[Transcriber's Note: Italic font is indicated by _underscores_, and bold font by =equal signs=. Superscripted letters are denoted by the caret ^ preceding the letter. The symbol ‡ denotes an illustration description that is not part of the original work.] Memorials of the Counties of England General Editor: Rev. P. H. Ditchfield, M.A., F.S.A., F.R.S.L., F.R.Hist.S. MEMORIALS OF OLD CHESHIRE [Illustration: ‡Colophon] [Illustration: ‡Chester Castle, Barracks, and Courts] MEMORIALS OF OLD CHESHIRE EDITED BY THE VEN. EDWARD BARBER, M.A., F.S.A. _Archdeacon of Chester and Canon Residentiary of Chester Cathedral_ and THE REV. P. H. DITCHFIELD, M.A., F.S.A. Author of “_The Cathedral Churches of Great Britain_,” “_English Villages_,” “_The Parish Clerk_,” _&c._ With many Illustrations [Illustration: ‡Colophon] LONDON GEORGE ALLEN & SONS, 44 & 45 RATHBONE PLACE, W. 1910 [_All Rights Reserved_] Printed by Ballantyne, Hanson & Co. At the Ballantyne Press, Edinburgh TO THE MOST NOBLE THE DUKE OF WESTMINSTER LORD-LIEUTENANT OF THE COUNTY OF CHESHIRE THIS VOLUME IS DEDICATED BY HIS GRACE’S KIND PERMISSION PREFACE The Editors desire to express their grateful thanks to those who have co-operated with them, and have contributed papers for this volume. Their only regret is that the limits of space prevented them from inviting the assistance of others, and thus of including other subjects, which, it may be, some readers would expect to find here.