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TRANSACTIONS OF THE HISTORIC SOCIETY OF LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE VOL. LXVII. Esq. Gladstone, Kobert of possession CALDERSTONES 1he in THE fainting a From TRANSACTIONS OF THE HISTORIC SOCIETY OF fUncastfnre anti FOR THE YEAR 1915 VOLUME LXVII NEW SERIES VOLUME XXXI LIVERPOOL PRINTED FOR THE SOCIETY 1916 All rights reserved Printed by BALLANTYNE, HANSON & Co. at the Ballantyne Press, Edinburgh CONTENTS AND ILLUSTRATIONS COUNCIL AND OFFICERS FOR THE YEAR 1916 , . ix OFFICERS OF THE SOCIETY SINCE COMMENCEMENT . x LIST OF HONORARY LOCAL SECRETARIES ... xi EDITORIAL NOTES ....... xii LIST OF MEMBERS ....... xiii LIST OF SOCIETIES IN CORRESPONDENCE . xxiii PAPERS READ CAPTAIN WILLIAM LATHAM AND THE CALDERSTONES. ' BY CHARLES R. HAND ..... i The Calderstones before enclosure . Frontispiece nth October 1825 . > Between 2 "About 1840" . ./ and 3 THE WILL OF MRS. ANN MOLYNEUX. BY HENRY PEET, M.A., F.S.A. ...... 7 The Molyneux Communion Flagon . To face 7 THE "RED JACKET" AND ITS SAPLING. BY A. H. ARKLE ......... 17 The Red Jacket, 1854 . To face 17 ANCIENT ALABASTERS AT LYDIATE. BY PHILIP NELSON, M.D., F.S.A....... 21 St. Catherine refusing to Sacrifice . To face 21 The Burning of the Alexandrian Philosophers ,, 21 The Conversion of Faustina ,, 23 St. Catherine preserved from the Wheels . 23 vi Contents and Illustrations PAGE St. Catherine kneels in Prayer . To face 24 Decollation of St. Catherine . 24 Entombment of St. Catherine . 24 Effigy of St. Catherine ,, 24 Effigy of St. Cuthbert 25 The Visitation ....... 25 THE ROLL OF THE MOCK CORPORATION OF FARN- WORTH IN WlDNES. BY CHARLES MADELEY . 37 Facsimile of Page of Roll. To face 27 EQUESTRIAN AQUAMANILES. BY PHILIP NELSON, M.D., F.S.A. ....... 78 Knight from the Carrand Collection . To face 78 An English Prince (2 views) . Between 79 and 80 The Hereford Aquamanile . To face 81 The Hexham Aquamanile 82 The Copenhagen Aquamanile . 82 Specimen from the Berens Collection . ,, 83 The Warrington Aquamanile (2 views) Between 83 and 84 St. George ...... To face 84 A Civilian Rider ...... 85 COCKERSAND CHAPTER-HOUSE. B¥ THE REV. W. A. WlCKHAM ........ 86 The Chapter-House Entrance . To face 86 Window Nook-Shafts . 87 Bases of Angle Shafts . 88 Various Sections ..... 88, 96, 98 Buck's View of the Chapter-House, 1727 . To face 90 Satterthwaite's Drawing of the Interior, 1818 94 The Exterior as it is . 95 Thurnham Hall .....,, 96 Junction of Transept and Chapter-House . 99 Roof Vaulting (2 views) . 122 Contents and Illustrations vit PAfiH THE BELLS OF ST. PETER'S CHURCH, LIVERPOOL. BY REGINALD THRELFALL BAILEY, M.R.C.S. (Eng.), L.R.C.P. (Lond.) ..... 124 The Tower, St. Peter's Church . To face 124 St. Catherine's Church Bell . 125 Ditto, showing ornament . ,, 127 Ditto, showing date . ,, 129 Ditto, showing hanging and crack . ,, 131 St. John's Bell, Knotty Ash . 133 Patterns used by A. Rudhall . ,, 135 Royal Arms at St. Bride's ,, 137 The Belfry, St. Peter's Church . 137 COMMUNICATIONS MARTIN HALL, BURSCOUGH. BY JAMES BROMLEY . 141 Armorial Quarrels . 