Chapter X (2)

With the £5,000, or rather with such portion of it as he received—for there were considerable deductions for fees and other charges—Crompton entered into various commercial speculations; but the fickle goddess did not smile on any of them. Anxious to place his sons in some business, he fixed on that of bleaching, and rented a works at Over Darwen; his eldest and youngest sons, George and James, being admitted as partners. But the unfavourable state of the times, the inexperience and mismanagement of his eldest son, a bad situation, and a tedious and expensive lawsuit with the landlord conspired in a very short time to put an end to this establishment. He was also engaged in cotton spinning and manufacturing, in connection with his sons Samuel and John; but they disagreed, Samuel withdrawing from the concern and going to Ireland, leaving his father to carry it on with such help as John could give him. The only business in which he may be said to have been at all successful was that of a cotton merchant, which he carried on in conjunction with his favourite son, William, and a Mr. Wylde. The firm eventually extended its operations to cotton spinning; but young Crompton disliking this branch of the business, the partnership was dissolved, the father and son retiring. The latter afterwards began business on his own account in Oldham, but the fate of the family followed him. He was unsuccessful; a fire consumed his stock, a lawsuit grew out of the fire; and finally, in 1832, he was carried off by an attack of cholera.

Left almost alone in the world, with old age creeping upon him, his sons dead or dispersed, and his only daughter—then a widow—for his housekeeper, Crompton carried on his small original business without assistance, “spending much of his time in devising the mechanism proper for weaving new patterns in fancy muslins.” But his lack of business capacity and inability to cope with the common-place incidents of ordinary life destroyed his chances of success, and that unhappy fatality which had accompanied him through life still dogged his steps. To use his own words, he was “hunted and watched with as much never-ceasing care as if he was the most notorious villain that ever disgraced the human form; and if he were to go to a smithy to get a common nail made, if opportunity offered to the bystanders, they would examine it most minutely to see if it was anything but a nail.” His patterns were pirated by his neighbours, who reproduced them in fabrics of inferior quality, and thus they were enabled to undersell and beat him out of the market. As he advanced in years his means became more and more straitened, and he was beginning gradually to drift into a state of poverty when, in 1824, Messrs. Hicks & Rothwell, of Bolton, his old friend, Mr. Kennedy, of Manchester, and some other sympathisers, unasked and unknown to Crompton, who had then reached his 72nd year, made a second subscription to purchase a life annuity, and the sum raised yielded a payment of £63 a year. He did not, however, live long to enjoy it. Wearied and worn out with cares and disappointments, but to the last retaining the esteem of his friends and the respect of all who knew him, he died by the gradual decay of nature at his house in King-street, Great Bolton, on the 26th June, 1827, at the age of seventy-three, and a few days later his body, followed by many voluntary mourners, was committed to the dust in the churchyard of Bolton, where a modest flagstone thus perpetuates his name:—

Beneath this stone are interred the mortal remains of Samuel
Crompton, of Bolton, late of Hall-i’-th’-Wood, in the township
of Tonge, inventor of the spinning machine called the Mule; who
departed this life the 26th day of June, 1827, aged 72 years.[54]

[Note 54: The age recorded on his gravestone is clearly an error, Crompton having been born on the 3rd December, 1753, so that he must have been in his 74th year.]

Such is the sad and simple story of the inventor of the spinning mule. Though his life was passed in comparative obscurity and neglect, and he was allowed to end his days in poverty, the name of Samuel Crompton will be held in honoured remembrance so long as the cotton trade endures, for it is to Crompton’s mule more than to any other invention we owe that vast Lancashire industrialism which has been the source of untold benefits to his native shire, and has so greatly increased the power and wealth of the nation at large. Looking at the splendid results which his genius accomplished, it must ever be a cause of regret that Lancashire men did so little for him who did so much for them. In the various relations of life Crompton was in all things upright and honourable; he had his failings like other men, but they were those which arose from his simple and unsuspecting nature, and such as should excite commiseration rather than condemnation. The weak point in his character, and that from which nearly all his troubles and misfortunes arose, was the absence of those faculties which enable a man to hold equal intercourse with his fellows. His morbid sense of independence made him averse to the very appearance of favour or patronage, and to ask for even that which was his due was always at the cost of acute pain. His manners and actions were at all times guided by a natural politeness and grace, as far from servility as rudeness. By those who knew him in the strength and fulness of his manhood he is described as having been handsome and singularly prepossessing in appearance, and this description is borne out by his portrait, which displays the lineaments of a well-formed head and face that strongly suggests the idea of the thoughtful philosopher and the true gentleman.

Though Crompton’s memory remained long neglected, a succeeding generation has happily done something to remove the stain of ingratitude, and to atone in some measure for the shortcomings of his contemporaries. The late Mr. Gilbert James French, a man of energy, intelligence, and culture, first aroused his fellow townsmen to a better appreciation of the value of Crompton’s achievements. In two lectures he delivered to the members of the Bolton Mechanics’ Institute, and in the handsome volume subsequently issued—“The Life and Times of Samuel Crompton”—a work to which we are indebted for some of the facts here recorded, Mr. French gave a very circumstantial account of the great inventor’s career; not content with this tribute to his memory, he set about obtaining subscriptions for the purpose of doing honour to Crompton’s name. A sum of £2,000 was raised, and on the 24th Sept., 1862, a bronze statue of the inventor of the mule by Calder Marshall, with bas reliefs of Hall-i’-th’-Wood, and Crompton at work upon his machine, was presented with much pomp and circumstance and many outward manifestations of rejoicing to the Corporation of Bolton. In this tardy recognition of his services Bolton has done something to efface the reproach which the ingratitude of a former generation had stamped upon the town. But Crompton has a more fitting as well as a more enduring monument in those outward indications of active industry which now surround his humble dwelling-place, and borrowing the oft-repeated line from Wren’s monument in St. Paul’s, it may be said—_Si monumentum requiris—circumspice_.

The old dilapidated mansion in which his earlier years were passed still remains. His name has given it an historic importance it never before possessed. To Lancashire men it should be as a very Mecca, and it can never be looked upon with feelings other than those of the deepest interest, for it may be truly said that here the prosperity of the nation hung in suspense as the thoughts and expedients of Crompton’s mind came and went, trembled, grew firm, and finally triumphed; and assuredly in no corner of England is the memorable couplet more strongly emphasised than in this now forlorn and weather-beaten abode:—

Peace hath her victories
Not less renowned than war.

