belong to Mr John Ma[rc]r[ofte] [see 1582] and his ancestors And is of lease and the tenant right doth belong to the heirs of Mr William Hulme of B[ladston, Broadstone in Reddish?] deceased.

Mr Samuel Tippinge & Robt Pendleton, who were late tenants to the College are lately deceased.

Thos. Jeffreyson is deceased since the last Court, & Josua Jeffreyson his brother is Tenant in his stead for a tenement in the Deansgate in possession of Josua, but the Lease is expired.

1648 Oct 20. George Hulme ordered to be at the house of Anne Hulme widow in the Deansgate in Manchr on 28th day of this month, to take his oath for the office of miselayer.

1670 Apr 25. Mr Henry Dickonson is tenant to the College for a messuage in the Deanesgate which was formerly Anne Holme's [Hulme's] and is to come in to do his suit &c.

Mr Edward Bootle is tenant to the Coll: for a mess: in the D'gate, which formerly did belong to Mr Michael Buxtones & is to come &c.

1670, Oct. 20. Mr Henry Dickonson was by order of the last Court [record or roll lost] to repair or keep up a pale or fence betwixt the lands now in the occupation of Hugh Bolton and lands now in the occupation of Thos. Rothwell in Manchester subpena 40s, the pale is not repaired, the penalty due, Mr H. D. to repair before 2nd Feb. s.p. 4li. [compare Manchester Court Leet Records, by Earwaker, 1669, Oct. 15, vol. v., p. 96].

1671, Oct. 19. Court adjourned from Newton Thos. Kirke's house in Manchr. on Oct 28. at II o'clock in the forenoon.

[Circa 1680, date gone.] ffranck Ne [freeholders] in le Deanesgate: Hrs of Edwd Mosley; Edmund Trafford

Esq; James Lever gent; Jas. Johnson; Thos Birch Esq; Hrs of Geo Proudlove; John Hopwood Esq; Peter Rowlinson pauper. [hrs of, prefixed] Saml Buttler; Ralph Seddon; Michael Flitcroft; Hrs of Thos Leigh Esq.

NAMES IN DEANESGATE UPON DEMISE.

Henry Dickanson, gent.; John Oldfeild, gent.; John Herd; Thos Warrington; [Hrs of Edmd. Neild, cancelled, John Barlow substituted]; Thos Rothwell; Edwd. Bootle gent; [Hrs of Thomas cancelled, Henry substituted] Kirke; Lawr: Gardner; John Lightbowne, gent.

"NEWTON COURT, 1683." NAMES OF TENANTS, INHABITANTS, FREEHOLDERS, &C IN NEWTON MANOR.

MANCHESTER.

Henry Kirke; Robt Leaver Esq; John Herd; Mr Thos Drinkwater; Mr Jno. Oldfeild; Mr John Lightbowne; Jane Haworth; John Barlow; Mr Edward Bootle, Mr Matthew Bootle; Leftwich Oldfeild Esq.; Thos Warmington; Tomas Rothwell; Anne Neild; Edmd Trafford Esq; Hrs of St Edwd. Mosley Barr"; Michael Flitcroft gent.; Thos Birch Esq; Jas. Johnson; Lawrence Gardner, James Hilton.

1683 Apr 13. Adjourned from Newton till Saturd: 21 April at the house of James Bolton, innkeeper, in the Deansgate in Manchr; to two of the clock in the afternoon.

Mrs Mary Becke hath alienated her estate in the Parsonage, to wit the Parsonage Field and the houses in the Parsonage and M Thos. Drinkwater hath the same; T.D. to come to do suit &c.

Mrs Mary Becke hath alienated a house in the Deansgate called Jefferson's house & Mr Thos. Drinkwater hath the same; T.D. to come &c.

Mr Mathew Bootle is tenant to the house called the Rose and Crowne in Manchester; M.B. to come &c.

