Talk:Rivington Church

1566-1541
It says the church was consecrated a quarter of a century before it was founded. If true it seems oddly phrased to me, is this some Anglican process or is one or more of the dates incorrect? If the true meaning is consecrated as .... in 1541, upgraded in status to .... in 1566 by a letter "founding" it, then can that be clarified and the sequence of the two statements reversed? Ta muchly  Ϣere Spiel  Chequers  11:23, 23 September 2014 (UTC)


 * I think I've sorted that out now. J3Mrs (talk) 11:34, 23 September 2014 (UTC)

1566 Chapel became Church
Depending on how you wish to phrase when a foundation occurs the years could be either or any. If it is to be the building then the date is long before 1541. If it is when the chapel became a church then the date is 1566, by license within the Letters Patent granted to the found the school. Before 1566 it was a Chapelry. I have changed the date to 1566 to match. If a year is to be given for foundation to match when the first church was built then it will be much earlier. The year was given as 1540 for Consecration, it was in error, it was 1541. I foresee there maybe attempts to ignore the Letters Patent despite the citation, if the article is to be taken seriously it should in opinion 1566, however I would welcome an expert or member of the Anglican clergy to input.

Report of the Commissioners, Charities, Volume 3, 1828, Bodleian Library, Oxford, page 198, http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=ZTZbAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA205&lpg=PA205&dq=rivington#v=onepage&q=rivington&f=false

--Pennine rambler (talk) 15:23, 5 October 2014 (UTC)