INDEX.

_Abbott Hall_, 83-4

Adderley, Charles, 128, 145-6

_Adlington_, 283-360

Agarde, Francis, 123

_Agecroft Hall_, 2

Agincourt, Battle of, 90, 305

_Alderley_, 218

_Alderley Edge_, 287

Aldford, Lucy, 112

" Richard, 112

Allen, Dorothy, 370-1

" Isaac, 270

" John, 370, 389

_Allithwaite_, 83-4, 88, 91

Anjou, Margaret of, 92, 235

Arderne, John, 297

" Matilda, 297

" Ralph, 31

Arkwright, Richard, 424, 427, 435

_Arnside Knot_, 85

Armstrong, Thomas, 64

Arragon, Katharine of, 312

Arram, William, 363

Arthur, Prince, 220

Arundell and Wardour, Lady, 275

" " Lord, 275

Ashley, Hamo, 310

Ashmole, Elias, 144

Ashton, Mr., 373

" Major-General, 264

Aspinall, John, 252

" Ralph John, 252

_Astley Bridge_, 431

Aston Thomas, 330

Atheling, Edgar, 293

Atherton, Eleanor, 372, 405-6

" Henry, 406

Attercroft, Elizabeth, 71

" Thomas, 71

Audley, James, 227

" Lord, 119

Baggaley, William, 290, 291

Bagnall, Henry, 321

Bailey, J. Eglington, 170, 176-7, 187

Baliol, John, 224

Baltimore, Lord, 398

Bamville, Amabella, 290

" Hugh, 290

" Thomas, 290

Bancroft, Elizabeth, 7, 70-1, 75

" Thomas, 70-71

Banks, Mr., 376

" Joseph, 436

Barber, Dr., 96

" Robert, 204

Bardolf, Lord, 204

Barlow, William, 420

Barratt, James, 125

Barrit, Thomas, 402

_Barrow_, 87

Barrow, Sir John, 87

Baxter, Richard, 147

Bayley, Dr., 173

Baynton, Master, 189

_Beaumaris Castle_, 234

Bechton, Elizabeth, 295

" Ellen, 295

" Margaret, 295

" Philip, 295

Becke, Isabel, 364

" Mary, 364

" Robert, 364

" Thomas, 364

Bedingfield, Thomas, 43

_Beeston Brook_, 216

" _Castle_, 107, 213-241

Beeston, George, 236

" Thomas, 233

Beever, John F., 35

Belgrave, Elizabeth, 302

" Isabel, 298

" Thomas, 298, 303, 318

Bellairs, Henry, 71

" Mary Ellen, 71

Bellingham, Edward, 437

Bennett, Mr., 37

Bennett, Robert, 187

Bennison, Thomas, 350

Bentley, Joanna, 376-7

" Richard, 376-7, 384

_Berkeley Castle_, 230

Bexwyke, Hugh, 364

" Joan, 364

" Richard, 364-5

" Roger, 365

_Billinge Hill_, 251

Birch, George, 193

" Robert, 193

" William, 193

Birches, Robert, 303

_Blackburn_, 4, 242

Blackburn, John, 437

_Black Comb_, 87

Blackmore, Dr., 405

Black Prince, The, 231, 233, 286, 296-7

Bland, Lady, 381-2, 387

_Bleasdale Moor_, 251

Blois, Earl of, 293

Bloreheath, Battle of, 119

Blount, John, 290-1

Blundell, Henry Robert, 40

Blundeville, Randle, 150, 213, 220, 223, 228

Bohemia, King of, 181, 183

Bohun, Humphrey, 227

Bold, Richard, 254-5

Bolingbroke, Henry, 115, 116, 234, 299, 300

Bolingbroke, Lord, 133

Bolle, John, 325

Bolles, Mary, 335, 337

" Thomas, 335

_Bollin River_, 285

_Bolton_, 164, 433, 440

Bond, Mr., 33

_Bonishall_, 287

Bonner, Bishop, 170, 187, 192

Bononcini, 386-7

Bonville, Lord, 92

Booth, Ellen, 307

" George, 60, 205, 334, 336

" James, 300

" John, 334

" John Gore, 404

" Robert, 307

Bostock, Adam, 233

" William, 297

Bosworth, Battle of, 236, 309-10

Bowdon, George, 31

" Anne, 31

_Bowfell_, 87

_Bowland Forest_, 244, 251, 280

Brabazon, Lady, 123

Brabin, Elizabeth, 71

" Henry, 71

Bradford, John, 164, 365

" Margaret, 365

Bradshaw, Barbour, 35

" Catherine, 35

" Elizabeth, 70

" Frances, 35

" George, 25

" Godfrey, 35

" Henry, 21, 27, 30-6, 77

" J., 394

" John, 21, 26-7, 37, 67, 69, 70

" Joseph, 35

" Mr., 147

" Mary, 64, 70

" Rachel, 35

" Richard, 69

" Sarah, 67

" Thomas, 70

" William, 25, 27

Bradshawe-Isherwood, Arthur Salusbury, 72

Bradshawe-Isherwood, Henry, 71

" " John, 71

" " John Henry, 72

" " Thomas, 71

Brandon, Lord, 128-129

Brearcliffe, Sarah, 375, 395

Brereton, Andrew, 120

" Ellen, 120

" Lord, 126

" Mrs.,

" John, 128

" Peter, 64

" Sybil, 320, 322

" Thomas, 338

" Urian, 315, 318, 320, 322, 338

" William, 33, 43, 237, 240, 330-1

Brett, Ann, 131

" Colonel, 131

Brettargh, Mr., 382

" William, 400

Bridge, Major-General, 57

Bridgeman, Bishop, 41-2

" Orlando, 33

Brofield, Mr., 191

Brogden, Alexander, 78

Bromiley, James, 414, 425

Brooke, Charles, 267

Brooks, William, 187

Broster, Richard, 344

Brownlow, Lawrence, 412

Brownswerd, John, 39

