JHISTORIC SOCIETY

OF

LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE.

PROCEEDINGS AND PAPERS;

SESSION I.

1848-49.

LIVERPOOL:

PRIHtED UUDEB THE BISECTION OP THE COUMU

FOB THE t»E OF THE MKMB1U.

MDCCCXLIX.

LIVERPOOL :

BE-FEINTED BY T. BRAKELL, COOK STREET.

1855.

ADVERTISEMENT.

IN issuing the First Volume of the Transactions of the HISTORIC

SOCIETY OF LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE, the Council cannot but

congratulate the Members on the varied and interesting nature of

its contents.

They feel that it is only necessary to add, that the Writers of the

Papers alone are responsible for the facts and opinions contained

in their respective communications.

DIKECTIONS TO THE BINDEK.

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The Ground Plan of Lancaster Castle . 98

ERRATA.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS.

PAGE.

Inaugural Address, by Dr. Hume, Hon. See. .................................... 3On the Best mode of carrying out the Objects of the Society, by H. C.

Pidgeon, Hon. Sec. ............................................................ 43Closing Address, by Dr. Hume. ...................................................... 16f>

PRIMEVAL, ROMAN, AND ANGLO-SAXON PERIODS.

Account of an Anglo-Roman Fibula, found near Chester, with remarks onFibulse, by H. C. Pidgeon. (Illustrated.} .............................. 28

On a Quern, recently presented to the Society, and on Hand-mills ingeneral, by Dr. Hume. (Illustrated.) .................................... 33

Note on Two Roman Bricks, found at Tetton Hall Farm, Cheshire. ..;... 41 On the Roman Roads in Lancashire, with a particular account of the

Tenth Iter of Antoninus, by J. Just........................................ 68Notice of Recent Discoveries, at Chester, in a Letter from William Ayrton,

Esq. (Illustrated.}.. .......................................................... 79Note on the XXth Legion. ............................................................ 83On Ancient Shoes, as used in this and other parts of the Country, by

Joseph Mayer, Hon. Curator. (Illustrated.} ........................... 117On the Reading of the Lancaster Runic Inscription, by J. Just. ............ 121On the British Urns found at West Kirkby, by Joseph Mayer, Hon.

Curator. (Illustrated.} ...................................................... 153

MEDIEVAL PERIOD.

Memoranda relating to Lancaster Castle, in connection with the presentation of Two Pictures, painted previous to the alterations, commenced in the year 1780, by E. Higgin. (Illustrated.)... ...... 96

CHURCH NOTES, &c.

Notice of a Monumental Brass, to the memory of Mr. Lingard, in theParish Church.of Warmingham, by the Rev. G. Clayton............. 109

Description of the Old Church of Wilmslow, in Cheshire, and its Monu­ ments, by R. Brooke, FS.A. ................................................ 130

On the Ruined Chapel at Lydiate, Co. Lancaster, by W. J. Roberts. V ' (Illustrated.)... .................................................................. 146

J

Yl CONTENTS.

HISTORICAL DOCUMENTS, &c. PAOE Reasons offered to the Public why Water should not be brought into

Liverpool from Bootle Springs ............................................. 17Proposals, &c., for the sale of the Ship "The Golden Lion." .................. 19Receipt for Excise Duties received by the Young Pretender, 1745. ......... 25Account of Certificates given to persons, at Wigan, to be touched for the

King's Evil, by King James the Second, at Chester City. ......... 26Receipt for Money and Provision given to King Charles the First, during

the Civil War. .................................................................. 27FAMILY HISTORY.

On the ancient Family of Wyehe, or Do la Wyche, with a descriptiveaccount of their Seat, at Alderley, in Cheshire, by R. Brooke,F.S.A. (Illustrated.) ......................................................... 12

Notes on the Family of Unton. ...................................................... 23On the Family of Percival, of Allerton, Lancashire, by Thomas Heywood,

F.S.A............................................................................... 61Memoir of the Family of Holme, especially of the various Randle Holmes,

the Cheshire Antiquaries of the Seventeenth Ceutuiy, by W. W.Mortimer. ........................................................................ 86

ANTIQUITIES. On the Common Seal of the Borough of Liverpool, by H. C. Pidgeon.

