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MANCHESTER CHURCH.
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of the Trinity. In this corner, under this window, it is probable there stood an
altar, and that it was a place of much devotion : it is said it was for the country.
" In the chapel, where morning sermons were wont to be preached, called St.
George his chapel, belonging now to John lladcliffe, of Oardsall, Esq. was the
statue of St. George on horseback, hanged up ; his horse was lately in the sadler's
shop. The statues of the Virgin Mary and St. Dyonise (the other patron saints)
were upon the two highest pillars next to the quire ; unto them usually men did bow
at their coming into the church.
" 1506. James Stanley, master or keeper of the college, Sir John Bamford,
William Bradford, John Lording, Richard Massy, Ralph Mody, Henry Siddall, John
Bexwick, priests, fellows, parsons, or rectors, and proprietaries of the church,
granted certain privileges to Jesus Chapel on the south, built by the said Richard,
son of Roger Bexwick, of Manchester, and to the chaplains of the guild, (the first
or chief of which was Sir Oliver Thorneley,) that they should not only officiate
there, but should also receive all gifts, oblations, obventions, &c. given for the service
of Jesus Christ, and in the honour of the name of Jesus. This chapel was, 4'°
Elizabethan, by Isabel Beck, widow, sole heir of the said Richard Bexwick, given to
Erancis Pendleton and Cecily his wife, daughter of the said Isabel, whose successor
now lately sold it, or gave it (being very ruinous, and the roof fallen down, and the
lead sold or stolen) to the town of Manchester, to be an English library.
" The next chapel to it, commonly called Trafford chapel, Thomas del Booth,
son and heir of Thomas Booth, Knight, the founder of it, gave to Hugh Scoales,
chaplain, a certain place in Bexwick, together with the advowson of the chauntry of
St. Nicholas in St. Mary's church, in Manchester, and the said Hugh Scoales gave
the said premises to John Trafford, knight.
" The lowest chapel on the south side was (saith a monument in the midst of it)
builded by William Galley, sometime merchant of Manchester, and Elizabeth his
wife, and Nicholas his brother and executor on this their costs : he died anno 1508.
It is now possessed by Richard Radcliffe, Esq.
" The highest chapel was probably builded by the Byrons; it now belongs to
George Chetham, of Clayton, Esq.
" Strangewayes Chapel was probably builded by one of the Strangewayes : it
now belongs to John Hartley, of Strangewayes, Esq. In it there is a pardon under
the picture of the resurrection of Christ from the sepulcher. The Pardon v Pater
" r, v aves, aud a Creede, is xxvi thousand, and xxvi days of pardon."
END OF THE ACCOUNT OF MANCHESTER CHURCH.
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of the Trinity. In this corner, under this window, it is probable there stood an
altar, and that it was a place of much devotion : it is said it was for the country.
" In the chapel, where morning sermons were wont to be preached, called St.
George his chapel, belonging now to John lladcliffe, of Oardsall, Esq. was the
statue of St. George on horseback, hanged up ; his horse was lately in the sadler's
shop. The statues of the Virgin Mary and St. Dyonise (the other patron saints)
were upon the two highest pillars next to the quire ; unto them usually men did bow
at their coming into the church.
" 1506. James Stanley, master or keeper of the college, Sir John Bamford,
William Bradford, John Lording, Richard Massy, Ralph Mody, Henry Siddall, John
Bexwick, priests, fellows, parsons, or rectors, and proprietaries of the church,
granted certain privileges to Jesus Chapel on the south, built by the said Richard,
son of Roger Bexwick, of Manchester, and to the chaplains of the guild, (the first
or chief of which was Sir Oliver Thorneley,) that they should not only officiate
there, but should also receive all gifts, oblations, obventions, &c. given for the service
of Jesus Christ, and in the honour of the name of Jesus. This chapel was, 4'°
Elizabethan, by Isabel Beck, widow, sole heir of the said Richard Bexwick, given to
Erancis Pendleton and Cecily his wife, daughter of the said Isabel, whose successor
now lately sold it, or gave it (being very ruinous, and the roof fallen down, and the
lead sold or stolen) to the town of Manchester, to be an English library.
" The next chapel to it, commonly called Trafford chapel, Thomas del Booth,
son and heir of Thomas Booth, Knight, the founder of it, gave to Hugh Scoales,
chaplain, a certain place in Bexwick, together with the advowson of the chauntry of
St. Nicholas in St. Mary's church, in Manchester, and the said Hugh Scoales gave
the said premises to John Trafford, knight.
" The lowest chapel on the south side was (saith a monument in the midst of it)
builded by William Galley, sometime merchant of Manchester, and Elizabeth his
wife, and Nicholas his brother and executor on this their costs : he died anno 1508.
It is now possessed by Richard Radcliffe, Esq.
" The highest chapel was probably builded by the Byrons; it now belongs to
George Chetham, of Clayton, Esq.
" Strangewayes Chapel was probably builded by one of the Strangewayes : it
now belongs to John Hartley, of Strangewayes, Esq. In it there is a pardon under
the picture of the resurrection of Christ from the sepulcher. The Pardon v Pater
" r, v aves, aud a Creede, is xxvi thousand, and xxvi days of pardon."
END OF THE ACCOUNT OF MANCHESTER CHURCH.