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the said Parish church of Wigan had received, or heretofore enjoyed, in right of the said Rectory or Parish church of Wigan; and all persons paying their tithes, rents, or other duties, to the said Minister of

Holland, within the precincts of the said chapelry as aforesaid, are hereby acquitted and discharged for the said payments, and from all other claims and Demands, by any Person or Persons whatsoever, concerning the same; and the Minister of the said church or chapel of Holland shall have the same remedy to recover all tithes and other profits within the said chapelry that the Rector of Wigan had, or ought to have had, if this ordinance had not been made; and whatsoever duties to His Majesty shall be payable out of the said Rectory of Wigan, the said Minister of Holland shall pay and bear a full sixth part thereof, for the profits he receives within the aforesaid chapelry; and it is further ordered and ordained, That the Inhabitants within the said chapelry of Holland shall, from time to time, bear all necessary charges and payments to and for the said church or chapel of Holland; and they shall hereafter be discharged of and from all offices, payments, and duties whatsoever unto the said Parish or Parish church of Wigan, and from all attendance upon the same.

And whereas for procuring the consent of Dr. Bridgeman, Bishop of Chester, Rector of the said Parish church of Wigan, unto the aforesaid Bill, William Ashurst son and Heir apparent of Henry Ashurst of Ashurst in the county of Lancaster Esquire, James Marshall, Richard Leigh, William Bower, Robert Holland, Jeffery Roby and William Prescott of Holland yeoman, David Holland, George Barton, and Richard Prescott of Dalton yeoman, Jeffery Burchall of Orrell, John Smethhurst of Billing, and Nicholas Withington of Winstanly yeoman, inhabitants within the said chapelry of Holland, did covenant to pay unto Orlando Bridgeman Esquire, son of the said Bishop of Chester, for his use, six hundred pounds per annum, for all the rest of the tithes and profits of the said Rectory of Wigan, so long as he should continue Rector there; all which tithes and profits are now, by virtue of the aforesaid ordinance of sequestration, seized and taken, for the Delinquency of the said Bishop, and the said Orlando Bridgeman: It is therefore further ordered and ordained, that the said William Ashurst, Richard Leigh, James Marshall, Robert Holland, William Bower, Jeffery Roby, William Prescott, David Holland, George Barton, Rich'd Prescott, Jeffery Burchall,