VICARS OF ST. MICHAEL'S-ON-WYRE,
In the Deanery of Amounderness and Archdeaconry of Lancaster.
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Date of | Name. | By whom Presented. | Cause of Vacancy.
Institution.| | |
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About 1200 | Master Macy | King John |
" 1377 | William de Horneby | Duke of Lancaster(?) |
In 1411 | Johannes de Daleby | College of Battlefield |
Before 1549 | Michael Thorneborrow | |
In 1549 | Thomas Crosse. | G. Kirkby and Nich. |
| | Lawrenson, gents., |
| | patrons on this |
| | occasion only, by |
| | consent of John |
| | Hussey, master, |
| | and the Fellows |
| | of Battlefield College | Death of M.
| | | Thorneborrow
In 1628 | Robert Carr | |
" 1629 | Nicholas Bray | King Charles I. | Resignation of R.
| | | Carr
Before 1650 | William Bray | King Charles I. |
About 1653 | Nathaniel Baxter | |
Before 1715 | Thomas Robinson | |
In 1715 | Richard Crombleholme | Thomas Clitherall | Death of T.
| | | Robinson
' 1729 | William Crombleholme | Edward Crombleholme | Death of R.
| | | Crombleholme
" 1765 | Robert Oliver | Richard Whitehead | Death of W.
| | | Crombleholme
" 1768 | Anthony Swainson, | Richard Whitehead | Cession of R.
| M.A. | | Oliver
" 1784 | Charles Buck, M.A. | John Swainson | Death of A.
| | | Swainson
1789 | Hugh Hornby, M.A. | Joseph Hornby | Resignation of C.
| | | Buck
1847 | William Hornby, M.A. | Himself | Death of H.
| | | Hornby
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The Rev. Hugh de Horneby was the brother of Robert de Horneby, vicar of Kirkham, and it may fairly be inferred that they belonged to the family of Hornbys, whose descendants are now settled at St. Michael's, Ribby, and Winwick, but lapse of time has obliterated the connecting links. The Rev. Nathaniel Baxter was ejected in 1662, for refusing to take the oath required by the Act of Uniformity. Little only can be ascertained concerning the Crombleholmes, but it is conjectured that
