The Church of Grasmere: A History

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Armitt Mary L.. The Church of Grasmere: A History

PART I

PREFACE

INTRODUCTORY

THE DEDICATION

THE SITE

PART II

THE PARISH

BOUNDARIES

THE TOWNSHIPS

SOME LEGAL ASPECTS OF THE CHURCH

THE EIGHTEEN

PART III

RECORDS

THE PATRONS

MONASTIC CONTROL

THE CLERGY

THE CIVIL WARS

THE COMMONWEALTH

PART IV

THE FABRIC

THE FURNITURE

THE UPKEEP OF THE CHURCH

CLEANING AND REPAIRS

EXTRACTS FROM CHURCHWARDENS' ACCOUNTS AND PRESENTMENTS

PART V

LATER PARSONS OF GRASMERE

AMBLESIDE CHAPEL

AMBLESIDE CURATES

LANGDALE CURATES

SCHOOL AND CLERKS

THE CHURCH RATES

NON-RATEPAYERS

THE REGISTERS

PRESENTMENTS, BRIEFS, AND CHARITIES

THE RUSHBEARING

APPENDIX

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THE DEDICATION OF THE CHURCH

THE SITE

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Instances of the use of the church fabric for secular purposes in the neighbourhood may be quoted. A Court Roll of 1443 is headed "Court of Wynandremere held at the church of Wynandremere 9 July 21 Henry VI."43 An award concerning a private dispute in 1534 between George Browne of Troutbeck and Myles Dickson of Applethwaite decrees that the former pay to the latter "upon the secunde sonday in lente next comynge O-XLs of able ynglyshe money upon or. layde Alter in Wyndandermer church betwixe VIII of the clock and XII of the said sonday."44 Again, an indenture made 1571 between Mr. John Benson and his Baisbrowne tenants stipulates that the payment of certain moneys should be made "in langdaill chappell betweene thoures of eyght of the clock at aftr. noine" on the 1st of August in the two ensuing years.45 In 1601, when Widow Agnes Fleming of Rydal Hall with her sons sued a Penrith man for debt, the commissioners sat and examined witnesses in Ambleside Chapel.46 And within this building were probably taken down depositions in several other cases.

As regards Grasmere itself record is scant. The manorial courts were occasionally held in the Moot Hall of Kirkby Kendal, as in 1603,47 but in early times it would be impossible to summon the holders from so far; and it is stated in 1436 that two courts were yearly held in Grasmere.48 No other building than the church could have contained this official gathering. The judgment on the 1583 tithe dispute enjoined that the parishioners were to pay their tithe of lambs in money every Easter "in the parish church of Gresmier." The church or chapel was as a rule the schoolroom where the priest taught.

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