Location | Office/Status | Cleric Detail | Qualification | Comment |
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Walton / | Rector | Leigh, Thomas | DD | |
Prescot / | Vicar | Alden, John | BD | |
Childwall / | Vicar | Lewis, William | ||
Huyton / | Vicar | Starky, Laurence | ||
Wigan / | Rector | Bridgeman, John | Bishop of Chester. Assessed at £5. 'His Income from the towne of Wigan about £300, or that as wee conceaved. Amongst those of ability it was conceaved that the Rev. Father in God John Lord Bishop of Chester his Glebe Lands, Tythes of Corn and Grayne, Small Tythes , Free Rents, Rents of Tenants at Will, Tythe Haye, Easter Book and other profits belonging to the said Parsonage of Wigan was worth 800 or 900li. by the year of wch. £300 in the Borough'. | |
Winwick / Newton | Curate | Tompson, William | 'Wm Tompson Minister or Curate of the Chapell there within the Parish of Winwick but we did conceave his Stipend to be so very small as that it was not sufficient to mayntayne himselfe wife and children we did forbeare to lay any imposition or tax upon hym at all'. |
Source | Lancashire and Cheshire Record Society vol. 12 (Tax List): 1622 |
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Ordinary / Jurisdiction | Bridgeman, John/Chester 1619-1652 |
Comment | [WEST DERBY HUNDRED] Lancashire Ship Money returns. These are certificates of the ship money assessments levied on clergy in 1635 in reply to letter from Humphrey Chetham, Sheriff, dated 13 Feb. 1635[/6], himself following the instruction of the Privy Council |