1669--JOHN PEARSON. This nominee of the Rydal squire met with some opposition in the town, headed by Mr. Braithwaite "upon a private Pique"--so the patron reported to the bishop. He was, however, ordained and inducted; though the subsequent refusal of some of the townsmen to pay their pledged contribution to the salary of the curate was no doubt due to discontent.[177] [177] _Ambleside Town and Chapel, Transactions_, C. and W. An. S., n.s. vol. vi., p. 47, where particulars of some of the following curates and their assistants are given. 1681 ---- THWAITES. The Christian name of this pedagogue has not been recovered. The diocesan registry does not give him; but his name is entered in the Curates' Bible, and moreover four of the Rydal squire's sons were placed under his tuition in January, 1681. His stay was short, and a collection was made for him in the chapel on October 20th, 1685, to which the squire contributed 5s. 1682--RICHARD WRIGHT was instituted curate before Mr. Thwaites' departure. 1688--ROGER FLEMING. His name suggests his being a native. He united husbandry with his other occupations. His burial is entered on September 2nd, 1694, and on the 11th, his successor, who had served Grasmere, was licensed. 1694--THOMAS KNOTT. He wrote out John Kelsick's will, by which Ambleside has so largely benefited. As his name is the last in the Curates' Bible, we must suppose that he caused a new one to be bought. 1744--JONATHAN MYLES. 1753--ISAAC KNIPE. 1786--JOHN WILSON. 1791--JOHN KNIPE. 1798 ---- CRAKELT. 1811--JOHN DAWES. THOMAS TROUGHTON. SAMUEL IRTON FELL. An extraordinary entry appears in the Grasmere register for February 15th, 1674, "ye buriall of John Osgood of Amblesid surverer[178] for ye duty of Christ borne at Ridin in barkeshire." [178] May mean _server_ or _sufferer_. But whether we are to take it that John Osgood served as a clergyman or suffered as a Quaker is not easy to decide.--ED. LANGDALE CURATES