1886. THE HISTORIC SOCIETY OF LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE In Account with the Treasurer, ending 31st December, 1886. RECEIPTS. PROCEEDINGS, THIRTY-EIGHTH SESSION, 1886. The ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING of the Society was held at the Royal Institution, Liverpool, on Thursday, the 18th of January, 1886; CHARLES POTTER, ESQ., in the Chair; when the ANNUAL REPORT was read and approved of, as follows: "The Council are happy to be once more in a position to congratulate the Society upon a good year's work. During the past twelve months ten papers have been read, dealing with a great variety of topics, and, with one exception, all directly bearing upon the history of the two counties. The issue of the volume, which it was hoped would have appeared during the course of the year, has, the Council regret, been unavoidably delayed. The volume itself, however, of which a copy is laid on the table, is now ready, and will be distributed very shortly among the members. The Council trust that it will be found to fulfil the expectations which they ventured to express in their last report. The material in hand for the ensuing volume is ample in quantity and of large local interest, and the preparation of the volume will accordingly be at once taken in hand. "Last year it was the melancholy duty of the Council to report the death of one of the founders of the Society, the Reverend Canon Hume. This year they have to mention the loss of another old and valued colleague and member, in the person of Mr. J. G. Jacob, elected in April, 1852. Mr. Jacob, though not one of the original founders, was one of the early members of the Society, at whose meetings for over thirty years he has been one of the most regular and constant attendants. For the last twenty years he has been continually re-elected to the office of Treasurer, in which capacity he rendered the Society services, the full value of which it is difficult to over-estimate. "Very few changes have taken place in the constitution of the Society, which commences another year with an ample and widely representative roll of members." LIST OF PAPERS READ. 18th February, 1886.-"Notes on the Liverpool Burgess Lists of the 16th Century." By E. M. Hance, LL.B. 4th March, 1886.-" Historic Notes on Witches and Witchcraft, especially in "Lancashire, in the Middle of the 17th Century." By the Rev. J. Mansell. 18th March, 1886. -"Notes on the Liverpool Burgess Rolls of the 17th "Century.' By E. M. Hance, LL.B. 1st April, 1886.- "The Missing History of Warton in Lonsdale, by John Lucas." By W. O. Roper. 15th April, 1886.-" Notes on the Family of Ashton of Penketh, co. Lanc., "with special reference to John Ashton, executed for adherence to the cause of the Jacobites, 28th January, 1691." By Rev. J. Venn, F.R.S. 4th November, 1886.-" Old Rochdale." By Lieut.-Col. Fishwick, F.S.A. 18th November, 1886.-" The Ormskirk Town's Chest." By Jas. Dixon. 2nd December, 1886.-"Shakespeare's Dark Lady of Gawsworth." W. E. A. Axon. By 16th December, 1886.- "Obituary Notice of Joseph Mayer, F.S.A., &c." By Sir James Picton, Kt., F.S.A.; and " Obituary Notice of Rev. Canon Hume, F.S.A., &c. By Rev. J. Mansell. 13th January. 1887.-" Obituary Notice of John Bramley-Moore, Esq., first ex officio Vice-President of the Society." By E. M. Hance, LL.B. 66 EXHIBITS, 1886. 4th February.-Mr. J. Harris Gibson: A Book of Prayers, printed in Armenian type at Venice in 1760, having a Book plate and Coat of Arms of Richard Massie of Coddington, Cheshire. Mr. C. Potter: Bosses and studs for the ornamentation of leather, obtained from the Cheshire shore. 15th April.-Mr. G. Grazebrook : An ancient Charter of 18 Edw. II., relating to land at Fazakerley. 18th November.-Mr. W. T. Watkin : Correspondence between Dr. Whitaker of Manchester and the Rev. T. West, author of the Guide to the Lakes. 16th December.-Mr. Clarke, of Saffron Walden: Engravings and Photographs relating to the late Mr. Mayer and to the late Canon Hume (presented by the exhibitor to the Society). NAMES OF MEMBERS ELECTED DURING SESSION. Edmund Molyneux-Seel. John Wrigley. T. T. Glazebrook, Jun. W. S. Logeman. H. S. Threlfall. C. L. Brooke. Lieut. Col. John Pilkington. M. G. Glazebrook. James Dixon (Associate). INDEX. Arnold W., 157 Arrow, 113 ASHTON FAMILY OF PENKETH, 1-14 7, 13, 14; family, 7 seq.; Hamlet, 2, 8; J., 1, 2, Atherton Ric., 151; W., 62 Bedminster 37, 88, 89 Bedstone, 98, 99, 101, 102 Bely J., 63; T., 64 Bennett's Charity, 55, 73 BENNETT FAMILIES, NOTES ON, 37 49, 51, 64, 91, 92, 96, 97, 103, 107, 115, Bennett Cecily, 146, 147; Ch., 118, 125, 126; Chr., Berry Jer., 22 |