REMAINS

HISTORICAL & LITERARY

CONNECTED WITH THE PALATINE COUNTIES OF

LANCASTER AND CHESTER.

PUBLISHED BY

THE CHETHAM SOCIETY.

VOL. CVI.

PRINTED FOR THE CHETHAM SOCIETY.

M.DCCC.LXXIX.

JAMES CROSSLEY, Esq., F.S.A., PRESIDENT.

REV. F. R. RAINES, M.A., F.S.A., HON. CANON OF MANCHESTER,

VICE-PRESIDENT.

JOHN E. BAILEY, Esq., F.S.A.

WILLIAM BEAMONT, Esq.

THE VERY REV. BENJAMIN MORGAN COWIE, B.D., F.S.A., DEAN OF MANCHESTER.

THE WORSHIPFUL RICHARD COPLEY CHRISTIE, M.A., CHANCELLOR OF THE DIOCESE OF MANCHESTER,

LIEUT.-COLONEL FISHWICK, F.S.A.

HENRY H. HOWORTH, F.S.A.

WILLIAM LANGTON, Esq.

REV. JOHN HOWARD MARSDEN, B.D., F. R. G.S.,