(Illustrated.) ...............................................................56, 105Observations on the Inscription upon the Common Seal of Liverpool,

by R. Brooko, F.S.A. ......................................................76, 94Notice of Coins found at Leasowe Castle, 1834. ................................. 103Notice of an ancient figure of St. George and the Dragon, by J.

J. Moss. .....................................................................104, 112Some account of ancient Armour, with especial reference to the sculp­

tured figure of St. George, by H. C. Pidgeon. (Illustrated.) ....... 114MISCELLANEOUS.

A descriptive account of the Historical Decorations now putting up inthe Grammar School, Preston, by Frank Howard, Esq................ 30

Inscription on a Grave-stone at Alderley........................................... 104Remarkable Handbill................................................................... 104Notice of certain Mineral Springs at Leasowe, by Dr. Hume. ............... 106Description of a picture of Horse-Racing in the Seventeenth Century at

Leasowe Castle, by Col. the Hon. Sir Edward Gust, K.C.H., F.R.S... 143 DONATIONS TO THE SOCIETY .....................1, 23, 41, 55, 67, 85, 103, 107, 129CURIOSITIES, &c., EXHIBITED..................22, 30, 42, 55, 68, 85, 103, 111, 130MEMBERS ANNOUNCED ........................................... 41, 55, 67MEMBERS ELECTED ......................................................-103,107, 129

LIST OF MEMBERS.

SESSION 1848-9.

Members marked thus (*) have been enrolled since the original list was printed. The names of Members of the Council are in Small Capitals;

Ainslie, Montague, Milnthorpe, Westmoreland.Alexander, William L., 4, Mount Vernon Green, Liverpool." Anderson, Thomas Francis, Holly Lodge, Fail-field, Liverpool.Anson, Very Rev. Frederick, D.D., Dean of Chester and Rector of

Doddleston, The Deanery, Chester. Ansdell, Richard, 7, Victoria Road, Kensington, London.*Astley, John, Rock Ferry, Cheshire.AVISON, THOMAS, Fulwood Park, Aigburth, TBEASCBEB.*Ayrton, William, Pepper Street, Chester.

Badnall, Eev. William, M.A., Wavertree.Bainbrigge, William H., F.R.C.S., 3, Islington Square, Liverpool.Baines, Thomas, Times Office, Castle Street, Liverpool.Barclay, Rev. John, M.A., Chaplain of Christ Church, Oxford, Vicarage,

Runcom. BATLEE, REV. JOSEPH, M.A., Principal of the Theological College, Birken-

head.Bell, Henry, Grosvenor Road, Claughton. Bell, Rev. Thomas, M.A., Upton. Bennett, Edward, Tetten Hall, Wolverhampton. Bennett, William, 09, Shaw Street, Liverpool. BICKEBSTETH, ROBERT, F.R.C.S., 2, Rodney Street, Liverpool. Birchall, Thomas, Ribbleton Hall, Preston. Bird, William, The Dell, Rock Park, Rock Ferry. Bissett, Rev. Charles, B.D., Up-holland, Wigan. Blackburne, John Ireland, The Hall, Hale. Blundell, Thomas Weld, Lice Blundell, Great Crosby. Bold, Thomas, Fair Lawn, Tue Brook, West Derby. Booth, Rev. James, D.C.L., F.R.S., President of the Lit. and Phil. Society

of Liverpool, Gloucester Terrace, Hyde Park, London. Boult, Francis, Clifton Park, Birkenhead. Boult, Joseph, Grove Park, Lodge Lane, Liverpool.

V1U MEMBERS.