Sarah Clough hath lately taken a lease of a house in the Deansgate and hath since married to Mr Adam Gartside; A.G. to come &c.

1684 Apr. Newton Call Book. ffranck Ne in le Deanegate: [Hrs of, cancelled] Edwd Moseley [Barr cancelled, Esq substituted] Edmd. Trafford Esq; Jas. Lever gen.; Jas. Johnson; [Hrs of, prefixed] Thos Birch Esq; Martha Ryland, wid.; Hrs of Geo. Proudlove; John Hopwood Esq.; Peter Rollinson; Mary Butler wid:; Ralph Seddon; Michael Flitcroft gen., Hrs of Thos Chernock Esq; Hrs of Thos. Leigh Esq.; [Adam Gartside, added].

NAMES IN DEANESGATE UPON DEMISE.

John Oldfeild, gent.; John Herd; Jane Howorth, wid.; Leftwich Oldfeild Esq.; [Adam Gartside for the old warden's House, inserted in 1684 but cancelled in May 1685]; Thos Warrington; Hrs of John Barlowe; Thos Rothwell; Edwd Bootle gent.; Mathew Bootle; Henry Kirke; Anne Neild wid.; Lawr: Gardner; John Lightbowne gent; Thos. Drinkwater.

1684 Oct. St Edwd Mosley Bar" is dead & Edwd Mosley Esq. enjoyeth that place; E.M. to come &c.

1685 May 4. Adjourned from Newton to the house of Henry Kirk on Saturd: 9 May. at 4 'o'clock in the afternoon.

Thomas Warrington hath alienated a house in the Dainsgate unto Peter Tickill who is possessor of same; P.T. to come &c.

John Leech hath taken a lease from the Lords of a house in y Deansgate; J.L. to come &c.

1685 Oct 2. Adjourned from Newton to Henry Kirk's at 3 on 10th Oct.

Call Book, Oct. 1885. Deansgate tenants on demise:

Thos Warrington cancelled. John Leech follows Peter Tickill instead of heirs of John Barlowe.

1686 Apr. Callbook. Deansgate. Mr Joseph Hooper substituted for John Lightbowne, Samuel for Thos. Drinkwater.

Court adjourned from Newton to Edward Heywood's house in Manchester at 4 on Saturday.

Mr Joseph Hooper is become tenant to a house in the Danesgate in Manchr. formerly belonging to Mr John Lightbowne; Mr H. to come &c.

1686 Oct 20. Court adjourned from Newton to Andrew Fletcher's Rose & Crowne in Manchr. at 3 on Saturday.

1687 Apr 14. Adjourned to house of Anne Heywood vid. in Manchr.

Thos Drinkwater of Manchr gent. is dead & Samuel D. his son is heir; S. D. to come &c.

1687, Oct 20. Adjourned to Anne Heywood's.

BISHOP NICOLSON'S VISIT TO

MANCHESTER, 1704.

BY CHARLES W. SUTTON.

THE

HE Bishop of Barrow-in-Furness has furnished me with a transcript of the diary of Bishop Nicolson for the 17th and 18th October, 1704, on which days he was in Manchester. William Nicolson was the well-known Bishop of Carlisle, author of the English, Scotch, and Irish Historical Libraries and other works. His interesting

diaries have been printed in part by the Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian Society, but this portion about Manchester was omitted. It will be noticed that he describes Manchester as "the largest ville in the Queen's dominions," thus anticipating the designation used by the antiquary Stukeley in 1724. The tapestry seen by Nicolson is still in existence in the cathedral, though not now at the "Altar." His remark about Humphrey Chetham's portrait points to its being a posthumous work, and not from life, as we have always believed. We know really nothing about the artist or date, and this is the earliest allusion to the portrait that I have met with. Dr. Charles Leigh, whom the bishop called on, was the author of the Natural History of Lancashire, Cheshire, and the Peak of Derbyshire, 1700, and was at that time