fyxmW ^nivmii^ Ji^t'^tg Cornell University Library Z2024.B69 S73 + BIbllographia boltoniensis: being a bib! 3 1924 029 566 019 olin Overs Cornell University Library ^^^m The original of this book is in the Cornell University Library. There are no known copyright restrictions in the United States on the use of the text. http://www.archive.org/details/cu31924029566019 BIBLIOGRAPHIA BOLTONIENSIS ARCHIBALD SPARKE, f.R.s.l, f.l. Manchester University press. BIBLIOGRAPHIA BOLTONIENSIS. Sherratt & Hughes Publishers to the Victoria University of Manchester 34, Cross Street, Manchester. 33, Soho Square, London, W. Agents for the United States Longmans, Green & Co. 443-449, Fourth Avenue, New York. BIBLIOQRAPHIA BOLTONIENSIS: being a Bibliography, with biographical details of Bolton Authors, and the books written by them from 1550 to 1912; books about Bolton; and those printed and published in the Town from 1785 to date, jm BY ARCHIBALD SPARKE, f.r.s.l., f.l.a.. Chief Librarian of Bolton. " " Author of The Uses of Public Libraries," 1895 ; The Index to the Transactions of the Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian and Archaeological Society," 16 vols. (1866-1900), " " 1901 ; Handbook to Turner's Liber Studiorum," 1902 ; A Bibliography of the Dialect Literature of Cumberland, Westmorland and Lancashire North of the Sands," 1907. Editor AND Transcriber of "The Bury Parish Registers" (1647-1698), 1905; "The Township Booke of Halliwell" (1640-1762), 1911 ; "The Newchurch in Rossendale Parish Registers" (1653- 1723), in the press. MANCHESTER AT THE UNIVERSITY PRESS \j '1 'Che number of copies of this Work is limited to three hundred, each numbered and type distributed. 'Chis cop\; is No.„'^(Jr'^^ PREFACE. N compiling a bibliography one's chief anxiety is to include everything in it relating to the subject. Whether it be good, bad or indifferent does not concern the conscienti- ous compiler, because he is only interested in making his book as complete as is possible. Xhe subject of bibliography appeals to a very limited section of the community and the sale of this publication will be necessarily of a limited nature, not at all commensurate with the amount of labour which has been put into it, but nevertheless it is a task well worth the doing. The value of the literature of Bolton is considerably enhanced by being catalogued and arranged in such a way as to be of service to the individual who has a mind to use and consult it. How far the " unconsidered trifles" written by and of local men go to make up the history of the Borough will only be known and appreciated by those who are interested in the collection which is here catalogued. It is surprising from what sources the librarian obtains the local information so often asked for by readers ; he never loses sight of the possibility of a demand being made, and is always anxious that the applicant should not be sent empty away. The book that stand's neglected to-day is the one imperatively required to-morrow. A bibliography brings together all the fragments of knowledge and makes them accessible to all concerned besides being a ready source of reference when a local book, manuscript, map ior tract comes into the market for sale. No collection of local literature ex- cludes anything, however apparently trifling or worthless, and when this catalogue gets into the hands of collectors it is hoped that any literature they may possess of local interest which is not included herein, will eventually find its way into the library, where it is sure of a permanent home, besides being always available for use. For a book to be locked up in a library of the private collector is for it to be prac- tically useless, at any rate it is often there for one person's use only, whereas in the Public Library it is available to the whole community. Hitherto, the usual method of arranging Bibliographies has been by chronological order, so that the reader may see the progress of an author's work from the commencement to the end of his career. This practice of past times may have had its advantages, but it has little application now when information is more easily procurable than formerly. Therefore, an alphabetical arrangement under author's names has been adopted for Part I., alphabetical by subject for Part II., and alphabetical by printer's names for Part III., as being most likely to meet with general approval by research workers. It has been found necessary to alter the title of this work owing to its scope having been considerably extended. It was meant originally as a catalogue of the material contained in the Local Collection in the Reference Library, but as the work proceeded and information slowly trickled into the compiler's hands, it was decided to include everything of local interest, whether in the Library or not, thus making it " Bibliographia Boltoniensis " and not " Biblio- theca Boltoniana." My thanks are gratefully recorded to Mr. F. W. C. Pepper for willing help during the compilation and publication of this work. — vi — CONTENTS. PRINCIPAL BOOKS CONSULTED. BARTON, B. T.