_Broxton Hills_, 220

Bruce, Robert, 224

Bruerton, Mrs., 123

_Brungerley Hipping Stones_, 244

Brunlees, 78

Buckingham, Duke of, 103

Buckler, C. A., 277

_Bunbury_, 236

Burghall, Edward, 39, 238, 240

Buron, Hugh, 370

_Butley Hall_, 350

Byrom, Adam, 363-6

" Ann, 401, 406

" Dorothy, 398

" Edward, 361, 366-378, 387, 389, 401, 405-6

" Eleanor, 405

" Elizabeth, 380, 382, 384-5, 393-4, 396, 399, 401-2, 405

" Ellen, 381, 385

" George, 364

" Henry, 364-5

" Lawrence, 365-7

" Margaret, 202, 364

" Martin, 362

" John, 151-2, 368, 370, 372-401

" Joseph, 369

" Phœbe, 372, 378, 392, 402

" Ralph, 193, 362, 364-6

" Robert, 365

" Samuel, 361, 369

" Thomas, 193

" William, 368

_Byrom Hall_, 361

Byrom, Sedgewick, Allen and Place, 406

Byron, John, 200-1

" Lord, 238

Cadiz, Siege of, 323

_Caernarvon Castle_, 234

_Calder River_, 250-2

" _Valley_, 280

Calveley, George, 319

Camden, William, 205, 208

Campbell, James, 388

Canterbury, Archbishop of, 187-8

_Cark_, 86

Carlisle, Bishop of, 78

Carmichael, Captain, 71

_Carnforth_, 78

Carnwath, Earl, 341

Caroline, Queen, 132

Carpenter, General, 342-3

Carter, Dorothy, 94

" John, 94, 311

" Oliver, 189, 194, 202-3

Cartleche, John, 231

_Cartmel_, 76-8, 83

_Cartmel Fells_, 82

" _Priory_, 91, 101

Caryl, 45

Castlemaine, Lady, 129

_Cat and Fiddle_, 104

Cattel, Mr., 382, 395

Catterall, Thos., 252

Cavendish, Henry, 67

" Mr., 186

" William, 67, 258

Caxton, John, 113-14, 117

Cecil, Secretary, 169

Chadderton, Dr., 188, 192, 203

Chaddock, Tom, 394

Chadwick, J. Oldfield, 348

Challener, John, 123

" Mrs., 123

_Chapel Island_, 87

_Chapeltown_, 3

Charles I., 44-45, 48, 218, 240

Charles Edward, Prince, 344, 394, 396-7, 399

Charleton, Edward, 258

_Chartley Castle_, 222

Cheanie, Alan, 231

_Chester_, 237, 239-40

Chester, Bishop of, 255, 388

_Chester Cathedral_, 218

Chester, Earl of, 150, 213

Chesterfield, Lord, 383

Chetham, Edmund, 206

" Humphrey, 160, 194, 366

" Mr., 382

Chisnall, Colonel, 133

_Chipping_, 242

Cholmondeley, Earl, 342

" Hugh, 319

" Thomas, 233

Cibber, Colley, 131

Clarke, Peter, 341

Clayton, Mr., 387, 395, 397

Clifford, George Lambert, 267

" Lady Ann, 190

" Margaret, 167

" Matilda, 92

" Roger, 229

" Rosamond, 231

" The Black-faced, 92, 236

_Clitheroe Castle_, 5, 244, 251

_Cloud End_, 104

Clowes, Mr., 384, 387

Clyderhow, Thomas, 263

" Richard, 303

Clyve, Mr., 65

" William, 318

Cobham, Lord, 187

_Cockersand Abbey_, 253

Cogan, Dr., 205

Cole, Lettice, 126

Colydon, Mrs., 132

Compton, Captain, 68

_Conishead_, 87

_Coniston Old Man_, 87, 100

Constable, Mr., 145

_Conway Castle_, 234

Conway, Lady, 152

_Conway, River_, 222

Cook, Mr., 60

_Cooper’s Hill_, 221

Cope, John, 398

_Cophurst_, 104

Coppock, James, 396

Corona, Agnes, 292

" Ellen, 291, 295

" Hugh, 290-1

" Isabel, 291

" John, 291

" Lucy, 290-1

" Margaret, 291

" Sarah, 290

" Thomas, 291, 295

Cottington, Lord, 52, 66

Cotterel, P., 394

Cotton, George, 319

" Richard, 319

Coventry, Bishop of, 306

_Coventry, Grey Friars Abbey_, 222

Cowper, Edward, 182

" Lady Mary, 152

" William, 404

_Crewe_, 218

" _Hall_, 238, 330

Crocker, John, 205

_Cromford_, 427

Crompton, Alexander, 420

" Betty, 419

" Dr., 420

" Ellen, 369

" George, 419, 438

" James, 438

" John, 369, 438-9

" Samuel, 408-442

Cromwell, Oliver, 44, 53-58, 60, 63, 218, 264-5

" Richard, 58

" Thomas, 316

Crosse, Richard, 351

" Richard Townley, 351

Croxton, Mr., 394

Cumberland, Countess of, 190

" Denison, 377

" Duke of, 396

" Richard, 377

Cyveliock, Hugh, 220

Daa, Alina, 297

" Reginald, 298

" Robert, 298

Dalston, Sir William, 338

Daniel, Samuel, 343

Danyers, Thomas, 286, 296

Darnel, Sargeant, 388

_Darwen_, 4

_Darwen, Over_, 438

" _River_, 265

Davenport, Amabella, 293

" Christopher, 119

" Elizabeth, 343

" Hugh, 119

" John, 119, 295

" Nicholas, 310-11

" Peter, 343, 350

" Ralph, 333

" Richard, 293

" Thomas, 297

Dawson, Dr., 390-1

" James, 396

Deacon, Christopher, 398-400

" Christopher Clemens, 400

" Dr., 387, 395-8

" Robert Renatus, 400

" Thomas, 394, 400