Bowring, John, M.P., LL.D., Queen Square, Westminster, London.Bragge, William, Egerton Street, Chester.Brakell, Thomas, 49, Kensington, Liverpool.Bridger, Charles, F.S.A., 3, Keppel Street, Russell Square, London.Bromilow, Rev. John, M.A., Billinge, Wigan.*Brooke, Henry, The Grange, Northwich.BEOOKE, RICHARD, F.S.A., 16, Canning Street, Liverpool.*Brooks, John, 55, Great George Street, Liverpool.BROOKS, VENERABLE JONATHAN, M.A., Archdeacon of Liverpool, Everton

Road, Liverpool, VICE-PRESIDENT. Brown, William, M.P., Richmond Hill, Liverpool; and Fenton's Hotel,

London.*Brownbill, William, Collegiate Institution, Liverpool. Bruce, James, M.D., 58, Nelson Street, Liverpool. Byrne, Andrew Euing, 8, Kenyon Terrace, Claughton. BYBTH, REV. THOMAS, D.D., F.S.A., The Rectory, Wallasea.Caine, Nathaniel, Church Street, Egremont.Campbell, Rev. Augustus, M.A., Rector of Liverpool, and Vicar of Child-

wall, 181, Duke Street, Liverpool.CARDWELL. EDWAUD, M.P., 8, Whitehall Gardens, London. Carson, Thomas, 3, Northumberland Terrace, Everton, Liverpool.*Carter, George Barker, Rock Park, Rock Ferry, Cheshire.CHESTER, THE MATOR OF (Sir Edward Walker,) VICE-PRESIDENT, ex officio.Clare, John Leigh, Hindley House, Walton Breck, Liverpool.Clayton, Rev. George, M.A., Warmingham Rectory, Middlewich.Cliffe, Thomas, 8, Clarence Street, Everton, Liverpool*Clow, John, 54, Mount Pleasant, Liverpool.*Colton, John Caspar, 114, Duke Street, Liverpool.Conway, John, Union Court, Castle Street, Liverpool.Colthart, John Boss, Ashton-under-lyne.Crackenthorpe, Harvey, Eastham.Crook, Thomas, 61, Shaw Street, Liverpool.Crosse, Thomas Bright, Shawe Hill, Chorley.CUNNINGHAM, JOHN, F.G.S., Hon. Mem. Roy. Corn. G. S., Beach Bank,

Liscard, Cheshire. GUST, HON. SIR EDWARD, K.C.H , F.R.S., Leasowe Castle, Cheshire ; and

Hill Street, London, VICE-PRESIDENT.Dalglish, Robert, jun., St. Helens.Dawes, Matthew, F.G.S., Westbrooke, Bolton.Dawson, Edward, Aldcliffe Hall, Lancaster.Dawson, Henry, 14, St. James's Road, Liverpool.Dearden, James, F.S.A., The Orchard, Rochdale.Deighton, Joseph, 46, Church Street, Liverpool.Dignan, John, 12, Hope Place, Hope Street, Liverpool.Duarte, Ricardo Thornaz, 7, Everton Brow, Liverpool.Dunlevie, Charles Thomas, Childwall.Dwyer, Rev. Thomas, M.A., 13, West Derby Street, Liverpool.

MEMBERS. IX

Eden, John, Aigburth Vale, Liverpool.Egerton, Sir Philip Do Malpas Grey, Bart., M.P., Oulton Park, Cheshire,

and 43, Wilton Crescent, London. ELLESMERE, THE EARL OF, F.S.A., Worsley Hall, Manchester; and 18,

Belgrave Square, London, PRESIDENT.Emerson, George Hill, 9, Clarence Street, Everton, Liverpool. Evans, Edward, Rock Ferry, .Cheshire. Evans, Eyre, 73, Shaw Street, Liverpool. Ewart, John Christopher, New Brighton. Eyes, Edward, jun., 10, Springfield, Everton, Liverpool.

Falcon, William B., 11, Shaw Street, Liverpool.Feilden, John, Mollington Hall, Chester.Finlay, William, Collegiate Institution, Liverpool.Fisher, William M., Ph.D., F.R.A.S., 39, Great George Street, Liverpool.Forshaw, Rev. Charles, M.A., Altcar, Onnskirk.Fox, Rev. W. Darwin, M.A., Delamere Forest Rectory.