—Historical gleanings of Bolton and diftrid. 3 vols. 1881-3. Bolton Chronicle, 1827-1912. Bolton Journal [afterwards Bolton Journal and Quardian], 1871-1912. BRITISH MUSEUM.—Catalogue of printed books. 60 vols. 1 881 - 1 905. Chronological Hi^ory of Bolton, 191 1. CLEGG, James.—Annals of Bolton, 1888. Clergy LiS, 1856-1903. CROCKFORD'S Clerical Directory, 1910-12. DAVISON, W. Hope.—Centenary memorials of Duke's Alley Chapel, 1854. Didlionary of National Biography. 71 vols. 1885-1912. FOSTER, JOSEPH.—Alumni Oxoniensis, 1500-1886. 8 vols. MANCHESTER PUBLIC LIBRARY.—Catalogue of books in the Reference Department. 3 vols. 1864-81. NIGHTINGALE, B.—Lancashire nonconformity. Vol.2. 1892. SCHOLES, J. C—Bolton bibliography. 1886. SUTTON, C. W.—Lis of Lancashire authors. 1876. — VIII- INTRODUCTION. HE Bibliography of Bolton is somewhat extensive, and consifts principally of pamphlets, many of them on religious and semi- religious subjects. Famous as Bolton is in the world of manu- facture, and prominent as it is historically for its connection with one or two national episodes, it is not unknown in the world of literature. There are fads which deal hi^orically with Bolton in a literary sense which cannot be passed over without mention. For instance it has a Charter, which seems to have escaped notice until it was brought to light and transcribed by Miss Mary Bateson in the pages of the English Historical T^evievo, Vol. XVII, 1902, pp. 291, e/ seq., dated 14th January, 1253, and granted by William de Ferrers, Earl of Derby. Robert H alley in his " Lancashire, its Puritanism and Nonconformity," says that in the time of Henry VIII, " (1509-47) Bolton was then, in its manufacturing prosperity, rather a rival " than a dependency of Manchester. For some time it seemed doubtful which " of the two would become the great mart of the manufactures of the district." The town is also mentioned by John Leland in his "Itinerary" published in 1558, in which he says " ^olton apon ^oore stondith most by Cottons " and cowrse yame. Divers Villages in the Mores abowt Bolton do make " Cottons. Nother the Site nor Ground aboute ^olton is so good as it is aboute " tByi- They burne at ^olton sum Canale, but more Se Cole of the wich the " Pittes be not far of. They burne Turfe also." The cottons mentioned here were a kind of coarse woollen frieze, and must not be confused with the cotton of to-day, in the manufacture of which the climate of Bolton plays so large a part, being one of the chief factors in its success as a cotton manufacturing — IX- ; — — centre, its damp atmosphere bemg equal to a gain of 7 per cent, in the cost of the production of its staple induftry. In 1638, Bolton was the principal market in the kingdom for the sale of fustians, most of which were manufactured in the di^idts around. Richard Blome in his "Britannia" written in 1673, says that " Boulton, seated on the river Irwell, a fair and well-built Town, with broad " streets ; hath a market on Mondays, which is very good for cloth and " provisions ; and is a place of great trade for Fustians." In the great political struggles of the country Bolton has from very early times taken an adlive part. In 1 5 1 3 Sir Edward Stanley, first Baron Monteagle, raised bowmen at Bolton to fight at Flodden Field. A ballad of the time ran : " With fellows fresh and fierce in fight. Which Horton fields did turne in fores With lusty lads liver and light. From Blaikborn and Bolton i'th Mores." At the time of the Civil Wars Bolton was termed the " Geneva of Lanca- shire, and was considered the school and centre of Puritanism. In 1642 it was fortified by a thick mud wall and a wide ditch. It was twice unsuccessfully stormed by the forces of Charles 1., and again by Prince Rupert and the Earl of Derby in 1 644. This time the town—by the aid of treachery it is said was taken, and a bloody massacre followed. In 1 65 1 James, seventh Earl of Derby, was beheaded for treason in Churchgate, near the market cross. Contemporary accounts of these events are preserved in the Reference Library in the form of tracts, which are both rare and curious. The titles of three of the more important will give some idea of their nature : (i) How the Earle of Darbies forces made an onset on the Towne of Boulton and was driven off with the losse of a hundred men, and but eight on the Towne side.