Rivington School List of Pupils 1575

List of First Pupils transcribed to modern English by David Owen,

Originally published in the book The history of Rivington and Blackrod Grammar School by Margaret M. Kay, Manchester University Press, 1966 .

Hugo Adlington

Richard Fourthe

 

Roger Makinson

Richard Rothwell

Robert Adlington

Ralph Freckleton

 

William Makinson

Michael Salford

Thomas Adlington

James Gardner

 

Alexander Markland

John Salisbury

James Anderton

Alexander Gerrard

 

William Marsden

Thomas Sherburn

Robert Anderton

Thomas Gidlow

 

William Mason

Thomas Sherburn

Edward Ashall

William Gidlow

 

Christopher Mather

Thomas Simm

Richard Ashton

Ralph Gill

 

Robert Mather

William Simson

Miles Aspden

Richard Gill

 

William Morris

James Speakman

Oliver Barnes

Roger Gill

 

George Nightingale

James Standish

George Bisley

Richard Golburne

 

Edward Norris

Alexander Standish

Alexander Breres

Thomas Green

 

William Norris

Richard Taylor

Andrew Breres

William Green

 

Edward Ogles

Christopher Tootell

Robert Breres

Oliver Greenhough

 

John Parker

Gregory Turner

Evan Brindle

Robert Greenhough

 

Richard Parker

John Turner

Roger Broadhurst

Lawrence Haddock

 

Roger Pendlebury

Thomas Urmston

Thomas Broadhurst

Richard Haddock

 

Alfred Percival

William Wakefield

Jacob Brownlow

Thomas Hanwell

 

William Percival

Maken Walkden

Richard Brownlow

Robert Haslam

 

Lawrence Phillip

Robert Walkden

George Bromiley

John Heaton

 

William Phillip

Thomas Ward

Henry Byrom

William Heaton

 

Andrew Pilkington

James Whalley

Edward Charnock

Thomas Heyfield

 

James Pilkington

Lawrence Whalley

William Charnock

James Hide

 

Richard Pilkington

Robert Whalley

Richard Cowper

William Hodkinson

 

Robert Pilkington

Henry Whittle

Richard Crosse

George Holme

 

Thomas Prescott

Thomas Yates

John Croston

Thomas Hunt

 

Alexander Rigby

 

Robert Dewhurst

Robert Hunt

 

Roger Rigby

 

Henry Farrington

Alfred Kingsley

 

Francis Rivington

 

Roger Finch

Richard Latham

 

John Rivington

 

William Finch

James Lowe

 

Richard Rivington

 

James Fishwick

Peter Makinson

 

Roger Rivington

 


The Rivington School Governors and Attendance at Meetings 1574 to 1687
Abbreviations used:
Civil Status: 

E  = Esquire, G = Gentleman, Y = Yeoman, c = Clerk,  i = could not write,  * = Attendance, # = Chairman (spokesman) After 1615 Treasurer also.
Townships Abbreviations used :
R = Rivington, H = Horwich, C = Heath Charnock  A = Anderton, Z = Anglezarke

NB : Heath and Charnock were separate in the early period.
Name Ref.

Attended
1574 1575 1576 1577 1578 1579 1580 1581 1582 1583 1584 1585 1586 1587 1588 1589 1590 1591 1592 1593 1594 1595 1596
Thomas Asshall ER *# *# *# *# *#
George Pilkington ER * *# * * * * * * * * * * *
Thomas Shaw GC * * * *# * * * * *# *# *# * * * * * * *
James Urmiston YH * *# * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

John

Grene

 R * * *# * * * * *
Richard Rivington Y * *
William Makinson * * * * *# *# *# *# * * * * * * * * *
Richard Scoulcroft i * * * *
James Rivington * * *# *# # *# *# * *

George Croston

 i * * *# *#
Name Ref.