" Thomas Theodorus, 400

Dee, Arthur, 204, 208

" Jane, 176, 184, 187

" John, 157-210, 326, 364

" Katharine, 176

" Michael, 208

_Dee, River_, 218

Dee, Rowland, 167, 208

_Deganwy Castle_, 222

_Delamere Forest_, 217

Delves, Lady, 152

" Thomas, 350

Denbigh, Lord of, 229

_Dent Fells_, 80

Derby, Countess of, 333

" Earl of, 32, 33, 35, 51, 158, 167, 255, 256, 260, 437

Derwentwater, Earl of, 260, 341

Desborough, 56

Despenser, Hugh, 300

Devereux, Robert, 191, 325

Devonshire, Duke of, 383

Dicconson, Richard, 94

Dickinson, Mr., 394

Dickson, Sergeant, 394

_Dieu-la-cresse Abbey_, 224

Digby, Kenelm, 179

Disraeli, Isaac, 175

Dodd, Dr., 141

_Doddington Hall_, 238, 330

Dokenfield, Robert, 117

Done, John, 219, 323

" Lady, 219

_Dorfold Hall_, 238

Dounes, Reginald, 297

" William, 297

Downes, Edward, 341

" Roger, 33, 311

Downham, Bishop, 194

Drake, Madam, 381

Drayton, Michael, 93, 226

Dublin, Archbishop of, 123

Duckworth, George, 437

Duckworth and Chippindall, 437

Dudley, Robert, 171

Dugdale, Elizabeth, 144

" William, 144

Dukinfield, Colonel, 31-2, 330, 336, 352

Duncalf, William, 326

Dunsany, Lord, 70

Dunstan, Mr., 373

Dutton, Hugh, 223, 295

" Margaret, 295

" Thomas, 295

Dytton, Mr., 123

" Mrs., 123

_Eagley Brook_, 411

Earwaker, John P., 42, 170, 308

_Eddisbury_, 218

Edge, Oliver, 32

Edward III., 228-231, 286

Edward IV., 307, 309

Edward VI., 170

Edwards, Mr., 47, 65

" Messrs., 65

Egerton, Lady, 317

" Mary, 321

" Ralph, 123

" Richard, 317

" Thomas, 190, 317

Elcho, Lord, 396

Eleanor, Queen, 230

Elizabeth, Princess, 170

" Queen, 172-5, 177, 183-8, 190, 256

Ellenborough, 78

Ellis, Mr., 23

Ely, Bishop of, 93, 314-5

Erskine, Lord, 287, 351

Espinasse, Mr., 389

Essex, Earl of, 191, 323, 325

Evans, John, 403

Evelyn, Lindon, 70

" Mr., 54

Evesham, Battle of, 227

Exton, Piers, 116, 235

Fairfax, General, 239, 330

" Lady, 48

_Fairies’ Cave_, 95, 100

Fair Rosamond, 231

Fauconberg, Mr., 68

Fauconbridge, Mr., 68

Fell, Thomas, 58, 77

Ferrers, Earl, 220

Fiennes, Nathaniel, 127

Finney, John, 342-3

" Samuel, 342

_Firwood_, 411, 418

Fishwick, Colonel, 335

Fitton, Alexander, 128-30

" Ann, 125, 126, 128

" Colonel, 127

" Edmund, 112

" Edward, 110-11, 119-30, 142, 145, 150, 255

" Felicia, 142, 145

" Frances, 128

" Francis, 123, 125

" Jane, 128

" John, 120

" Lady, 123, 125

" Laurence, 114, 116-119

" Margaret, 126

" Mary, 110-11, 121

" Penelope, 128

" Richard, 119, 123

" Thomas, 112-13, 117-19, 150, 295

" William, 128

Fitzherbert, Mrs., 261

" Thomas, 261

Fitz Ivon, Maud, 293

" Wlofaith, 293

Flame, Lord, 191, 151, 153

Fletcher, Mr., 394-5

_Flint Castle_, 229, 231, 234

_Flookborough_, 83, 86

Flower, William, 347

Folkes, Mr., 397-8

_Fonthill_, 60

_Forest Chapel_, 104

Foster, General, 260, 341

Fountain, Serjeant, 59

Fox, Edward, 407

" George, 77, 245-6

Frank, Ann, 186

French, Gilbert J., 420, 441

_Frodsham_, 218

Fromonds, Bartholomew, 176

" Nicholas, 184

Fulden, Mr., 394

_Furness_, 76-7, 83

" _Abbey_, 77, 83

Gaunt, John o’, 115, 298

_Gawsworth_, 102-154

Gawsworth, Lord, 130

Gerard, Charles, 126, 130-1

" Christopher, 128

" Elizabeth, 133, 201

" Fitton, 122

" Lord, 129-131, 133

" Mr., 203

Gibbons, Grinling, 357

Glendower, Owen, 116, 301

Gloucester, Duke of, 232

Gobert, John, 329

" Lucy, 329

Godiva, Lady, 288

Goodgroom, 58

Goodier, Mr., 189

_Goyt, Valley of_, 22

_Grange_, 82-3, 85

Granger, Abraham, 129

Gray, Thomas, 78

Grenville, Lord, 435

Griffith, Ann, 135

" Elizabeth, 135

Grindon, Leo H., 405

" John, 112

Grosvenor, Gilbert, 293

" John, 318-9

" Mary, 316-8

" Richard, 316, 319

" Robert, 298, 316

" Thomas, 303-4, 318

Gwinne, Peter, 183

Haddon, John, 381

Hall, Francis, 400

" Mr., 400

" Richard Edward, 400-1

_Hall-i’-th’-Wood_, 408-442

Halley, Dr., 146, 333, 391

Halliwell, J. Orchard, 175

_Halton_, 218

Halton, Baron of, 233, 293

Halstead, Dumville, 401

" Eleanor, 401-2, 405

" William, 401

Hamilton, Charles, 133

" Colonel, 134

" Duke of, 109, 132-5, 264

Hammond, Colonel, 265

" Dr., 374

