"St. Mary's Abbey, York. Pene' val' in Porco'e decimaru' garbaru' anti recept in XXX Harwod. xxvjs viijd p' ann'' Dugdale. A church which could sustain such charges as these must have been a very opulent one. Whitaker doubts whether this endowment ever took place, from the absence of any vestiges of the collegiate house. The following list and charter prove, however, that the endowment was properly and legally completed:— Carta Prioris de Bolton facta Domino Johanni de Insula, super cantaria sex capellanorum in Ecc. de Harewood, (Ex Autog in turri Maria Ebor.) Notum sit omnibus quod licet prior et conventus de Bolton in Craven, concesserint Johanni de Insula, Domino de Rubeo Monte, quendam annuum redditum centum librarum percipiendum sibi, heredibus suis de omnibus terris et tenementis dictorum prioris et conventus in Raudon, Wigdone, Brandone, Kildewyk, Halton, Emmeseye, Estby, Apeltrewyk, Malghom, Penesthorp, et Holmeton, prout in quodam scripto, sibi inde, confecto pleniùs continetur; dictus tamen Johannes vult, et concedit, pro se et heredibus suis, quod si predicti prior et conventus perfecerint, et manutenuerint quandam cantoriam sex capellanorum in ecclesia de Harewode, vel septem capellanorum in ecclesia sua de Bolton, et etiam servierint omnes alias conventiones juxta ordinationem, et concordiam inter eos initas, et concordatas, vel si prædictus Johannes, et hæredes sui non servaverint ex parte sua, dictas conventiones, prout in quadam alia indenturâ inter eos inde factâ pleniùs continetur; quod dictus annuus redditus esset quousque predicti prior et conventus in faciendo dictas conventiones, seu earum aliquam defecerint; et si fortè defecerint, et dictus Johannes, et heredes sui ex parte sua, eas plene servaverint, in suo robore perseveret, in forma qua in dictâ indenturâ pleniùs continetur. In cujus rei testimonium sigilla partium præsentibus alternatim sunt appensa. Dat apud Bolton supradicto die Mercurii proxima post festum Sancti Leonardi, anno regni regis Edwardi tertii à conquestu Angliæ vicessimo sexto. Irrotulatur in dorso clausarum 26 Ed. III., mense Novemb. Comput' Ministrorum Domini Regis temp Hen. VIII. A Charter of the Prior of Bolton given to the Lord John de Insula respecting a chantry of six chaplains in the church of Harewood. Be it known unto all men, that whereas the prior and chapter of Bolton in Craven, have granted to John de Insula, Lord of Rougemonte, a certain annual revenue of 100 pounds, to be received by him and his heirs from all the lands and tenements of the said prior and chapter in Rawden, Wigton, Brandon, Kildwick, Halton, Embsay, Eastby, Appletreewick, Malham, Penisthorpe, and Holmton, as is more fully set forth in a certain writing given by them from this place; the said John also wills and grants for himself and his heirs, that if the aforesaid prior and chapter shall form and maintain a chantry of six priests in the church of Harewood, or seven priests in their church of Bolton, and shall also observe all the other contracts according to their appointment and agreement entered into and agreed between them, and if the aforesaid John and his heirs, shall not keep on their part the said contracts, as is more fully set forth in another indenture made between them, wherein the matters are more fully stated, the said annual revenue shall cease, so long as the said prior and chapter shall fail in performing the said contracts or any of them; and if they shall fail, and the said John and his heirs on their part shall fully observe them, it shall remain in force in the form which is now fully set forth in the said indenture. In testimony whereof the seals of the parties to these presents are severally appended. Given at Bolton the above-mentioned Wednesday, next after the festival of St. Leonard, in the 26 year of the reign of King Edward III., since the conquest of England. Account. Valuation of the servants of our Lord the King in the time of Henry 8th. Harewood, rectorial farm, 13 19 10 38 16 2/1/ Ebor. Sex. Cantar' in Eccl'ia de Harwood, Cant' ib'm videl't. Edmundus Stringer h'et in pen'coe £. de Bolton p' annum Xma p's inde Will'mo Crofte in consil'i pen'coe p' annum Robtus Elther in consil'i pen'coe de d'co abb'te p' ann' ... Xma p's inde Ri'cus Sharpp in cons' pen'coe ret' de d'co abb'te p' ann' Xma p's inde S. d. viij Xma p's inde viij iiij viij ... iiij viij Two of them are also mentioned by Brown Willis as surviving, A.D. 1553, while with respect to the collegiate M house, there is every evidence that one existed. Several old persons, who have died within the present century, remembered seeing the old ruins about fifty yards south of the church, where tradition said the officiating priests resided, who were masters of the school and performed daily mass in the church. In the year 1791, in making a sunk fence on the east side of the church yard, there were found urns, (filled with ashes and bones) painted various colours, and stones with the cross and other figures cut on them. In the church yard at the present time, there is a stone coffin, which has doubtless been brought to light during some of the excavations which have been made at various times; while in the south wall of the church is inserted one of these stones with the cross carved upon it. At the date of its appropriation to the monks of Bolton, the church must have been an old one, for special mention is made in the deed of the repairs of the church and the rebuilding of the chancel, which expenses the prior and canons were to bear. Very little is known of its history during this period; the only procurable information being from the compotus of Bolton Abbey. Frequent mention is there made of it, and the payments therein stated afford abundant evidence of its worth and importance. In 1517, during the incumbency of Fr. Percival Otley, who was the last vicar prior to the dissolution, the following return was made of the value of the vicarage :— Ebor. Harwood Vicaria. P'cyvallus Otley, Incu'bens. Rectoria ib'm appropriat' est priorat' de Bolton in Cravyn. Vicar' ib'm valet in. Denar' annuatim in pens'co re't de priore` et conventu monasterij de Bolton in Cravyn, p' ann'.. S'ma valoris p' Rep's videl't in. Denar' annuati solut' d'na archiep'o). Consimil' ib' denar' solut' archidno £. S. d. xiiij. xiij. iiij. S. d. iiij. xi. vj. vij. vj. The monks retained possession both of the rectory and vicarage until the dissolution of the Monasteries, A.D. 1536-7, when the advowson reverted to the Lord of the Manor, the right of presentation having belonged to Bolton Abbey nearly 200 years. During this period there were 14 vicars. It is rather remarkable that, in 1354, there were three presentations, the first two vicars having resigned, probably from the poverty of the living. In 1369 also, there were two presentations. Torre's list of vicars closes with the presentation of Matthew Garfurth, in 1614, and the continuation of this list by Whitaker, Jewel, and others is most incorrect. Jewel says, "the living was vacant from 1666 to 1699, and omits Mr. Smith and Mr. Ogden, both of whom are |