*Gardner, Richard Cardwell, Newsham House, Liverpool.*Garnett, William James, Bleasdale Tower, Garstang. Gaskell, John, 12, Mason Street, Edge Hill, Liverpool. Germon, Rev. Nicholas, M.A., High Master, Grammar School, Manchester. Gawthrop, Hugh, 8, Ivy Street, Birkenhead. Gibson, Rev. John, M.A., Garston. Girdlestone, Rev. Edward, M.A., Deane, Bolton. Godfrey, J. J., Heathfield Street, Renshaw Street, Liverpool. Gore, William Ormsby, Porkington, Oswestry.Graham, Rev. Christopher Alexander, B.A., 7, Great George Street, Liver­

pool.*Gray, Rev. R. H., M.A.. Student of Christ Church, Oxford, Knowsley,

West Derby.Gray, Thomas, Sugnall Street, Myrtle Street, Liverpool. Greenall, Rev. Richard, M.A., Incumbent of Stretton, and R.D. of Bolton,

Stretton, Warrington.

HAMPTON, Rev. H., M.A., Cemetery View, 18, Upper Parliament Street,Liverpool.

Harden, J. W., New Ferry, Cheshire.HAWKTNS, EDWARD, F.R.S., F.S.A., F.L.S., British Museum, London. Hawthorne, Hans Stewart, 61, St. Anne Street, Liverpool.*Hay, John, Parkfield Cottage, Birkenhead, Cheshire.Heath, Edward, St. Domingo Grove, Everton, Liverpool.Herdman, William Gawin, Lansdowne Place, Everton, Liverpool.Heywood, Sir Benjamin, Bart.. Claremont, Manchester.Heywood, James, M.P., F.R.S., F.S.A., F.G.S., Acresfield, Manchester ;

and Reform Club, London. HETWOOD, THOMAS, F.S.A., Hope End, Ledbury, Herefordshire.

X MEMBERS.

*Hibbert, Thomas Doming, 39, Sackville Street, Portland Place, Evertou,Liverpool.

Higgin, Edward, 89, Bedford Street South, Liverpool. Hill, Rev. John Wilbraham, M.A., Waverton, Chester. Hinde, Rev. Thomas, M.A., Winwick, Warrington. Hopwood, Rev. F. G., M.A., Knowsley, West Derby. Horsfall, Thomas .Berry, Mill Bank, West Derby.*Hughes, Robert, 1, Mortimer Terrace, Birkenhead.HUME, REV. ABRAHAM, LL.D., F.S.A.. Corr. Mem. S. A. Scot., M.P.S.,

Hon. Mem. Dub. Univ. Phil. Soc. 9, Clarence Street, Everton,Liverpool, HON. SECHETABY.

*Hunt, Charles, Ravenshead House, St. Helens.

Ireland, Rev. John, M.A., Skelmersdale, Ormskirk.

Jacson, Charles R., Barton Lodge, PrestonJackson, William, M.P., Manor Hall, Claughton, Cheshire; and Reform

Club, London.James, Rev. David, M.A., F.S.A., 20, Great Mersey Street, Kirkdale. JAMES, PAUL MOON, Summer Ville, Manchester.*Jeff, Rev. W., M.A., Farnworth Parsonage, Cheshire.Johnson, John H., 29, Oxford Street, Liveq>ool.Jones, Alfred, 17, Goree Piazzas, Liverpool.Jones, Rev. John, M.A., R.D., of Liverpool South, Waterloo.*Jones, Morris Charles, 15, Bedford Street North. Just, John, Grammar School, Bury.

Keet, George J., 90, Renshaw Street, Liverpool. Kendall, Thomas, 9, Gambier Terrace, Liverpool. Kendall, William, 9, Gambier Terrace, Liverpool.*Kendrick, James, M.D., Warrington.*Kilpin, Thomas Johnson, 1, Arrad Street, Hope Street, Liverpool.

*Xace, Joshua, 2, Canning Street, Liverpool. Lamb, David, Plumpton Terrace, 29, Everton Road. LANCASTER, THE MAYOR OF (Edmund Sharpe, Esq.,) VICE-PBESIDENT,

ex officio.*Langton, William, Manchester. Laycock, William, 10, Canning Street, Birkenhead. Lea, William, Oxton, Cheshire. Legh, G. Cornwall, M.P., High Legh, Warrington. Lingard, A. R., Eastham. Lindsay, Hon. Colin, Haigh Lands, Wigan. Lister, James, 2, Green Bank, Breckfield Road North, Liverpool. Litton, Rev. E. A., M.A., Wilderspool, Warrington. LIVERPOOL, THE MATOR OF (J. Bramley-Moore, Esq.,) VICE-PRESIDENT,

ex officio.

