Ballaugh - (pp83/86) Manx Soc vol XXIX

BALLAUGH.

The parish church, dedicated to St. Mary, was consecrated 27th September 1832.

The living, a rectory, is in the gift of the Crown.

Tithe value	£303 0 0
Glebe, 26 ac. 3 ro. 81, poles. Rateable value	50 4 9
Total	£353 4 9

The register of burials begins in 1598; baptisms 1607. 0

The schoolmaster of the parish has a glebe of 3½ acres. The old rectory house and garden are near the old parish church.

The old registers are in a very dilapidated condition, without binding or covers, and appear to have been copied from older registers. The Rev. Thomas Howard copied them many years ago very legibly into a bound book. The first entry is as follows-" A Register Book of Burialls made in ye year of our Lord God 1598, being the first year that I, Nicholas Thompson, came to Ballaugh Church to serve there myselfe."

To the old church Bishop Wilson, in 1717, made some additions. It was repaired in 1878 for occasional service. An Act of Tynwald was promulgated on the 20th Sep-tember 1830, for providing a new church and churchyard on part of the Quarterland of Ballaterson-beg.— Geneste's Statutes, pp. 57-59.

Near to this is the new rectory house, 1878.

RECTORS OF BALLAUGH.	Appointed.	Cause of Vacancy.
DONALD M'CORKYLL	1408
	Oliver's Monumenta, ii. p. 247.
PHILIP HOGKELL (Or HASSAL)	1576
DONALD CALLOW	1580
EDWARD BAGULEY .	1580
NICHOLAS THOMPSON	1598
	Buried at Ballaugh, Nov. 1640. The register of burials, the oldest in the island, was commenced by him in his first year, 1598. In the" Lord's Book," 1610, it is stated "that Patrick Kelly and his substitutes, the clerkship of Ballaugh with the profits, etc., the fine under Parson Crow to be paid ;"and "Lord's Book," 1630, Patrick Thompson, "the clerkship and profite thereof and fine for twenty-one years."
ROBERT PARR .	1640	Death of N. Thompson.
	Thomas Christian, curate in 1649.Suspended.
CHARLES PARR	1670	Death of R. Parr.
	Son of Robert Parr, born 3d March1644.
HENRY LOWCAY	Sep. 13,1687
WILLIAM WALKER, LL.D.	June 10,1703
	Vicar-General seventeen years. Died18th June 1729, aged 49. Buried at Ballaugh.¹ He translated the four Gospels and Acts into Manx.
WILLIAM BRIDSON	July 17,1729	Death of W. Walker.
	Died 7th Feb. 1750-1751, aged 78, having been rector twenty-one years. Interred 9th Feb. in the chancel of Ballaugh Church, on the north side of Dr. Walker's remains.
PHILIP MOORE .	July 11,1751	Death of W. Bridson.
	Of Douglas Institute, appointed by His Grace the Duke of Atholl, to whom he was chaplain. Rector of Bride 1760.
MATTHIAS CURPHEY .	Feb. 24,1761	Resignation of P.Moore.
	Vicar-General. Died 19th Jan.1771, aged 73. Buried at Ballaugh.Reviser of the Manx Scriptures.
JAMES WILKS	June 16, 1771	Death of M. Curphey.
	Episcopal Register. Died Sep.1777, aged 58. Buried at Ballaugh.²
DANIEL GELLING	Dec. 16,1777	Death of J. Wilks.
	Died 1801.
DANIEL MYLREA	Feb. 17,1802	Death of D. Gelling.
.	Rector of Andreas, 1814
HUGH STOWELL	April 20,1814	Resignation of D.Mylrea.
THOMAS HOWARD	April 2,1836
	Died 1876.
WILLIAM KERMODE	March1877	Death of T. Howard.
	Present Rector.

1 On a flat stone, in the old churchyard-

GULIELMUS WALKER, LL.D.
Hujusce Ecclesiæ Rector
per annos xxv,
E Vicariis Generalibus
Nec non nobiliis. Domino a eonciliis,
Pastor, Judex, Civis,
Quo nemo fidelior, æquior,
aut boni publici studiosior,
Mansum omniaque rectoria
Edificia prorsus dilapsa
Per magno sumptu restauravit,
Obiit 18th Junii A.D. MDCCXXIX.
'Etat. XLIX.

This epitaph was composed by Bishop Wilson.

2 On a gravestone, in the old churchyard-

Sleeping in Jesus.
Translated hence the good man never dies
But like the day-star, only sets to rise.
The Rev. JAMES WILKS,
Rector of this parish and Vicar-General,
Aged 58 years, was buried June 21, 1777.

To him to live was Christ, to die was gain,
The sting of Death sweet consolation brings.
Hope: Anchor of the soul, allays his pain.
He meets his God with healing on His wings.


		Ballaugh

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