141, 143 Martin Hall (2 views) .... To face 142 MONUMENTAL INSCRIPTIONS IN MELLING CHURCH, LIVERPOOL. BY F. H. CHEETHAM . 144 PATENTS OF ARMS TO THE BUTLERS OF BEWSEY AND KIRKLAND. BY J. PAUL RYLANDS, F.S.A. 148 Arms and Crest of Butler of Bewsey . 155 Kirkland . 157 LANCASTER JOTTINGS. III . 159 MONUMENTAL INSCRIPTIONS IN HAWARDEN PARISH CHURCH. BY W. BELL JONES .... 169 Mediaeval Gravestone . 168 Arms of Price of Rhiwlas ..... 183 Seal of Hawarden Court . 193 Panel of Aston Hall, Hawarden . To face zoi Arms of Whitley of Aston .... 203 viii Contents and Illustrations PAGE RECTORY MANOR OF WHITTINGTON IN LONSDALE . 207 THE EDGEWORTH PALSTAVE. Bv BANNISTER GRIM- SHAW ......... 208 Three Views of the Palstave . To face 208 A ROCHDALE CHARTER. BY WILLIAM FARRER, D.LiT. 210 STRAY NOTES . 212 REPORT FOR THE YEAR 1915 . ..... 216 MEMBERS ELECTED, 1915. 219 PAPERS READ, 1915. 220 BALANCE SHEET . 221 INDEX ......... 223 IX COUNCIL AND OFFICERS FOR THE YEAR 1916. president. THE RIGHT HON. THE EARL OF DERBY, K.G., G.C.V.O., P.C. 1Df«=pre8ft>ents. THE REV. CANON STEWART, M.A. JOHN PAUL RYLANDS, F.S.A. WM. FERGUSSON IRVINE, M.A., F.S.A. F. C. BEAZLEY, F.S.A. HENRY FEET, M.A., F.S.A. flDembers of Council. TO SEKVE TO END OF 1916. JOHN HARGREAVES. H. C. GORST. R. T. BAILEY, M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P. R. STEWART-BROWN, M.A., F.S.A. TO SEKVE TO END OF 1917. F. C. LARKIN, F.R.C.S. A. WOLFGANG. F. W. BAILEY, M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P. | GEORGE T. SHAW. TO SERVE TO END OF 1918. A. H. ARKLE. R. GLADSTONE, Jr., B.C.L., M.A. W. FORSHAW WILSON. HAROLD LEE, J.P. Tfion. ^Treasurer. s. w. PHIPPS, 26 ST. JAMES' ROAD, NEW BRIGHTON, CHESHIRE. fton. librarian. | fjon. Beaisttmt librarian. R. T. BAILEY, M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P.! JAMES A. WAITE. ton. Secretary. fton. Heaistant Secretary. PHILIP NELSON, M.D., F.S.A. JAMES A. WAITE. t)on. J. BROWNBILL, M.A. Ercursfon Committee. F. C. LARKIN, F.R.C.S. | F. W. BAILEY, M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P. F. E. AUBREY, L.D.S. photographic Committee. R. T. BAILEY, M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P. JOHN GILBERT. A. WOLFGANG. JAMES A. WAITE, ©fttcera of tbe Societg eince Commencement. presidents. 1. Right Hon. Francis, ist Earl of Ellesmere, Lord-Lieutenant of Lancashire .......... 1848 2. Right Hon. Charles William, 3rd Earl of Sefton, Lord-Lieutenant of Lancashire .......... 1854 3. General the Hon. Sir Edward Cust, K.C.H., D.C.L. 1855 4. Right Hon. William Ewart Gladstone, M. P. ..... 1863 5. Joseph Mayer, F.S.A., &c. ........ 1866 6. Rev. Canon Hume, D.C.L., LL.D., &c. ..... 1869 7. The Very Rev. J. S. Howson, D.D., Dean of Chester I87S 8. Thomas Glazebrook Rylands, F.S.A., &c. ..... 1879 9. Right Rev. The Lord Bishop of Oxford, F.S.A. .... 1885 10. Right Rev. The Lord Bishop of Chester, D.D. .... 1889 11. Right Hon. Arthur, i6th Earl of Derby, K.G., G.C.B., Lord- Lieutenant of Lancashire ....... 1903 12. RIGHT HON. EDWARD, 17 EAULOFDERHY, K.G..G.C.V.O., C.B. Secretaries. 1848. Rev. A. Hume, LL.D., and H. C. Pidgeon. 