"1796: At a meeting of the Vestry of this church it was unanimously resolved
that the remainder of the profits arising from the estate called Terleways and the
garden in Upper Rawcliffe, after defraying the expenses of a dinner and a quart
of ale to each vestryman, churchwarden, the curate of Copp, and clerk of St.
Michael's, at the respective days of Easter Tuesday and the 5th of November for
7 years ensuing, commencing with the present day (March 29, 1796), shall be
suffered to accumulate during the above period towards purchasing an Organ for
the Church of St. Michael's; and that every Stranger introduced on the fore-*mentioned
days at dinner, except it be on business of the parish, shall be paid for
by the person introducing him."
"July 15, 1799: To a Finger and Barrel Organ with the following stops—Open, Diapason, Stop do., Principal, Twelfth, Fifteenth, Sesqualtra, and Mixture,—£183 15s. 0d.
In 1708 Richard Cornall gave £40 to be invested, and the
interest applied towards the maintenance of a schoolmaster for
Upper Rawcliffe-with-Tarnacre, and in 1808 Joseph Fielding, of
Catterall, was the sole remaining trustee of a sum of money,
amounting to £60, of which the £40 doubtless formed part, for
educational purposes. At that date Joseph Fielding induced the
Rev. Hugh Hornby, vicar of St. Michael's-on-Wyre, and William
Harrison, of Upper Rawcliffe, to undertake the trust with him on
a fresh deed, the old one having been lost. A new schoolhouse
was shortly erected on the site of the former building, and is now
governed by the representatives of the trustees named. In 1813
Mrs. Elizabeth Crombleholme left £200 in trust to be invested,
and the annual income therefrom paid to the master of
St. Michael's-on-Wyre school for teaching three poor children of
the parish to read, write, and cast accounts.
Bread-money was probably established during the lifetime of John ffrance, of Rawcliffe Hall, and arises from "two-sevenths of the clear rent of a close of ground lying in Kirkham, purchased with £20, to be distributed to the poor attending divine service in the parish church of St. Michael's, at the direction of John ffrance, esq., and his heirs; Thomas Langton, gent., and his heirs; and the vicar of St. Michael's for the time being."[1]
Ralph Longworth, esq., of St. Michael's Hall, left £5 per annum to the vicar, and £2 10s. to the poor of Upper Rawcliffe.
Thomas Knowles, gent., left £2 10s., and John Hudson, gent., £2 a-year to the poor of the same township.
- ↑ List of Benefactions within the Church of St. Michael's.
