The subjoined communication was received too late for Dr. Hibbert to insert in its proper place. Sir, The following inscription, which is engraved on an oblong polished Yorkshire flag, and now in a high state of preservation, was formerly placed over the door of the alms-houses in Millar's-lane, alluded to at page 13, Vol. II. They were taken down a few years ago, and the stone is now in the possession of James Beardoe, Esq., of George-street, Manchester; a gentleman distinguished by a truly anxious desire for the preservation of any ancient relics which may relate to the town of Manchester, or its vicinity, and who kindly permitted me to copy it about three years ago. Clarendon-street, July 12th, 1831. To Dr. Hibbert, Edinburgh. I am, Sir, yours truly, In usum Mancunij pauperum erecta fuerunt Hæc domicilia, Annuentibus Irenarchis fideiq. commissoribus per curam præfectorum Jacobo Marler Gen. Jacobo Radcliffe Gen. Richardo Fox Gen. Samuel Dickinson Gen. Johanne Alexander Gen. At page 157, Vol. II, the year "1643" was misprinted for 1763, and the date of the month, which has been copied from Aikin's Manchester, is incorrect. Mr. John Byrom died on the 26th of September, 1763, in the 72nd year of his age. See Harrop's Manchester Mercury, where, in addition to A. M. at the end of his name, he is stiled F. R. S. Mr. Byrom was buried in Jesus's Chantry, within the Collegiate Church, on the 29th of September, and the record of his interment in the Collegiate registers, is simply "Mr. John Byrom, A. M." Page 334. In the monumental inscription for the family of Johnson, by a mistake of the letter cutter, the name "Ormrod" is erroneously spelt; it should be Ormerod. The following curious document, which is preserved among the Harl. MSS., Cod. 64, is so immediately connected with the History of the Collegiate Church, that we give it a place in the Appendix without any other comment, than to observe, that it is in the nature of a Petition from the Bishop of Chester to the King's majesty, setting forth two propositions. The first is, that in case his Majesty should not dissolve the College of Manchester, the Bishop modestly solicits that his Majesty would invest the Wardenship of the College, with all its revenues, in himself and his successors Bishops of Chester for ever. In the second place, that in case it should please his Majesty to dissolve or alter the said College, the Bishop might be preferred to the "house lands and tithes," and in exchange he would give the King, for his own use, his manor of Weston, in Derbyshire, with all its liberties and franchises. In both these propositions, the Bishop proposes that due care shall be taken for the maintenance of divine service in the Church of Manchester. But, however, with the bait of Weston, with all its franchises and advantages, it appears the King was not caught, and the College of Manchester yet remains on the foundation of De la Warre. We suppose this to have been the petition of Dr. John Bird, who filled the See of Chester from 1541 to 1556. Petition of the Bishop of Chester to have Manchester College. The bishop of Chestr' vnder thies ij sortes here followinge, maketh his petition. FIRST that if it shall please the kyngs highness that the College of M. shall stand, they, the said bishop and his successours (in consideration that the country thereabout is populose and much destitute of preachers, and that also the said bishop hath no howse of residence within his large and ample diocese but a lonely his howse at Chestr') may by his graces ordinaūce be made Warden and Rector of the said College, whereby the saide Bishop maye the better execute his office and dutye, implanting vertue and suppressing vitiose lyving, maynteyne honest hospitalitie, and otherwise rase the people thereaboute, have vsed to come far from thens to Chestr' for confirmation of their children and other diu'se matters p'teyning to the said bishops office. And in this case the said bishop to geve to the Warden incubent there nowe suche yerelie pension in redy money as shall be assigned to hym by the kyngs Maiestie or his counsaill. And in this case also the said bishop and his successors shall continually maynteyne the seruice of God there, and sufficient charges for all the ministers there now