After the death of the Rev. Richard Pencoth, the Rev. Moor is the first chaplain of whom the tradition of the neighbourhood has preserved the name or any particulars, but it is not certain that he was the immediate successor of Mr. Pencoth, for the exact time of his taking the mission is uncertain. He seems to have been missioner here at least as early as 1745. William Bamber, born at the Laund in 1788, stated that his mother and grandmother both lived in Mr. Moor's service when chaplain at the Laund, and that he had often heard them say that, being in Preston that year, he had to be secreted in a hiding-place there, by a Catholic woman, during several days, before he could venture to return to the Laund. Mr. Moor resided exclusively here, confining his ministrations to his co-religionists in the immediate neighbourhood. The Giggleswick estate and house had been sold by the Duke and Duchess of Norfolk, and the Catholics in Great Mitton were assisted from elsewhere. He occupied the old centre' post and pattern' building, where the Weld family found him on their succession to the Shirburne estates in 1754. He was the first to inhabit the new stone house erected in its place about 1775. He received from Mr. Edward Weld an augmentation of his salary, viz., £40 per ann.

Mr. Moor is said to have been a nervous man, and a very timid horseman. On one occasion it was reported to him when in Preston that the vicar of Chipping was there likewise, and had been heard to say that, "if he overtook the popish priest on his return, it would be the worse for him.” This alarmed him so much that he put spurs to his horse and rode home as fast as he could, risking a fall rather than meet the parson. The vicar of Chipping was at this time Mr. Milner, 1739 to 1777. He is said to have been very inimical to Catholics, and especially to his neighbour, the priest at the Laund. Mr. Moor died, or left this mission, in 1780. He is believed to have died at the Laund and to have been buried in the churchyard at Chipping, but there is no record in the parish register.

Mr. Moor was succeeded by the Rev. J. Lawrenson, who came to take charge of this mission September 2, 1780. He lived in the new house built for his predecessor until Mr. John Sparrow removed from Stonyhurst to reside there in 1794. After Mr. Sparrow's arrival he had to share the house with him, which arrangement not proving comfortable, he left shortly after, taking lodgings at Abbot's Barn, a farm near Chipping, where he continued until he gave up the mission a few months later, in 1795. Mr. Lawrenson was the last to officiate in the old chapel on the high ground at the back of the court. Mr. Lawrenson went in the first instance to Scorton, but afterwards retired to Garstang, where he died. He was greatly respected both by his own flock and also by the non-Catholics of the neighbourhood. Mr. Carlisle, the vicar of Chipping, a liberal and friendly man, was on intimate terms with him. William Bamber's traditional recollection of Mr. Lawrenson only testifies that he was a "plump, redfaced mon, vara hearty and vara keen o' shooting."

After Mr. Lawrenson's retirement from the mission at the Laund, the vacancy was supplied for a short time by a Mr. Kemper, who received for three months and four days LII 4s. 10d.

The Rev. J. Hart came to serve this mission in August, 1795. The arrangement by which the chaplain should reside in the house with the steward having proved unsatisfactory in Mr. Lawrenson's case was not repeated. A cottage built apart, expressly for the chaplain's residence, was erected by my grandfather on the high ground beyond the court-yard. Mr. Hart took lodgings in Chipping, the upper storey of Brabin's School, then approached by a flight of steps from the outside in the street. He continued there until the new cottage was ready to receive him, about two years after, in 1797. Mr. Hart received, at least latterly, as his salary, £60 per ann. He is reported to have been of very delicate constitution, and his health obliged him eventually to give up the mission in 1803.

The mission was then undertaken by the Rev. John Reeve. He took up his residence at the new cottage, where he remained until he removed to Chipping in 1827. On the death of Thomas Weld in 1810, this estate devolved to my father, the late George Weld, who maintained the chapel until the removal of the mission to Chipping. Mr. Reeve's salary, first at £60 per ann., was afterwards increased to £100. The congregation feeling themselves now sufficiently numerous to undertake the support of their pastor, and wishing for a larger chapel and one at the same time nearer to the majority of its frequenters, the chaplaincy was discontinued, and the present large and commodious chapel erected by subscription, the family largely contributing; my father likewise gave land, worth £20 a year, adjoining Chipping village as a site and also as an endowment. Mr. Reeve from the time of his taking the mission in 1803, to the time of the arrival of the family at the hall in 1822, besides his priestly functions, exercised the privileges of the manor. He was a very keen sportsman, and a good shot for the time. He was a hearty and friendly man, and like other rural priests of the period, entered largely into the occupations of the people, mixing much with them, besides looking to their spiritual wants, joining in their pastimes, which were legalised and regulated by the priest's presence, even, in some instances, to the following and keeping of hounds, as his neighbour Mr. Barrow of Claughton did for many years. The chaplains had occupied an exceptional position at the Laund. Having no superior on the estate, enjoying the game, and supposed to hold patronage and influence altogether separate, in the opinion of their flocks, from any spiritual ascendancy which naturally belonged to them, they were considered accordingly. This position was somewhat modified when the steward came to reside here on his removal from Stonyhurst, but circumstances completely changed with the arrival of the family; and shortly after the completion and opening of the new chapel at Chipping, Mr. Reeve was removed by his superiors. It was

thought better that another missioner, unconnected and unassociated with former arrangements, should enter on the new situation. Mr. Reeve, shortly after his departure from Chipping, was appointed to Courtfield in Monmouthshire, where some years later he died.

Thus with the transfer of the congregation to Chipping a great change was inaugurated; the pastor, from being the chaplain at the hall, became more particularly the parish priest. The old chapel at the Laund was situated in the parish of Whalley; the new mission lies in the parish of Chipping. They as included in the Hundred of Blackburn form a part of the Catholic diocese of Salford.

There is no account or tradition of any episcopal visitation taking place at the Laund. William Bamber, who was baptized there in 1788, was confirmed by Bishop Gibson at Fernyhalgh chapel near Preston, five congregations going there on that occasion for that purpose.

V.-LOCAL MANNERS AND FOLK-LORE.

IN 1822 and for some years later the farmers and people of Leagram and the neighbourhood had a more homely and oldfashioned appearance than at the present day. There was but little intercourse with the outside world. Few people stirred beyond their own district. They had little polish, but a more friendly and less constrained address when accosted by their superiors in education or position than their present representatives. They were obliging without being subservient, and although wanting in manners, their natural demeanour contrasted favourably with the rough and often surly independence of the present time.

At that date the boys of the school, as well as others of the rising generation, nodded their heads vigorously to passing strangers, at the same time pulling heartily their one lock of hair, left in front (perhaps for this exposition of civility), the rest being closely cropped all round. They are now more fashionably cropped, but the pull and the nod have alike mostly departed.

Their dress had more character, with more simplicity. The same style prevailed universally. The men and boys. invariably wore stout cloth or cord breeches, fastened below the knees by a strap or buttons, unsupported by braces but strapped on either side of the waist by a button; coarse blue or grey stockings of home manufacture, and a widely skirted cloth coat. The women wore full printed cotton jackets, tied at the waist, with short linsey petticoats of some dark colour. Wooden shoes were all but universal. A Belgian servant who had accompanied the family from abroad used to remark that they were just like his own countrywomen in Flanders.

The dialect spoken by nearly all was perplexing, though