1851. Rev. A, Hume, LL.D., and Rev. Thomas Moore, M.A. 1854. Rev. A. Hume, LL.D. Assistant Secretaries. 1855- Rev. A. Hume, LL.D. Thomas G. Wedgwood. 1856. Rev. A. Hume, LL.D. VV. W. Rundell. 1857. Rev. A. Hume, LL.D. J. H. Genn. 1864. Nicholas Waterhouse. J. H. Genn. 1867. David Buxton. Charles Dyall. David Buxton. [Arthur Wakefield.] 1876.' David Buxton. Eugenio Londini. 1877. C. T. Gatty, F.S.A. Eugenio Londini. 1882. C. T. Gatty, F.S.A. T. N. Morton. [ E. M. Hance, LL.B. ) ( R. D. Radcliffe, M.A. J T. N. Morton. 1888. R. D. RadcHtfe, M.A., F.S.A. T. N. Morton. 1892. R. D. Radcliffe, M.A., F.S.A. T. N. Morton, W. F. Irvine. 1898. R. D. Radcliffe, M.A., F.S.A. W. F. Irvine, Jas. A. Waite. 1903. W. F. Irvine, M.A., F.S.A. Jas. A. Waite. 1910. F. C. Beazk-y, F.S.A. las. A. Waite. 1914. PHILIP NELSON, M.D., F.S.A. JAS. A. WAITE. EMtors. 1911. John Brownbill, M.A.I IE treasurers. 1848. Thomas Avison, F.S.A. 1886. H. D. Eshelby, F.S.A. 1860. William Burke. 1898. W. E. Gregson. 1867. John G. Jacob. I9°S- F. C. Beazley, F.S.A. 1911. S. W. PHIPPS. librarians. Curators. 1848. Joseph Mayer, F.S.A. Joseph Mayer, F.S.A. 1851. Rev. Thomas Moore, M.A. Joseph Mayer, F.S.A. 1859. David Buxton. A. C. Gibson, F.S.A. 1867. Nicholas Waterhouse. A. C. Gibson, F.S.A. 1869. Nicholas Waterhouse. H. Ecroyd Smith. 1871. John R. Hughes. H. Ecroyd Smith. 1875. John R. Hughes. J. Harris Gibson. 1876. C. T. Gatty, F.S.A. J. Harris Gibson. 1877. E. M. Hance, LL.B. I. Harris Gibson. 1880. (Offices in abeyance.} 1885. W. Thompson Watkin. J. Harris Gibson. 1886. W. Thompson Watkin. W. Forshaw Wilson. 1889. George T. Shaw. W. C. Ashby Pritt. 1889. George T. Shaw. Charles Potter. 1899. George T. Shaw. W. F. Price. 11911. George T. Shaw. 1915. R. T. BAILEY, M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P. assistant librarian. 1911. JAMES A. WAITE. 1 Before this date the Secretary was also Editor. %lst of Ifoonorarg Xocal Secretaries. LANCASHIRE. DISTRICT. NAME. Burnley ..... W. FARRER, D.Litt., Hall Garth, Carnforth. Leigh ...... W. D. PINK, Public Library, Leigh. Leyland ..... The Rev. W. STUART WHITE, Healey Vicarage, Roch dale. Ormskirk .... JAMES BROMLEY, J.P., The Homestead, Lathom. Rainfard .... The Rev. Canon J. WRIGHT WILLIAMS, Farnworth. Sefton. ..... W. E. GREGSON, 43 Moor Lane, Great Crosby. Warrington . CHARLES MADELEY, Municipal Museum, Warrington. Whalley and) , Tr ^ ,, r ,lr . .. , n j, ,7-1, \ . W. S. WEEKS, Westwood, Clitheroe. Pendle Hill ) ( Sir T. R. RATCLIFFE-ELLIS, 18 King Street, Wigan. '( Rev. W. A. WICKHAM, St. Andrew's Vicarage, Wigan. Wray, near Lancaster Rev. C. L. REYNOLDS, M.A., Wray Vicarage, Lancaster. Danuen and) , poMFRET, Public Library, Darwen. Blackburn I J '»* The Council would be glad to hear from Gentlemen, not necessarily members of the Society, willing to volunteer as Hon. Local Secretaries for Districts in Lancashire and Cheshire not already provided for. Xll EDITORIAL NOTES THE authors of Papers are alone responsible for the statements and opinions in their several communications. The thanks of the Society are due to Mr.