Hancock, Joseph, 182

Handel, Geo. F., 284, 348-9, 386-7

Harbottle, Guiscard, 111, 120, 150

" Mary, 111, 150

Hardwicke, Bess of, 67

Hardy, Henry, 195

_Harfleur_, 304-5

Hargreaves, 417, 422-5

Harland, John, 185

Harper, Francis, 373

Harrington, Ann, 94

" Elizabeth, 94

" James, 93

" John, 91-2

" Lord, 135-6, 397-8

" Matilda, 94

" Michael, 91

" Robert, 91, 94

" Thomas, 91-2

" William, 90-2

Harrison, John, 94

" Major-General, 33, 35

Hartington, Lord, 383

Hartley, John, 202, 364

Hastings, Henry, 227

Hatton, Christopher, 190, 236

_Hawarden Castle_, 229

Hawghton, Master, 201

Hawkshee, Mr., 384

Hazlewood, Katharine, 189

Hemans, Mr., 81

Henedge, Thomas, 188

Henry III., 221, 224-5, 290

" V., 117, 304-5

" VI., 117, 244, 305

" VII., 310, 312

" VIII., 95, 250, 309, 312

Hereford, Countess of, 205

" Duke of, 115

Hesketh, Agnes, 114, 117

Heton, Isold de, 250

Hexham, Battle of, 244

Heyricke, Richard, 367

_Heysham_, 86

Hibbert, Dr., 193

" Elizabeth, 26

" Henry, 25

" John, 2

" Thomas, 25-6

Hick, John, 252

Hickman, Bartholomew, 204, 207

Hicks & Rothwell, 439

Hill, Edward, 43

_Hood, The_, 87

_Hodder Place_, 265, 279

" _River_, 244, 251, 263, 265

Hodgson, Captain, 264

Hoghton, Richard, 18

Holcroft, Alice, 125

" John, 125

_Holker_, 86, 100

" _Hall_, 77

Holland, Mr., 47

" Ralph, 31

" Richard, 203

" Robert, 231, 235

_Hollin Old Hall_, 344

Hollinshed, Raphael, 104, 122

Hollinworth, Richard, 146-7, 159, 169

_Hollinworth, Smithy_, 348

_Holme Island_, 85

Holt, Alice, 252

" James, 303

_Holy Well_, 96

Honford, Henry, 295, 297

" Isabella, 295

" John, 305

" Katharine, 297

" Margaret, 315, 320

" William, 305, 307, 311, 315, 320

Hooper, Francis

" Mr., 381, 384, 387

Hotspur, 116, 301

Houghton, Thomas, 256, 276

" Ralph, 193, 365

Howard, Lady, 186

Howitt, William, 260

_Hulme Hall_, 381

Hulme, Ralph, 364

" William, 196

_Humphrey Head_, 82, 86, 96-101

Hunte, Richard, 365

Hunter, Mr., 381

Hurleston, Richard, 319

_Hurst Green_, 257, 267

Hurst, James, 316

_Hyde Park_, 109

Hyde, Edward, 31

" Robert, 117, 305

Iken, Anne Mary, 351

" Thomas Bright, 351

Ingleby, Isabel, 257

" John, 257

Ireton, Colonel, 63

_Irwell Valley_, 433

Isherwood, Nathaniel, 71

" Thomas, 71

James I., 206, 219

Jefferson, Mr., 384

Jeffries, Judge, 339

Jermyn, Serjeant, 44

John, King, 220-1

Johnson, Samuel, 108, 151, 153-4

Jones, Thomas, 164

Kay, 423

Kelly, Edward, 117-182

" Mistress, 182

_Kemple End_, 251

Kennedy, John, 427, 435-6, 439

_Kent Estuary_, 78

Kent, Fair Maid of, 232, 297

_Kent’s Bank_, 84-5

Kenyon, Ralph, 369

_Kerridge_, 107, 287

_Kersall Cell_, 369, 376, 385

Kighley, Ann, 256

Kinderton, Baron of, 291, 293

_Kirkhead_, 84, 87, 100

Lacy, Roger, 223

Lambert, Colonel, 55, 60

" General, 264

_Lancaster_, 86

Lancaster, Earl of, 231, 235

Langdale, Marmaduke, 264

_Langdale Pikes_, 87

Langley, Mr., 203, 204

Larke, Joan, 313

" Peter, 313

" Thomas, 313

Lasque, Albert, 179-81, 184

Latimer, Lord, 125

Lauderdale, Lord, 32

Launcelyn, William, 299

Laurenson, Mrs., 380

Law, Edmund, 78

La Warre, Thomas, 158

Laurence, Elizabeth, 135

" Thomas, 135

Lee, Clegg, 343

" G. A., 427-8, 435-7

" Hester, 343, 352

" Robert, 343

Legh, Agnes, 291, 295, 401

" Anne, 340

" Charles, 203, 205, 284, 313, 330, 336, 343, 345-50

" Charles Richard Banastre, 351

" Dulcia, 308

" Edward, 321, 326, 338

" Elizabeth, 70, 343, 350

" Elizabeth Hester, 352

" Elizabeth Rowlls, 351

" Ellen, 119, 291

" George, 313-15, 318

" Henry, 336

" Hester, 352

" Isabel, 303

" John, 117, 233, 291-2, 296-300, 308, 311, 330, 335-6, 340,
342-3, 350, 354

" Katharine, 297, 313

" Lucy, 334

" Lucy Frances, 343, 350

" Margaret, 113, 335

" Margery, 297

" Maria, 321

" Mary, 357

" Matilda, 297

" Maud, 296

" Mr., 201

" Peter, 113, 117, 119, 295-300, 336, 347

" Piers, 233, 286, 296, 309

" Ralph, 326

" Reginald, 302

" Richard, 70, 295, 338

" Richard Crosse, 340

" Robert, 203, 295-308, 318, 351

" Sybil, 327

" Thomas, 309-13, 316, 318-22, 326-7, 329-32, 334-6, 338-40,
346-7, 351-2, 355, 357

