34 COUNTY: Edwd. III. Westminster 13th October, 1339+*Nicholaus de Hullm. *Robertus de Prestecote. Westminster 20th Jan.,1339-40(v)*Johannes de Radeclif'. *Robertus de Radeclif'. Westminster 29th March, 1340(w)†Robertus de Dalton'. Westminster 12th July, 1340 (x) Westminster 23rd April, 1341. Westminster 28th April, 1343. Westminster 7th June, 1344.† 20 Westminster 11th Sept., 1346. Johannes de Dalton'. found for Lancashire.) *Johannes de Haverington. COUNTY: Nicholaus le Botiller. Willielmus fil Roberti de Radeclif'. COUNTY: Johannes de Cliderhowe. Adam de Bredekirk. (Both elected 9th Sept.) COUNTY: Westminster 14th Jan., 1347-8.† Adam de Hoghton'. Johannes Cokayn. Westminster 31st March, 1348.† Robertus de Plesyngton'. Westminster 19th Jan., 1348-9.(y) Westminster 9th Feb., 1350-1+ Westminster 13th Jan., 1351-2 Westminster 16th Aug., 1352† No date of Return given. Robertus de Prestecote. This Parliament was summoned to meet at Westminster 19th January, 1348-9; Prorogued to 26th April; and again Prorogued sine die on account of the Plague. (See Rot. Claus. 22 Edwd. III., p. 2, m. 7 d. and m. 3 d., and 23 Edwd. III., p. 1, m. 19 d.) COUNTY:*Otto de Halsale. *Willielmus de Radeclif. (No returns found.) COUNTY: Johannes de Haveryngton,(z) chivaler. (z) The Sheriffs were directed to send one Knight from each County, the Mayor of London, two Citizens, the Warden of the Cinque Ports, two Barons, and the Mayors and Bailiffs of certain other places, one Citizen or one Burgess. (See Rot. Claus. 26 Edwd. III., m. 14 d.) (v) 154 merchants were summoned to attend a Council to be held at Westminster 27th March, 1340. Rot. Claus. 14 Edwd. III., p. 1, m. 40 d. (w) 154 merchants were summoned to attend a Council to be held at London or Westminster on 26th May, 1340. See Rot. Claus. 14 Edwd. III., p. 1, m. 30. (x) By Writs dated at Kensington 27th July, 1340, the Sheriffs of thirty counties, inclusive of Lancashire, were directed to send a specified number of Merchants from their counties and certain specified towns to a Council of Merchants to be held at London or Westminster 21st August, 1340, but the Return for Lancashire cannot be found. (y) Seventy-six Merchants were summoned to attend a Council at Westminster 20th April, 1349. B COUNTY:- (Writ for one Knight only.) (a) 12th Nov., 1355.+*Rogerus de Farndon'. Westminster 17th April, 1357. *Robertus de Horneby. COUNTY: *Johannes de Haveryngton'. *Robertus de Singleton'. COUNTY: Westminster 5th Feb., 1357-8.† Rogerus de Faryngton'. Westminster 15th May, 1360.† Robertus de Horneby. COUNTY: Willielmus de Heskyth, miles. Rogerus de Faryngton'. Westminster 24th Jan., 1360-1.† Willielmus de Radeclif. (To be continued.) Ricardus de Tounlay. OLD EARTHEN VESSEL CONTAINING COINS FOUND AT THES BARTON-UPON-IRWELL. THE accompanying engraving accurately represents the crock, or earthen vessel, found recently by a labourer while taking down the Old Hall at Barton-upon-Irwell It was when found full of English silver coins, consisting of groats, sixpences, shillings, half-crowns, and crowns, of all the reigns from Elizabeth to Charles the Second, both inclusive. The vessel is of fine, thin red clay, and has three ears or handles, is glazed inside and out, and is of a fine dark purple colour, approaching to black. Size of vessel- -seven inches across the mouth, and four and a-half inches high. The dotted lines show the fractures made by the workman's pick. R. LANGTON. [The coins were noticed in our first (January) number at page 36.-ED.] + No date of Return given. (a) Summoned to meet 12th, and by Prorogation 23rd November, 1355 NOTICES OF NEW PUBLICATIONS. BY MR. JAMES C. SCHOLES, of Bolton. These Notes have made their appearance in the form of a shilling pamphlet, containing sixty-six closely-filled pages, and an appropriate illustration from a clever sketch made by Mr. William Moss, of Bolton, subsequent to the recent beautification of the more modern portion of the buildings attached to the old Tower. Near the conclusion of the introduction, the reader is informed that although a "complete" history of the Tower has not been accomplished, the author "ventures to affirm that few, if any, noteworthy facts other than those set forth in his work, are come-at-able." In truth, a deal of the contents of this historical brochure is decidedly new. The portion which relates to the earliest recorded owners developes the writer's opinion that this historic