beyng, as it shall be thought expedient by the kings highness. The seconde sorte of petition is, that if it shall please the kings highnesse to dissolve or alter the said College, that then for cōsiderations above said, the said bishop maye be p'ferred to the house lands & tithes thereof portionally for the exchange of other lands as muche in value to the kings grace vse, hauing a respecte to the chargs which the said bisshop (sauing the king's maiesties better deuyse) thinketh of very necessitie must be supported, that is to say, FIRST, the stipend & salary of one p'petual Vicar and foure curates to serue the cure there (which hath allmoste six thousand houselying people) to the said Vicar yerely xli and to eu'y of the said curates viijli. To fyve singyng men called Clerks, to eu'y of theỷ vjli xiijs iiijd. To iij choristers to eu'y of theym iijli vjs viijd. To one preacher xxli. To one scholemaister for songe which shall also playe on the organes xli. To a butler, a cooke, a baker, a bruer, and a porter, to eu'y of theym vli vjs viijd. For reparations of the Chauncell and other housyngs of the College, and for syngyng, breade, wyne, wax & lynen, and other diuerse charges xijli xijs. Also a repris' to the Lord La Warre, and to the ordinary and archdeacon iiijli xjs jd. Which chargs amounte yerely to the some of...... clxijli ixs ixd. xjd} ccxxxvli xs vjjd, And where the College was surveyed in the book of tenths only to clxiijli x, xjd it is now surveyed to........ From which some of ccxxxvli xs vijd, the said charges deducted, remayneth... iijli xiijs xd. For which remaynder with some other p'cell of Land of the yerely value of xjli xiijs vijd ob. or thereaboute, the said bisshop is content to exchaūge his manor of Weston in the coûtie of Darby beyng of the yerely value besides other great comodities-iiijxx iiijli xiiijs vd ob. This beyng considered in that exchaunge that the said bisshop and his successors maye continue patrones of the p'sonages of Weston, Aston and Morley belonging to the said manor, or els to haue assigned vnto hyme suyche other p'sonages of like value, for as muche as the said Bisshope hath very fewe promotions to geue to his preachers and chapelayns. This beyng also remembred, that the Warden nowe incubent at the said College may haue of the kings grace some couenient pension or other promotion during his life. And that the said Bisshop and his successors shall not by reason of this exchaūge [be] onerat with any more tenthes or subsidies, then he was charged with before this exchaūg. And that he likewise be discharged of all Fees and ănuities goyng furth of the said College, and the other p'cell of Lands, if any suyche be. And so by this exchaūge shall remayne to the kings vse [all things beyng honestly maynteyned at the said College] the foresaid manor of Weston, which in all good lands, where as the said College hath onely lands beyng allmoste all tenements, the yerely value but xlii vijs iijd. the residue beyng tithes and mortuaries, &c. The value and comodities of the manor of Weston lying within iij miles of Darby, bey theis. First, a goodly mansion place even for best knight in all the shire of the yerely rent of... iiijxx iiijli xiiijs vd ob. Itm, Morley parke more than ij myles, with great plenty of tymb' and wood, of which may be made iiijc li, Itm, iiij towneshipes with iij p'issche churches belonging to the said Lordeship. Itm, ij Leates, one at thănûciation of our Lady, the other at Michelmas. Itm, all Frayes and amerciaments. Itm, for euery fortenyght courte. Itm, thassise of Victualls with diu'se privilegs. Itm, the Fishing in Trente. Of which manor with comodities, if some men had theym that could well 'Spt theym, there wold be made double rent thereof. The cause of the said Bisshops petition is, for the cōsideration above rehersed, and that also the said manor of Weston lyeth above xl myles out of the said bisshops diocese, so that he can not vse the comodities thereof so well as he maye of londs nearere. And herein he humbly desireth the kings maiesties fauor, and the rather for the paynes and charges that the said bisshop hath more lately taken in his graces Cōmission for the survey of Collegs Free Chapels chauntreys &c. Indorsed. The Bushope of Chesteres Petycon to H. 8 or E. 6 to Exchange lands wch he had in Darbeshir belonging to the see, for other lands in Manchester.