Attended
1597 1598 1599 1600 1601 1602 1603 1604 1605 1606 1607 1608 1609 1610 1611 1612 1613 1614 1615 1616 1617 1618
George Croston *# *# *# *# *# *# *# *# *# *# *# * * *# * * *

Thomas Shaw

 * *

James Urmiston

 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

William Makinson

 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

James Rivington

 * * * * * * * * * *

Robert Forster

 i * * * * * * *# *# *# *#

Richard Aynsworthe

i * * * * * * *

Robert Haslam

 c * * * * * * *# *

Arthur Crompton

 * *#

Roger Bromeley

 *

Robert Ainsworth

 * * * *

Richard Rivington

 i * *# * *

Richard Bromilowe

 * * * *#

Thomas Shaw

 * * *# *
Name Ref

Attended

1619 1620 1621 1622 1623 1624 1625 1626 1627 1628 1629 1630 1631 1632 1633 1634 1635 1636 1637 1638 1639 1640 1641

Robert Ainsworth

 YR * * *# * * * * * * * * * * * *# * * * * * * *

Richard Rivington

 *#

George Croston

 * *# * *

Thomas Shaw

 * * * *# *

Richard Bromilowe

 * * * * *# * * * * *# * * * * *#

John Bulloughe

i * * * * *#  

James Greenhaugh

 i * * * * * *#

Robert Shawe

 i GRi * *# * * *# * * * * * *# * * * * *

Alexander Fielding

 C *# * * * *# * * * * * *# * * * *

Nicholas Whittle

 YHi * *# * * * *# * * * * * *#

Humphrey Nightgall

 YCi * * * * *# * * * *#

Thurston Bradley

 Yi * * * * *# *

Robert Forster

 * * *

Peter

Shaw

 cC *#
Name Ref

Attended

1642 1643 1644 1645 1646 1647 1648 1649 1650 1651 1652 1653 1654 1655 1656 1657 1658 1659 1660 1661 1662 1663 1664
1659-60 Linked 1661-62 Linked 1662-63 Linked

Robert Ainsworth

 *# * * * * * * *#

Robert Shawe

 * *# * * * * * * * * *

Alexander Fielding

 * * *# * * *# *# * * * *# * * * *

Thurston Bradley

 * * * * *# * * * * * * * * * * * * *# *# * *

Robert Forster

 i * * * * * * * * *# * * * * * * * * * * *# *# * *

Nicholas Whittle

 *#

William Radley

 C * * * * * *# *# * * * * * * * *

Thomas Willoughby

 GH * *# * *# *# * * * * * * *# *#

George Shaw

 Z * * *# * * * * * * *

Richard Brownlowe

 YRi * *# * * * * * *
Name Ref

Attended

1665 1666 1667 1668 1669 1670 1671 1672 1672 1674 1675 1676 1677 1678 1679 1680 1681 1682 1683 1684 1685 1686 1687

William Radley

 *# * *

Thomas Willoughby

 * * * * * *# * * * * * *# * * * * * * *# * * * *

Thurston Bradley

 * * * *# * * * * * * *#

Robert Forster

 * * * * *#

George Shaw

 * *# * * * * *# * * * * * *# * * * * * * *# * * *

Richard Brownlowe

 * * *# * * * * *# * * * * * *#

John Walker

 cC * * * * * *# * * * *# * * * * * *# *

Thomas Rivington

 YA * * * *# * * * * * *# *

William Breres

 *

Thomas Waddington

 YC * * *# * * * * *#

Thomas Finch

 YR * * * * *

Richard Foster

The Rivington School Governors and Attendance at Meetings 1688 to 1807
Name Ref

Attended
1688 1689 1690 1691 1692 1693 1694 1695 1696 1697 1698 1699 1700 1701 1702 1703 1704 1705 1706 1707 1708 1709
Thomas Willoughby * * * * *
George Shaw *
Richard Foster *# * * * * *# * * * * * *# * * * * * *# * * * *
John Shaw * *# * * * * * *# * * * * * *# * * * * * *# * *
William Breres  * * *# * * * * * *# * * * * * *# * * * * * *# *
John Mores * * * *# * * * * * *# * * * * * *#
James Anderton * * *# * * * * * *# * * * * * *# * * * * *
Roger Bromiley * *# * * * * * *# *
Fra : Willoughby * *
Alexander Waddington * * * * * *#
Thomas Bromiley * *# * * *
Name Ref

