names of sundry local personages as:—
Annual Value.
Sherburne, Sir Nicholas, of Carleton,
Hambleton, and Stonyhurst £1210 6s. 3-1/2d.
Butley, Mary, } wife and only child of Rich. Butler, 100 0 0
Butler, Catherine,} who died in gaol, 537 0 0
Butler, Elizabeth, of Kirkland, afterwards the third
wife of Henry Butler, of Rawcliffe, 11 10 0
Butler, Christopher, second son of H. Butler, of Rawcliffe, 10 19 6
Brockholes, John, of Claughton, etc., 522 19 1
Clifton, Thomas, of Lytham, Clifton, etc., 1548 16 10-1/2
Clifton, Bridget, 3 10 0
Blackburne, Thomas, of Wood Plumpton, 1 6 0
Blackburne, Richard, of Stockenbridge, near St. Michael's, 21 2 0
Hesketh, William, of Mains, 198 3 4-1/2
Hesketh, George, brother to W. Hesketh, 13 6 8
Hesketh, Margaret, widow of Thos. Hesketh, of Mains, 57 0 0
Singleton, Anne, of Staining and Bardsea, 76 15 10
Stanley, Anne, widow of Richard Stanley of Great
Eccleston, 118 15 0
Swartbreck, John, of Little Eccleston, 23 15 0
Tyldesley, Edward, of Fox Hall, and Myerscough, 720 9 2
Tyldesley, Agatha, half-sister of Edward Tyldesley, 52 10 0
Threlfall, Cuthbert, of Wood Plumpton, 31 12 6
Westby, John, of White Hall, St. Michael's, 119 11 1
Westby, John, of Mowbreck, 230 5 1-1/2
Westby, Thomas, } 20 0 0
Westby, Cuthbert, } bros. of J. Westby, of Mowbreck, 20 0 0
Leckonby, William, of Leckonby House, Elswick, etc., 79 11 6
Walley, Thurstan, of Kirkham, 12 0 8
Charnock, Anne, of Salwick, 1 4 0
Knott, Thomas, of Thistleton, 20 0 0
Prince Charles Edward, the son of the former Pretender, landed in the Hebrides, in 1745, with a well-officered force of two thousand men, and after defeating Sir John Cope, seized the city of Edinburgh and commenced his march southwards. Crossing the border, he passed through Lancashire, and arrived at Preston with an army barely six thousand strong. At Preston he met with an enthusiastic welcome, the church bells were rung, and loud cheers greeted the proclamation of his father, the Chevalier, as king of Great Britain and Ireland. His sojourn in the town was brief, and on the 27th of November the rebel troops set out for Manchester, inspirited by the lively strains of "The King shall have his own again." Arriving at that city, they continued