-[fo. 75.] A splendid monument is now in the hands of Mr. Chantrey, to the memory of Miss Frances Hall, who was buried the 11th of June, 1828, in the Chantry of St. John the Baptist, and it is intended to be placed in Jesus's Chantry. The intended monument is executing at the expense of the Trustees of the Royal Infirmary in this town, to which institution, as well as many others, she was a liberal benefactress. INDEX TO THE HISTORY AND ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION OF THE COLLEGIATE CHURCH. A. Abingdon, James abbot of, the Pope's nuncio, visits Absence money, of which warden Peploe makes rigid Aca, the priest of St. Mary's, vol. I, 21. Vol. II, 232. Aca's fair, the charter of, vol. I, 21. Alana, Donna, imprisoned, vol. I, 112. Albert de Gresle, vol. I, 20. Alday, Master, succeeds to the wardenship, vol. I, 56. Alexander, John, his charity, vol. I, 29. M. I., vol. II, All Saints' Church founded, vol. II, 170. Allen, Isaac, the conduct of the classis towards him, Alms-houses in Miller's-lane, vol. II, 13. Angier, Mr., imprisoned, vol. I, 301. Refuses to quit Anglo-Saxon churches, how constructed, vol. I, note 16. Architecture, pointed, description of the first age, vol. II, 194. Specimens of, 197. Second age, 197. Spe- Arderne Arms, vol. II, 290. Ardwick Chapel, consecrated, vol II, 82. Opinion of Arthur, king, his victories, vol. I. 4. Ashawe arms, vol. II, 290. Ashton, of Chadderton, M. I., vol. II, 241. Ashton Church, vol. I, 25, Made a distinct parish, 43. Ashton, of Ashton-super-Mersey, arms, vol. II, 325. Asheton, Richard, describes the objections why Bishop Assheton, Ralph, places himself at the head of his Assembly of Divines, origin of, vol. I, 234. They meet Atherton, monument and arms, vol. II, 313. Augustine attempts the conversion of the English, Aynscough, Radley, made Fellow, vol. II, 76. M. I., 308. B. Baguley, William, his bequest, vol. II, 77. d Barlow, James, the last incumbent of St. Mary's chapel, Barlow, M. I., vol. II, 307. Extracts from the regis- Barritt, Thomas, his description of Ordsall cave, vol. I, Battersby, John de, chaplain, vol. I, 33. Battersby, M. I., vol. II, 320. Baxter, John, committed to prison, vol. I, 111. Beck, Isabel, grants Jesus's chapel to Francis Pendleton, Beck, Richard, erects a portion of the stalls, vol. II, 209, Beck, M. I., vol. II, 298. Beke, Thomas, endows a chantry, vol. II, 229. Bell, James, imprisoned, and the treatment he received, Benefactions to the poor, table of, vol. II, 263. Bexwicke, Richard, erects the stalls, vol. I, 52. Builds Bibby, Robert, chaplain, vol. I, 33. Birch, William, annals of his wardenship, vol. I, 78. Birch, Col. Thomas, seizes the muniment chest of the Birch, M. I., vol. II, 293, 330. Bird, John, Bishop of Chester, deprived of his bishopric, Bishop's Gate, why so called, vol. I, 55. Bishop Middleham, church referred to, vol. II, 197. Blackburne, Thomas, annals of his wardenship, vol. I. Blackburn church, fragments of Norman architecture Blackburn taken by the royal army, vol. I, 216. Bland, Lady Anne, vol. II, 50. Blood, Capt. Andrew, vol. II, 101. Taken prisoner, 110, Boardman, Samuel, 2nd fellow in the charter of Charles Bolton church, referred to, vol. II, 202. Book of Sports, King James's, vol. I, 140. Ministers Booth, John, annals of his wardenship, vol. I, 46. His Booth, Humphrey, erects a gallery, vol. I, 139. His Booth, Sir George, supports the royal cause, vol. I, 328. Bowker, M. I., vol. II, 258. Boroughreeve, the powers of, in the time of the Anglo- Borron, M. I., vol. II, 320, 334. Bower, M. I., vol. II, 236. Bourne, Mr., memoir of, vol. I, 120. By his exertions Bourne, William, senior fellow in the charter of Charles Bracebridge, M. I., vol. II, 236. Bradford, John, an account of, vol. I, 69. Foretels that Bradshaw, John, esq., M. I., vol. II, 309, Memoir, 310. Bray, Dr. Thomas, forms the plan for propagating the Bretagh, Ensign John, vol. II, 102. Taken prisoner, Britons inhabit Alport, vol. I, 2. Call the Saxons to Brooke, Samuel, gives the tapestry, vol. II, 39, 284. Broster, Charles, his charity, vol. II, Appendix 180. Buerdsall, George, his charity to Salford, vol. II, 39. |