" Thomas Crosse, 351

" Urian, 205, 321-3, 325-8, 332, 334, 357

" William, 295

Leicester, Earl of, 171, 173, 179-80, 225

Leigh, Katharine, 65

" John, 35

" Robert, 365

Leland, John, 194, 199

Lenthall, William, 60

Leofric, Earl, 288

_Leven Estuary_, 78

" _Sands_, 87

Lever, Mr., 196

Leveson, Richard, 325

Ley, Mr., 141

Leycester, Peter, 334

" Mr., 381, 383, 387

Lichfield, Earl of, 239

Lilburn, Colonel, 62

Lilly, 177, 181-2

Lincoln, Bishop of, 311

_Lindale_, 78

Lichfield and Coventry, Bishop of, 311

Llewellyn, Prince, 223, 225, 228-9

_London, Tower of_, 234

_Longridge Fell_, 5, 6, 250-1

_Lower Wood_, 411, 418

Luce, Elizabeth, 72

" Thomas, 72

_Ludgate_, 68

Ludlow, 61

Lupus, Hugh, 289, 292-3

_Lyme Hall_, 286

" _Chapel_, 233

Lymme, Richard, 295

Lynch, Mr., 139

Macartney, General, 133-5

_Macclesfield_, 105-287

Macclesfield, Countess of, 131, 132

_Macclesfield Church_, 233

Macclesfield, Earl of, 132-133

_Macclesfield Forest_, 107, 286

Macclesfield, Roger, 112

Macguire, Lord, 41

Machin, John, 146

Mackenzie, Peter, 71

Macmahon, Lord, 41

Macworth, Humphrey, 52

Madan, Mrs., 152

Mainwaring, Charlotte, 132

" Colonel, 237

" Dr., 387

" Elizabeth, 141

" Ellen, 118

" Henry, 128, 319

" Lady, 144

" Peter, 141, 144, 381

" Randle, 118

" Roger, 143

" Thomas, 144

Malpas, Lady, 152

Malyn, Dr., 381-2

" Massey, 381

" Mrs., 381

" Robert, 381

Manners, John, 25

Marbury, Mary, 61

" Thomas, 61

March, Earl of, 301

Maresha, William, 91

Marlborough, Duke of, 133

_Marple Hall_, 21-75

Marsh, George, 255

Marshall, 45

" Calder, 441

" Henry, 299

Martindale, Adam, 60, 159

Martyn, Thomas, 171

Massey, Hamnet, 311

" John, 299

" Richard, 193

" Robert, 305

Massie, William, 327

Maurice, Prince, 239

Maximilian, Emperor, 172

Mayer, Mr., 111, 136

Maynard, Johanna, 338

" John, 338-9

McConnell and Kennedy, 435

Methe, Bishop of, 123

Meeke, Mr., 147

Melling, Mr., 374

Merbury, Lawrence, 303

Mercia, Earl of, 288-9, 292

Mere, Matthew, 115

_Mersey, River_, 218, 285

de Meschines, Randle, 112

_Middlewich_, 239, 330

Milbey, Mr., 68

Mildmay, Henry, 47

_Milne House_, 326, 332, 334, 340

_Milnthorpe Sands_, 81, 85, 96

Milton, John, 26, 50, 62, 66

Minshull, Thomas, 128, 382

_Mitton_, 242, 250-2, 267

" _Church_, 252-263

" _Little_, 244, 252

Modburly, John, 230

_Moel Fammau_, 108, 218

Mohun, Lady, 135

" Lord, 109, 132-5

Molyneux, Richard, 201

Monk, Bishop, 377

" Colonel, 239

Monmouth, Duke of, 129, 339-40

Montford, Guy, 227

" Henry, 227

" Simon, 225-7

_Moorfields_, 68

_Morecambe Bay_, 76, 83, 85

Moreland, Mr., 68

Mortimer, 114

" Edward, 229

_Mortlake_, 207

Morton, Lord, 389

" Edward, 144

Mosley, Edward, 330

" Nicholas, 211

" Oswald, 388

Mostyn, Thomas, 237

Mountague, Duke of, 397

Mounteagle, Lord, 94, 96, 178, 315

Mountford, William, 134

Nairne, Lord, 441

Nanny, Mr., 399

_Nantwich_, 234, 237, 239, 330

Nelson, Mrs., 48

Neville, Margaret, 91

" Robert, 91

Newby, 100

Newby-Wilson, Thomas, 96

Newcastle, Duke of, 258

Newcome, Henry, 140-151, 369

" Robert, 140

" Stephen, 140

Newdegate, Mr., 41

_Newgate_, 69

Newnham, George Lewis, 351

" Louisa, 351

Newton, Alice, 327

" Dorothy, 64

" Isaac, 384

" Peter, 64

" Thomas, 39, 327

Nichols, Serjeant, 46

Nithsdale, Lord, 341

Norfolk, Duchess Dowager of, 258-9, 261, 266

" Duke of, 258, 261, 300

Norley, Adam, 296

Norris, Alexander, 413

" Alice, 413

" Christopher, 413

Northumberland, Countess Dowager of, 125

" Duke of, 234

" Earl of, 288, 301

Northumbria, King of, 243

Nottingham, Earl of, 299, 301

Nowell, Dean, 164

" Roger, 367

Nugent, Richard, 193

Nuthall, John, 319

_Oaks, The_, 411

_Offerton Hall_, 27

Okey, 58

_Oldham_, 439

Oldham, Hugh, 200, 364

_Oldhams_, 431-2

O’Neill, Hugh, 321

" Shane, 121

Ord, Robert, 384

Orreby, Fulco, 225

" Isabel, 112

" Thomas, 112

Orrell, Mary, 71

" Thomas, 71

_Oswestry Castle_, 300

_Over Darwen_, 438

Owen, Joseph, 391

Oxford, Lord, 152

Paris, Matthew, 225

Parker, Dorothy, 71

" Robert, 351

Parkinson, Canon, 366

Parnell, Thomas, 64

Parr, Mr., 65

Paslew, John, 262

Paulet, George, 316

Paulinus, 243

_Peak of Derbyshire_, 218, 285

_Peckforton_, 108

" _Castle_, 220

Pedder, William, 97

Peel, Messrs., 420

" Robert, 427, 432, 437

Pelton, Robert, 371

Pembroke, Earl, 92

Pembroke and Montgomery, Countess of, 190

_Pendle Hill_, 5, 244-6, 251, 280

_Pendleton_, 2

Pendleton, Henry, 364

Pennant, Thomas, 219

Pepys, Roger, 130

Perceval, Spencer, 437

Percy, Henry, 116

Peters, Hugh, 45

Petersham, Lord, 112, 136

Phillips, Richard, 311

Phillips and Lee, 435

_Phœnix Tower_, 239-40

Pilgrimage of Grace, 246

Pimlott, Mary, 70-1, 425

" William, 70-1

Plantagenet, Constance, 220

" Geoffrey, 220

" Richard, 93

Plunkett, John, 123

" Randal, 70

_Pontefract Castle_, 235

Pope, Alexander, 383

