Excerpt from The Rectors of Manchester, Vol. 1: And the Wardens of the Collegiate Church of That Town His Ms. called Mancuniensis which has not yet been worthily edited, mainly centres round the Wardens of the College; and it has been the compilation to which subsequent writers have been largely indebted. An older Ms, list of the Wardens, comprising also particulars of the founders of the chantry chapels, was also in existence in the town, and more copies than one have been referred to. The original compiler of this list must have had access to authentic papers, and conversed with persons who had preserved some memories of the past. Canon Raines was inclined to attribute one copy of the MS.y dated c, 1730, to the Rev. Robert Asheton Lane. Chantriesy p.19; and seep. 14 of this work and other subsequent references). Another small copy, known as Aynscough sMS, was in the hand-writing either of the Rev. Radley Aynscough, M.A., Fellow of Manchester College, 1727, who married a daughter of Dr. Wroe, and who died in 1728, aged 47; or of his son, the Rev. Thomas Aynscough, M.A., Fellow in 1761, who died 1793, aged 74; and one of these clergymen made some additions to it. Another copy of the MS, y fuller in detail, was in possession of the Rev. Joshua Brookes, of witty memory, brought down to the date of 1684 or 1686. This may perhaps be identified with a copy which was printed mLocal GleaningSy 4 to., vol. ii. p. 291. Another was in possession of a Mr. Reynolds. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.