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*LLOYD, JOHN BUCK, Aigburth.LORD, LIEUT. WILLIAM, R.N., Surveyor of the Port, 16, Sandon Street,

Liverpool. Lovmdes, Matthew Dobson, 49s, Edge Lane, Liverpool.

Macrorie, David, M.D., 126, Duke Street, Liverpool. Mackinson, E. W., M.A., Lime Place, Higher Broughton, Manchester. MANCHESTER, THE MAYOR OF (John Potter, Esq.,) VICE-PRESIDENT, ex

officio.*Margoliouth, Rev. Moses, A.B., Higher Tranmere, Cheshire.Markland, James Heywood, D.C.L., F.R S., F.S.A., Bath.Marsden, George, 52, Pembroke Place, Liverpool.Marston, Rev. Edward, M.A., Domestic Chaplain to the Earl of Derby,

Knowsley, West Derby.Mather, Daniel, 58, Mount Pleasant, Liverpool. Mather, John, 58, Mount Pleasant, Liverpool. Mather, Robert, 58, Mount Pleasant, Liverpool. Mawdsley, James, 11, Canning Street, Liverpool. Mawdsley, John, Pool Cottage, Seacombe, Cheshire.*Mayer, Jos., The Sytch, Burslem, Staffordshire. MAYEB, JOSEPH, 68, Lord Street, Liverpool, HON. CURATOR.

, it Mayer, Thomas, Dale Hall, Longport, Staffordshire.M'Conkey, Rev. Andrew, M.A., St. James's, West Derby.M'Culloch, Samuel, M.R.C.S., 120, Duke Street, Liverpool.M'Neile, Rev. H., D.D., Hon. Canon of Chester, Fulwood Park, Aigburth,

Liverpool.M'Quie, Peter Robinson, Low Hill.MOOEE, THOMAS, 10, Beaufort Buildings, Seacombe, Cheshire. MOBTIMEE, WILLIAM WILLIAMS, 6, Mortimer Terrace, Birkenhead. Moss, John James, Otterspool, Aigburth. Mostyn, Rev. G. Thornton, MA., St. Helens. Muspratt, Sheridan, Ph.D., College of Chemistry, 21, Canning Street,

Liverpool.

Neill, Hugh, 115, Mount Pleasant, Liverpool. Nicholson, James, F.S.A., Thelwall Hall, Warrington.

Padley, George, 55, Bedford Street North, Liverpool.Paris, Thomas Jeremiah, 32, Upper Canning Street, Liverpool.Parr, Alfred, M.D., New Brighton, Cheshire.Penny, Rev. Edward, M.A., Ash Vicarage, Sandwich, Kent.Piccope, Rev. J., M.A., Farndon, Chester.*Picton, James A., F.S.A., Sandy Knowe, Wavertree.PIDGEON HENRY CLAEKE, 60, Grove Street, Liverpool, Hon. SECHETAKT.*Pierpoint, Benjamin, Warrington.Pilkington, James, M.P., Park Pkce, Blackburn.Poggi, Rev. Dominica Joseph, D.D., Seacombe House School, Cheshire.

Xll MEMBERS.

Poore, George J., 56, Grove Street, Liverpool. Poore, Henry C., 55, Grove Street, Liverpool. Power, Rev. F. A., M.A., 20, York Terrace, Everton. Price, John, M.A., 47, Bridge Street, Birkenhead. Purdon, Rev. William J., M.A., Aigburth Vale, Aigburth.

Raikes, Worshipful and Rev. H., M.A., Hon. Canon and Chancellor ofChester, Dee Side, Chester.