Potts, Master, 245

_Poulton Abbey_, 222

Powell, William, 348

_Prestwich Church_, 2

Prestwich, Edmund, 193, 208

" Isabella, 208

" Mr., 158

Prince, John C., 76

Prydyn, William, 299

Prynne, 41

Pygot, John, 305

Radcliffe, Alexander, 158, 363

" John, 255

" Richard, 368

" William, 365

Raines, Canon, 256

Raleigh, Walter, 180, 191

Ratcliffe, John, 59

_Ravenspurg_, 232-3

Renaud, Dr., 303

Reynolds, Frances, 347

" Mary, 347

" Thomas, 347

_Rhuddlan Castle_, 223, 229, 231

_Ribblesdale_, 5, 280

_Ribchester_, 4, 9-18, 242-3

" _Bridge_, 6-9

_Ribble River_, 244, 251-2, 265

Rich, Robert, 135

Richard I., 220-1

" II., 115-6, 231-2, 286, 299-300

" III., 309

Rivers, Earl, 131

Richmond, Duchess of, 398

" Duke of, 398

" Earl of, 236, 244

_Ridley Hall_, 239

Rigby, Alexander, 33, 332-5

" John, 376

Robartes, Isabella, 340, 354

" Robert, 340

Roberts, Mr., 378

_Rochdale_, 242

Rochford, Countess of, 132

Roe, Samuel, 65

Rokeley, Robert, 311

Rosenberg, Count, 181

Rosworm, John, 51, 367-8

Row, Mr., 61

Rowlls, John, 343, 350

_Rowton Moor_, 218, 239

_Runnymede_, 221

Rupert, Prince, 127, 239

Russell, Lady, 190

Rutland, Earl of, 93, 236

Rydings, Francis, 371

_Salesbury Hall_, 5

Salghall, Roger, 304

Salisbury, Bishop of, 383

" Earl of, 207

Sanford, Captain, 238-9, 241

Savage, Catharine, 313, 355

" Edmund, 315

" Isabella, 307

" John, 117, 305, 307, 309-10

" Richard, 131

" Thomas, 309

Savill, Harry, 201

_Sawrey Pass_, 100

Saxton, Christopher, 201

Schoelcher, Victor, 386

Scoles, Mr., 271

Scot, John, 224, 290

" Margaret, 224

Scotland, James III. of, 307

Scott, Sir Gilbert, 149

Sedgewick, Allen and Place, 406

Serleby, John de, 230

Shallcross, Edmund, 42-3

Shaw, John, 392

Sherburn, Dorothy, 252

" Elizabeth, 260

" Hugh, 273

" Katharine, 256-7

" Lady, 259, 266

" Maud, 254

" Nicholas, 258-61, 266, 268, 272

" Richard, 252, 254-8

" Richard Francis, 260

" Robert, 252

" Thomas, 255

Sherd, William, 340

Shore, William, 298-9

Shrewsbury, Battle of, 301

" Mayor of, 147

Shrigley, Mr., 395

_Shutling’s Low_, 104

Siddal, George, 369

" Richard, 369

Siddington, Emmota, 119

" Robert, 119

Sidney, Henry, 122

" Philip, 191

Simnel, Lambert, 309

Sinclair, James, 132

_Skiddaw_, 87

Slaidburn, 242

Sloane, Hans, 384

Smith, John, 132

" Mary, 132

" Madam, 131

" Mr., 383

" Richard, 132

Smyth, Mary Ann, 261

" Thomas, 297

" William, 261

Sneyd, Felicia, 126

" Ralph, 126

Sorrocold, John, 189

" Katharine, 189, 190

" Ralph, 189

Southwell, Thomas, 182

Spanish Armada, 236

Spenser, Edmund, 192, 322

St. Albans, Earl of, 52

St. George, Chevalier de, 341, 360

St. John, Mr. Solicitor, 44

St. Pierre, Urian, 227

St. Werburg’s, Abbot of, 237

Stamford, William, 253

Stanhope, Charles Augustus, 136

" Christopher, 397-8

" William, 135

Stanley, 437-8

" Edward, 25, 93-4, 314, 389

" Margaret, 25

" John, 93, 300, 314-16

" Thomas, 93, 125, 314

" William, 307

_Stanmore Church_, 348

_Stanner Nab_, 220

Stansfield, John, 375, 380

Starke, Alice, 317

Starkey, Mr., 396

" Nicholas, 202, 364

Starkie, Alice, 413, 414

" Le Gendre Nicholas, 413

" John, 413, 418

Steel, Mr., 46

" Captain, 238, 241

Stern, Bishop, 123

Stockdale, Mr., 83

Stockport, Margaret, 25

" Robert, 25

Stokefield, Battle of, 309

_Stormy Point_, 287

_Stonyhurst_, 5, 251, 256, 261, 264-80

Stourton, Lord, 256

Strafford, Earl of, 71

Strange, Lord, 367

Stringer, Hugh, 292

Strong, Mr., 65

_Sunderland Point_, 86

Sutton, 104

" Richard, 104

_Swarthmoor_, 77

" _Hall_, 77

Swedenborg, Emanuel, 434

Syddal, Tom, 341, 394, 396, 400

Sydenham, Colonel, 61

Sydney, Lady, 172

Tabley, William de, 291

Talbot, Lord, 32

" Thomas, 244, 299

Tanai, Lucas de, 227

Tankerville, Count de, 296

Tatton, Mr., 330

" William, 121

Taylor, John, 190, 327, 403

_Teg’s Nose_, 104

_Thorncliffe_, 22

Thurloe, Secretary, 68

Thyer, Robert, 387

Tilsey, Mr., 204

Timbs, John, 59

_Tiverton_, 237

Tollemache, Lord, 220

Tounley, Robert de, 115

Townley, Colonel, 393, 395-6

Townshend, Edward, 350

" Lady, 398

Trafford, Edmund, 327

" Mary, 327

Treasurer, Lord, 174-5, 187

Trevor, Jane, 126

" John, 126

Tryket, John, 115

_Turton_, 426

" _Tower_, 3

Tyldesley, Thomas, 260

Tyrconnell, Lord, 132

Tyrrel, Serjeant, 59

Ulster King of Arms, 123-4

_Ulverston_, 78, 87

" _Sands_, 81, 96

_Utkinton_, 219

Valet, Captain, 240

Varley, John, 178

Venables, Gilbert, 293, 346

" Hugh, 118

" John, 291, 295

" Margery, 118

" Thomas, 293-4

" William, 291, 295

Vernon, Dorothy, 25

" George, 25

" William, 25

Vigor, Mr., 393

Voil, Thomas, 299

" William, 299

_Waddington Fell_, 251

" _Hall_, 244

Wainwright, John, 403

Wakefield, Battle of, 235

" Edward Gibbon, 286

Wales, Prince of, 152, 225-7, 235, 261, 309, 312

Waller, James, 344

Walls, Robert, 311

_Walney_, 87

Walpole, Horace, 357, 383

