Returns of Papists 1682 and 1767

North West Catholic History Society Edited by Norman Gardner 1999

This register was compiled in accordance with the 1660 ‘Act for the better discovering and repressing of popish recusants'. The churchwardens and constables of towns were required to bring to the Quarter Sessions all the recusants who had not attended a Church of England service for a month. By the time this register was compiled it included non-conformist sects and these accounted for about 1% of the entries, but none are listed for Great Harwood. The original register is kept at the Lancashire Record Office and is in a fragile condition. (Reference QDV/6)

Register of recusants, 1682

Harwood magna

Robtus Quire	gent
Johes Cunliffe	husb
Isabella ux eius [Cunliffe]
Willus Mercer	husb
Jenetta Mercer	Spinster
Edrus Mercer	husb
Johes Emott	husb
Anna Bolton
Jenetta Bolton	sptr
Willus Bolton	shoemaker
Jacobus Lindley	clothier
Johes Dewhirst	tanner
Willus Lune	husb

Reproduced with permission of the County Archivist , Lancashire Record Office and The Catholic Record Society.

Returns of Papists 1767

		Ages	Resident
Jenet wife of John Smith Senr	Spinner of Jarsey	52	20
her children John Smith Junr	plodweaver	26	20
Elizabeth Smith	spinner of Jarsey	15	15
Mark Noble	Plodweaver	20	20
Isabel Noble his wife	Spinner of Jarsey	19	19
Thomas Smith	Plodweaver	22	20
Jennet Smith his wife	Spinner of Cotton	19	19
Mary Smith their child		1	1
Henry Hill	Spinner of Jarsey	32	12
Jane Hill his wife	Spinner of Jarsey	55	8
William Roscow	Plodweaver	36	36
his children Mary Roscow		5	5
Martha Roscow		5	5
Ellen Roscow		3	3
Ann Roscow		1	1
Grace Taylor widow	Spinner of Cotton	70	20
John Wilkinson	Cloger	36	2
William Hargreves	plodweaver	14	14
Papists in that part of the town of Rishton that belongeth to the Chapelry of Harwood
Josuah Duckworth	Spinner of jersey	65	2
James Duxbury	husbandman	38	38
Mary Duxbury his wife	Spinner of jersey	40	40
their children Catharine Duxbury		11	11
Mary Duxbury		9	9
John Duxbury		7	7
Ann Duxbury		5	5
Winefrid Duxbury		1	1
John Hindle	plodweaver	86	86
John Duxbury	husbandman	19	19
Winefrid Duxbury	Spinner of Cotton	19	19
James Spencer	Miller	35	7
Mary Spencer his wife	Spinner of Jarsey	40	7
their children James Spencer		13	7
John Spencer		10	7
Ann Spencer		7	7
Richard Spencer		4	4
Mary Spencer		1	1
Mary Bolton		89	89
Mary Aspinal		80	80
Ellen wife of William Morris	Spinner of Jarsey	55	20
		Total	39

(signed) John Smith Curate of Harwood

Source: Returns of Papists 1767. - [Vol. 1] – Catholic Record Society

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