Attended
1710 1711 1712 1713 1714 1715 1716 1717 1718 1719 1720 1721 1722 1723 1724 1725 1726 1727 1728 1729 1730 1731 1732
Thomas Bromiley * *# * * * * * *
Richard Foster * *
John Shaw * * *#
William Breres * * * * * * * *# * *
Alexander Waddington C * * * *# * * * *# * * * * *# * * * *
John Morris (a) Z * *# * * * * *# * * * * * *# * * * * * * *
Richard Brownlow * * * *# * * * * *# * * * * * *# *
Alexander Shaw * * * * *# * * * * * *# * * * *#
James Wallton * * * * * * *# * * * * *# *
John Morris * * * *# * * * * * *# * * *
Peter Anderton * * * *
Thomas Simpson C *# * *
Name Ref

Attended
1733 1734 1735 1736 1737 1738 1739 1740 1741 1742 1743 1744 1745 1746 1747 1748 1749 1750 1751 1752 1753 1754 1755
John Morris * * * *
Alexander Shaw  * * * * *# * * * * *# * * * * *# * * * * * *# *
James Walton * * * *# * * * * * *# * * * * * * *

John Morris

 * *# * * * * * * * * * * * * *#
Peter Anderton  *# * * * * * *# * * * * * *# *

Thomas Simpson

 * * *# * * * * *# * * * * * *# * * * * *# * * * *
Richard Brownlow * *# * * * * * *# * * * * *# * * * * * *#
William Longworth * * * *# * * * *
Jonathan Walker * * * * *# * * *
Thomas Mather * *
Henry Ainsworth * *# *
Name Ref

Attended
1756 1757 1758 1759 1760 1761 1762 1763 1764 1765 1766 1767 1768 1769 1770 1771 1772 1773 1774 1775 1776 1777 1778

Richard Brownlow

* * * * * *# * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

Alexander Shaw

 * * *
Thomas Simpson * *#
William Longworth  *# * * * * * *# * * * * *# * * * * *# * * * * *# *
Jonathan Walker * * *# * * * * * *# * * * * *# * * * * *# * * * *
Henry Ainsworth * * * *# * * * *# * *# * * * * *# * * * * *# * * *
Lord Willoughby * * * * *

Miles Gerrard

 * *# * * * *
James Pilkington * * * *#

John Walker, 

Junr

 * *# * * * * *# * * * * *# * *

John Hampson

 * * * * *# * * * * *#
Name Ref

Attended
1779 1780 1781 1782 1783 1784 1785 1786 1787 1788 1789 1790 1791 1792 1793 1794 1795 1796 1797 1798 1799 1800

John Walker,

Junr.

 * * * * *# * *
Richard Brownlow * *# *# * * * * * * *

52 years service.
William Longworth * * * *# * *
John Walker * * * * * * * * * *
Henry Ainsworth * * *
John Hampson *# * * * * * *#
George Brownlow * * *#
Richard Pilkington H * *# * * * * * * * * * * *
Richard Mason * * *# * * * * * * * *
John Kershaw * * *# * * * * * *# * * *
Alexander Gerrard  * * * *# * * * * * *# * * * * *
James Magnall *
Robert Andrews *#
Thomas Longworth  * * * * * * *# * * * *
Thomas Smith * * *
Rich  Pilkington * *
Richard Brownlow * * * *

Tetlow Bispham.

 * *# *
John Fisher * * *#
Name Ref

Attended
1801 1802 1803 1804 1805 1806 1807
Alexander Gerrard *# * * * * *# *
Rich Pilkington * *# * * * * *#
Richard Brownlow * * *# * * * *
Tetlow Bispham * * * *# * * *
John Fisher * * * * *# * *
James Halliwell * * * * * *
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