History Of The Borough Of Bury And Neighbourhood In The County Of Lancaster PDF Download

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1874* edition. Excerpt: ...killed, and the kingdom passed to the Lancaster family, in the person of the Duke of Richmond, who was crowned on the field of battle and hailed as King Henry VH. by Sir William Stanley, the brother of Thomas, Earl of Derby. There seems to be little doubt that Sir Thomas Pylkington took part in this struggle on the side of Richard, as he was attainted by Henry, who granted his estates to the before-mentioned Earl of Derby. The right of the presentation of the church became in this manner the property of the Derby family, and has ever since been retained by them. At the period of the Great Rebellion, when the Puritan party, as they obtained power, showed the one-sidedness of their views about religious liberty, by ejecting from their livings all those clergymen who, being duly ordained by the bishops of the Church, remained faithful to their ordination vows, and, notwithstanding threats of fines and imprisonment, continued to use the Book of Common Prayer. Among these was the Rev. Peter Travis, B.D., Factor of Bury. By an order of Parliament, bearing the date of April 24, 1645, he was " sequestered as a delinquent and disaffected to the Parliament." The rectory of Bury was sequestered from him, as well as that of Halsall, which'he seems to have held in conjunction with, and likewise his own private estate. In his place were appointed to officiate two Puritans, William Alt and Andrew Latham; and on the death of Latham, Tobias Turner succeeded him. Although these men received the income of the living they did not allow one penny to Mrs. Travis and her six children, who were consequently reduced to great poverty. During this period banns of marriage were published from the Market Cross by two of the magistrates of the district. At the...