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HISTORY OF CAWTHORNE.

silver chalices, one given by John Spencer Esquire, the other by the Parishioners. * * The Parish repairs the Church excepting a small Chancel on the North side which is repaired by Walter Spencer Stanhope Esquire, and the Churchyard is also fenced and repaired by the Parish."

There is the following Memorandum on the next page dated "February 5, 1810: Received of Mr. Parker as ye Purchase money of an allotment of Common to ye Curate of Cawthorne by measurement 6 Perches and applied to defray part of ye expence of building a wall at ye North end of ye Garden: ye sum of £2 2s. 0d. Edmund Paley, Curate of Cawthorne."

This allotment is in respect of the "Hackings "closes in the Township of Dodworth which had an Inclosure Act passed in 46 George III. (1806), a "William Parker Esquire" being mentioned in the Terrier as the tenant of "the Hackings" at this time.

Another entry is: "1810; Remaining on Mortgage made by ye Gilbert Act with Walter Spencer Stanhope, Esq., £86 13s. 2d."

The Terrier of 1815 differs little from the previous one: an allowance of £1 6s. is given to the Sexton for winding up the Church clock. The pewter Flagon is given as weighing 3 lbs. 7 ozs.; the Plate or Paten (Latin, patina, a dish) 8½ oz.; Mr. Spencer's Chalice 10½ ozs.; the Parishioners' 8 oz. "There is one ancient Tree at the West end of the Church which has been long decaying: there are also 19 other trees at the West end of the Churchyard newly planted." They are mentioned here as being legally the property of the Incumbent whose freehold the Churchyard is with its herbage and trees. The present row of four elms represents those 19 trees newly planted on the extension of the Churchyard in 1813.

This Terrier is signed by J. P. Buee, Minister, Elijah Moxon and John Livesley, Churchwardens, and by Sam. Thorp, Thomas West, John Howson, Thos. Dransfield, Dan. Wilson, Elihu Armitage, John Bashforth, John Hunt.

The Terrier of 1825 mentions "one Clock and three Bells," and adds, "There was an ancient Elm tree at the West end of the Church which had long been in a decayed state, part of which was broken