Tower, was not reckoned among the possessions of the Orrell family until the beginning of the fifteenth century, when William Orrell (son and heir of William Orrell, and grandson of Nicholas Orrell, of Orrell) became first Lord of Turton, after its cession by the descendants of Henry, the Duke of Lancaster, and that the Tower could not have been built, as is generally supposed, by the Orrells. The notice of the purchase of the Tower and estates by the celebrated Humphrey Chetham is accompanied by documentary proofs, and an interesting reference is made to the sitting of an old "Court Leet" at Turton, so early as 1737, under Samuel Chetham, Esq., one of the last of the township lords of his name. The conflicting statements of several local and other historians relative to the Blands and Greenes are cleverly dealt with, in a manner which leads us to hope that a complete and reliable list of the proprietors, &c., of Turton Tower, from the last of the Chetham's to the venerable founder of the Kay family-its present owners-has at length been made out. It is also shown that Turton Tower and estates were possessed by the first Mr. Kay at least ten years before the date given by other historians. The wealth of antique furniture with which the apartments of the Tower are furnished, and the relics and curiosities associated with its traditions and history, receive due attention. In this section we observed, with no little surprise, the astounding assertion that an old bell, bearing the inscriptions "w N," RO 1287," and the Orrell arms exists at Turton Tower. In his sketch, the author gives an illustration of the "arms" on the bell, and reproduces the two sets of initials and the date. The latter not being represented by a fac simile, but by the ordinary figures used throughout the pamphlet, and no explanation being given as to the class of numerals—Arabic or Roman-used upon the bell itself, our perusal of this otherwise highly-interesting addition to our county history ended somewhat unsatisfactorily, notwithstanding the author's epistolatory assurance that the bell was quite old enough to speak for itself. That a bell, older by nine years than that at St. Chad's, Claughton, near Lancaster—which bears in Roman numerals the date 1296, and is believed to be the oldest dated bell in Great Britain-should have escaped the observation of the antiquaries O 99 66 of the nineteenth century, seemed to us altogether incredible. On making a search through our " Bells" data we alighted upon the following remarks in a "Note" contributed by Mr. Robert Langton, of Fennell-street, Manchester, to the Manchester City News, of 8th November last, supplementary to Mr. W. H. Bailey's "Note" No. 1357 (in the previous week's issue), upon "Bells in Lancashire and Cheshire :"-" Mistakes in inverted letters, or reversed letters, are exceedingly common on bells, so much so that later on, farther away from the times of the ignorant old monks,' mistakes became more and morə frequent, till in the seventeenth century the gross mistakes of spelling and transposing letters were so common that I have noticed it is difficult to find a bell without some mistake of this sort upon it. There may be bells in this county as old or older than this at Claughton, and I dare say there are, but they will be without dates. I should think it likely there may be a good sprinkling of lettered pre-Reformation bells still in Lancashire, and perhaps a few alphabet bells—that is, bells bearing the letters of the alphabet round them. They are very common in some parts of the country. There is a bell at Turton Tower, near Bolton, bearing date 1587. The 5 being reversed, has given rise to discussion, some people asserting that the 5 was really a badly made 2, thus making the date 1287; but this is nonsense; the Arabic numerals were not then in use in England." Having thus learned that the same bell was meant, and that the numerals used upon the Turton bell were Arabic, and being already aware that the latter class of numerals were only introduced into this country in the fourteenth century, and had not come into common use until late in the fifteenth, we became anxious to see the erratic figure which had caused so much fuss. The kind permission of Mr. Kay, the present worthy owner, having been obtained, we planned a special visit to the Tower, which was promptly made, accompanied by Mr. Robert Langton, our artist and engraver, who will, in