RAISES, REV. F. R., M.A., F.S.A., Milnrow Parsonage, Rochdale. Reay, James, 142, Mount Pleasant, Liverpool. Reay, Thomas, 87, Church Street, Liverpool. RAFFLES, REV. THOMAS, D.D., LL.D., Mason Street, Edge Hill, Liverpool,

VICE-PRESIDENT.*Ra\vlinson, Robert, Gwydir House, London. Rimmer, Alfred, 59, Hope Street, Liverpool. Roberts, Rev. E., M.A., Seacombe, Cheshire. Roberts, William John, 7, Berry Street, Liverpool.*Kobin, John, Grove Hill, West Kirkby, Cheshire.*Robson, John, Warrington.Robinson, Charles Backhouse, 102, Chatham Street, Liverpool. Ross, Charles James, Sun Street, Elizabeth Street, Liverpool. Ross, David, Holt Hill, Tranmere, Cheshire.*Rosson, John, Moor Hall, Ormskirk.

Salt, Charles F., Secretary to the Liverpool Polytechnic Society, 53,Bedford Street North, Liverpool.

Sandford, Rev. G. B., M.A.. Church MinshullJMiddlewich. Satterthwaite, Edward, 82, Chatham Street, Liverpool. Scholefield, William H., M.D., 14, Hamilton Place, Birkenhead. Scott, Walter, Clifton Park, Birkenhead.SEFTON, THE EARL OF, Croxteth Hall, West Derby, VICE-PRESIDENT. SHAEPE, EDMUND, M.A., Lancaster.*Shute, Robert, 28, Bedford Street North, Liverpool. Sill, Thomas, Kenyon Terrace, Claughton, Cheshire. SIMPSON, SAMUEL, The Greaves, Lancaster. Skaife, Thomas, 76, Russell Street, Liverpool. Skelmersdale, The Lord, Latltom House, Ormskirk. Slade, Rev. James, M.A., Canon of Chester, Vicarage, Bolton. Snowball, J. G., 11, Upper Canning Street, Liverpool. Staniforth, Samuel, 19. Everton Ten-ace, Liverpool. Stanley, of Alderley, The Lord, Alderley Park, Cheshire.*Stevens, Alfred, 3, Hill Street, Toxteth Park, Liverpool.Stewart, Duncan J., Holly Bank, West Derby.Stewart, Rev. John, M.A., Hayman's Green, West Derby.Stewart, Rev. William, M.A., The Parsonage, Hale.Stonehouse, James, Mason Street, Edge Hill.Sutherland, John, M.D., 10, Bedford Street North, Liverpool.Sutton, Hugh Gaskell, Wood End, Aigburth.Sweetlove, John, 5, Grecian Terrace, Everton, Liverpool.

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Telo, Maurice, 9, Rumford Place, Liverpool.Teunant, Charles Clow, Bispham House, Roby.Tennant, John Clow, Bispham House, Roby.Thicknesse, Ralph A., M.P., Beech Hill, Wigan.THOM, REV. DAVID D.D., Ph.D., 6, High Street, Edge Hill, Liverpool.Thompson, John Caton, Sandfield Park, West Derby.*Thompson, George, 14, Everton Brow, Liverpool. Thornely, James, 16, Hope Street, Liverpool. Timmon, John, M.D., 101B, Islington, Liverpool.*Tobin, Thomas, Ballincollig, Cork.Tudor, Richard A., Church View, Bootle.Turner, Rev. Dawson W., M.A., Royal Institution Liverpool.Tweddell, Rev. Robert, M.A., Halton Parsonage, Runcorn.

Varty, Thomas, 39, Prospect Vale, Fairfield, Liverpool. <

Walmsley, Sir Joshua, M.P., Snibston, Leicestershire, and 14, BrunswickStreet, Liverpool.

Watson, George C., M.D., 4, Bedford Street North, Liverpool.*Webster, George, 7, Northumberland Terrace, Everton, Liverpool.*Whitehead, James W right, 15, Duke Street, Edge Hill, Liverpool. Wilson, Henry, 12, Everton Terrace, and Collegiate Institution, Liverpool. Wiustanley, Samuel T., 68, Mount Pleasant, Liverpool.*Wolley, George, Exchange Buildings, Liverpool.WOOD, VENERABLF. ISAAC, M.A., Archdeacon of Chester, and Vicar of

Middlewich, Middlewich. Wood, Isaac Moreton, Middlewich, Cheshire. Wood, John Nelson, Oaklands, Rock Ferry, Cheshire.*Wright, William, 25, Dean Street, Fairfield, Liverpool.

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