for the Government of the College
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CHAPTER XIII.
The Proceedings which followed the grant of a Charter of Foundation to the College and Collegiate Church
of Manchester
§ 1. The Confirmation by David Pryce, Archdeacon of Chester, of the Charter of Foundation, &c.
§ 2. Confirmation of the Charter by the Prior and Chapter of Coventry
§3. The Infeftment of Thomas, Lord la Warre, of five Messuages and ten acres of Land with their
appurtenances in Manchester, Alport, Gorton, and Heton, also the Advowson of the Church of
Manchester, to certain feoffees, the Bishop of Durham and others, for the use of the College.-Dated
8th of November, 1422
§ 4. The Presentation and Institution of John Huntyngdon, Bachelor in Decrees, to the office of Master, or
Warden of the College of Manchester
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§ 5. The Deed by which Thomas la Warre's feoffees, the Bishop of Durham and others, confirm to John
Huntyngdon, Warden, and to the Fellows of the College of Manchester, certain Lands in Manchester,
Alport, Gorton, and Heton, and the Advowson of the Church of Manchester, for the perpetual use of
the said College.-Dated 14th of December, 1422 ..............
§ 6. The Letter of Attorney addressed by Thomas la Warre's feoffees, authorising Ralph Bulkeley and
Lawrence Hulme to surrender certain Lands and the Advowson to John Huntyngdon, Warden, and
the Fellows of the College.-Dated 14th of December, 1422.
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§ 7. A second Deed of Confirmation, by David Pryce, Archdeacon of Chester, of the Charter of Foundation,
with an approval of what his predecessor, Henry Halshall, had done.-Dated 25th of June, 1423. 177
CHAPTER XIV.
Was the Papal Consent, or Confirmation, ever obtained for the Collegiating of the Parish Church of
Manchester?
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СНАРТЕВ ХѴ.
The demise of Thomas, Lord la Warre......
REMARKS ON THE HISTORY OF THE ANCIENT PARISH CHURCH OF
MANCHESTER, WITH ADDITIONS.
Remarks on the Baronial History of Manchester
§ 1. Additions, &c., to the Annals of Robert Greslet, the fifth Baron
§ 2. Additions to the Account of Thomas Greslet, the sixth Baron of Manchester
§ 3. Additions to the Account of Robert Greslet, the seventh Baron
§ 5. Alienation of the Manor of Manchester to the Abbey of Dore, in Herefordshire, from the fourth to the
nineteenth of Edward the Second
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§ 4. Date of the demise of Thomas Greslet, the eighth Baron
§ 6. Notices of John la Warre, the ninth Baron, and of Roger la Warre, his successor........................................................................... 186
§ 7. The Sword of State used by the Ancient Barons of Manchester......