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	John Shadrach Piercy
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	Prefatory observations \| Extracts from the Doomsday Book \| Public and private grants, &c. chronologically arranged
	First establishment of corporations \| Recapitulation of ancient grants, charters, &c. \| Charter of King James I.
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	The Great North Road \| The Deanry of Retford \| The Chesterfield Canal \| The River Idle \| The Cars and Commons
	Miscellaneous articles \| The Savings' Bank \| Mr Holmes' Room \| Mr John Hudson's Room \| Biographical sketches
	West Retford \| General description \| The Parish Church \| Catalogue of the Rectors \| Holy Trinity Hospital \| The Free School \| Baptists' Meeting House \| Family of the Denmans
	Babworth \| General description \| The Parish Church \| The hamlet of Ranby \| The hamlet of Moreton
	Ordsall \| General description \| The hamlet of Thrumpton \| Whitehouses \| The Parish Church \| Catalogue of Rectors
	Grove \| General description \| Castle Hill Wood \| The Parish Church \| Catalogue of Rectors \| Family of the Eyres
	Clarborough \| General description \| The Parish Church \| Catalogue of vicars \| The hamlet of Bolham \| Hamlet of Welham \| Hamlets of Moorgate and Spittal-Hill \| Hamlet of Little Greenley

	Map 1. The Retford area in 1836
	Map 2. East and West Retford in 1836
	Map 3. Detailed map of East and West Retford (1835)

CHAP. VI.

THE PARISH CHURCH.

St Swithun's church, East Retford

In the year 1258, Gilbert de Tyva was made sacrist of the Cathedral of York, by Sewall, the then Archbishop, and was inducted into the possession of this church (which had previously been dedicated to St Swithin) on the Saturday next after the feast of St. Martin, being about the 18th of March. On the 3rd of the nones of May, in the same year, the said Sewal ordained the vicarage, along with those of Sutton, Everton, Hayton, and Clareburgh, in which ordination it was set forth, that if any of the vicars should happen to have less than ten marks per annum, the vicarage was to be augmented as it should please the Archbishop.

For the continuance and well-being of the vicarage it became necessary that some stipend should be permanently fixed; accordingly the said prelate endowed it as follows.

ST. SWITHEN'S CHURCH

St Swithun's church is a "dignified cruciform building with lofty central tower". It looks all perpendicular on the outside; however, it is almost completely the work of restorers of 1658 (after the central tower had collapsed), 1854-5 and 1905.

Having thus briefly introduced the steps taken for the establishment of the church, and also the means by which it was endowed for the support of those who might hereafter be collated to the living; I shall lay before the reader the following extract from Torre�s manuscript of the Archdeaconry of Nottingham, deposited in the archives of the Cathedral at York, wherein the substance of the foregoing document is set forth.

RETFORD CH: OF ST. SWITHIN.*

Church.�The Ch: of East Retford was by Roger, Abp. of York given to his new founded Chappell St. Mary and Holy Angells near the Minster of York.

And being appropriated to it on the 3 non: Maij AD. 1258.

Vicaridge.�Abp. Sewall ordained that the Vicar of Retford should have 100s. out of the Altarage, and the Small Tithes, viz, of Chickens, Piggs, Geese, and the bread and wine which shall happen to be brought to the Altar.

In w^ch respect the Vicar shall repair the Chancel and find necessaries for them. And also answer �the Archdeacon his procurations.

And the Sacrist of that Chappell was to give the Tithes of the Mills to the poor of the Town.

In a book entitled "Nonarum Inquisitiones in Curia Scaccarii," referring to the reign of Edward III, we find the following document respecting this church and vicarage.

EST RETFORD.

It qd non vell & agn ecclie de Est Retford p^q no tax q e pcella capelle S'ti Sepulc an dce vz p ann xj et no pl^q qz nulle garb nz fen ad ea ptin set totu consistit en altag mortuar oblat & aliis minut decis q val p ann ad ver val xv^l ij^s iiij^d et de toto integro peipit vicar de rectore C^s p porcone sua.

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