our next issue, record the result of our inspection of the bell. Mr. Langton's report will be accompanied by a drawing of the bell, and full-size fac similes of the two sets of initials, the shield, and the date. Mr. Scholes need scarcely blush because of his antiquarian mishap. He does not stand alone in this respect by any means; nor need he feel stultified. His work, taken as a whole, proves that he is painstaking, veracious, and modestly sensible of the importance of his researches. His clever pamphlet fully merits the hearty reception which it has met with at the hands of his townsmen, and we have good reason to believe that an extended sale will follow its appearance elsewhere throughout the county. Special Collections of Books in Lancashire and Cheshire. This is a reproduction of a paper read before the Library Association of the United Kingdom at the Manchester meeting in September, 1879, and subsequently to the Manchester Literary Club, November 24th, 1879, by Mr. J. H. Nodal, and is now reprinted from the Papers of the Manchester Literary Club, Vol. VI., and published at the nominal price of threepence. To students and scholars this painstaking analysis of the contents of thirteen public libraries and institutions, and the libraries of twenty-five private collectors in Lancashire and Cheshire, is simply invaluable. Book-hunters are now, by means of this highly useful medium, fully posted up in a knowledge of the extent and value of the preserves of their literary neighbours. The appearance of the little vade-mecum will, we trust, put an end to the reticence of those collectors in special departments of literature, who have hitherto permitted Mr. Nodal's circular to remain unanswered and unacknowledged. NOTES AND QUERIES. "If stationary men would pay some attention to the districts in which they reside, and would publish their thoughts respecting the objects that surround them, from such materials might be drawn the most complete county histories, which are still wanting in several parts of the kingdom."-White, in his Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne. [4.] I am desirous to know the origin of "Eagley," as applied to the thriving village situated to the north of Bolton, in Little Bolton chapelry or township, within the Hundred of Salford. Many suppositions on this somewhat obscure yet interesting question have been set forth, from which it is difficult to form more than a fanciful idea. The most credible story runs thus:-"In days gone by eagles abounded in that wild and romantic neighbourhood, which had been only moderately inhabited until so recently as the close of the eighteenth century. About the latter period the district so named began to assume the appearance of a lively hive of industry, and the king of birds finally decamped, and has not been since seen in the locality." If any of your well-informed readers will give his knowledge on the subject through your pages, it will simultaneously interest and edify many of your numerous subscribers, and add something noteworthy to the early history of South-East Lancashire.-J. C. S. [5.] If any of your readers will refer me to where a correct printed or MS. copy of the pedigree of the Orrells of Orrell, in Lancashire, may be inspected, or give the names, &c., of five or six successive lineal descendants of the first Orrell of Orrell, I shall esteem it a favour.-T. T. [6.] SWINTON AND BARTON-UPON-IRWELL.—In a faded and well nigh worn out copy of The Manchester Mercury and Harrop's General Advertiser of Tuesday, November 25th, 1777, recently dug out of the dust, as it were, I find the following advertisement, which, in some measure, identifies itself with Swinton and its neighbourhood. Its reproduction in Old South-East Lancashire, if alone on account of the 103 years which have elapsed since its publication, may prove interesting to many readers :-"To be let to the best Bidder on Tuesday the 2d day of Dec., 1777, at two o'clock in the afternoon, at the house of Mr. John Boardman, the Bull's Head,' in Swinton— Together or separate, and entered upon at Christmas next-A Meadow, called The Sticklings,' four Acres and a of Land-7 Yards to the Rod or PerchAlso three Acres Pasture Land, Cheshire measure, called 'Wilcocks,' with a Barn and Shippon thereto belonging. The above premises are situate in Barton upon Irwell. For particulars apply to Mr. John Seddon, at Acres Barn in Pendleton." J. D. G. 6 |