" Lord, 152

Walsingham, Francis, 173, 191

Wandesford, Rowland, 33

Warbeck, Perkin, 311

Warburton, Anne, 121, 124

" Eleanor, 61

" Harriet, 350

" Peter, 61, 121, 124, 350

Ward, Joseph, 345

Wareing, Paul, 178

Warren, Edward, 35

" John, 311

" Mr., 189

Warwick, Countess of, 185, 190

" Earl of, 308

Waterpark, Lord, 67

Watt, James, 434

Waugh, Edwin, 81

Weever, 177

Weld, Edmund, 261, 266

" John, 261

" Thomas, 262, 266-7

" William, 261

Wells, Bernard, 30

" Mary, 30

Welshman, Robert, 205

Werden, Joseph, 160

Weston, James, 384

_Whalley_, 243

" _Abbey_, 247-250, 254

" _Church_, 246

" _Nab_, 251

Whitaker, Dr., 90-92, 157, 252, 257, 266

" John, 164

Whitby, Dr., 374

_White Nancy_, 287

_Whiteley Green_, 306

" _Hay_, 306, 309

Whitelock, 44-5, 47, 51, 61

_Whitewell_, 251

Whitfield, George, 385

Whitgift, Archbishop, 187

Whitmore, William, 236

Whitworth, Mr., 133, 387

Widderington, Edward, 258

" Peregrine, 259-61

" Lord, 260, 341

Widdrington, 46

Wigan, Mr., 159-60

Wilbraham, Thomas, 219

_Wildboarclough_, 104

Wilkinson, T. T., 188, 401

Willemots, Master, 189

Willes, General, 260, 342-3

William III., 339

Williamson, Mr., 203

" Thomas, 194

Willoughby, Baldwin, 369

" Lord, 403

_Wilpshire_, 4

Wilson, “Alick,” 162

Wilson, N., 65

Winchester, Marquis of, 316

Winnington, Catherine, 26

" _Bridge_, 60

Wintoun, Lord, 341

_Wiswall_, 251

" _Hall_, 246

Wolsey, Cardinal, 314

_Wolfscote_, 104

Wood, Anthony à, 238

Woodstock, Thomas of, 231

Worcester, Dean of, 170

Worsley, Ellen, 368

" Major-General, 55, 337, 366, 368

" Mr., 374

" Thomas, 366

Wordsworth, William, 81

Wortley, Mr., 205

_Wraysholme Tower_, 82, 86, 88

Wright, Mrs., 131

_Wyberslegh_, 25, 30

_Wyke, The_, 86

Wylde, Mr., 439

_Wythenshawe_, 31, 330

Yates & Dawson, 390

Yates, Joseph, 390

_Yewbarrow_, 81

York, Archbishop of, 301, 309, 383

" Duke of, 93, 236

JOHN HEYWOOD, Excelsior Steam Printing and Bookbinding Works,
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Transcriber's notes:

In the text version, italics are represented by _underscores_, and bold and black letter text by =equals= symbols.

Missing or incorrect punctuation has been repaired. Inconsistant spelling and hyphenation have been left.

The following mistakes have been noted:

p. xi to p. xxiii. The Lists of Booksellers and Subscribers have
some entries which are not in alphabetical order. The number of
copies ordered is not always in italics.

p. xvii. Marsden, The Kev changed to Rev.

p. xviii. CHORLTON, THOMAS has 2 entries, one for 32 Brasenose
Street and one for 32 Brazenose Street.

p. xx. Warnirgton changed to Warrington.

p. 26. text reads "dated 7th July, 4", the 4 seems incorrect but
has been left.

p. 40. "13 Car. I., June 7. "Appointment of John Bradshawe, the
extra opening quote has been removed.

p. 42. bran new pulpit changed to brand new pulpit.

p. 51. salutory changed to salutary.

p. 65. thanfull acknowledgement, has been left as it appears to be
a quote.

p. 104. Wildboa. Clough changed to Wildboar Clough.

p. 108. Enjoy the sunny world, so fresh and fair, added closing
quote.

p. 123. "The order, added the opening quote.

p. 141. Batchelor in Arts, left.

p. 169. £2 000 changed to £2,000.

p. 222. pa sed, corrected to passed.

p. 238. He confessed all his sins, opening quote added.

p. 240. suurrender changed to surrender.

p. 258. Maria Winifred Francesca is spelt Maria Winnifred
Francesca on p. 261.

p. 259. alloted changed to allotted.

p. 274. tranferred changed to transferred.

p. 301. Thursday then next, then changed to the.

p. 325. a n heirloom changed to an heirloom.

Index

p. 444. Bradshawe-Isherwood, Arthur Salusbury, 71 changed to 72
and Bradshawe-Isherwood, John, 72 changed to 71.

Brereton, Mrs. is missing a page number. Several Brereton wifes
are mentioned in the text and it is not clear which one referenced.

p. 445. Chetham, Mr., 582 changed to p. 382.

p. 447. Dieulacresse Abbey changed to Dieu-la-cresse to match text.

p. 449. Hooper, Francis is missing a page number. Several Hoopers
are mentioned but no Francis Hooper, though there is a Francis
Harper on p. 373.

p. 449. Jeffreys, Judge, changed to Jeffries.

p. 450. Lenthal, William, changed to Lenthall.

p. 450. Mareschall, William, changed Mareshal.

p. 451. Meath, Bishop of, changed to Methe.

p. 451. Meschines, Rundle, changed to Randle de Meschines

p. 451. Molyneux, Richard, is spelt Molynox in the text, but this
is in a quote from an older document and has been left.

p. 452. Rosenburg, Count, changed to Rosenberg.

p. 453. Schoelscher, Victor, changed to Schoelcher.

p. 453. Shutlings Low, 107, is on p. 104 and the index entry has
been changed.

p. 454. Tyrconnel, Lord, changed to Tyrconnell.

p. 478. Tilsley, Mr., changed to Tilsey.

p. 478. Townshead, Edward,changed to Townsend.