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JURBY.

The parish church, dedicated to St. Patrick, was consecrated 8th December 1829.

The living is in the gift of the bishop, value

£141 8 0

Glebe, 32 ac. 3 ro. 37 poles, rateable value

57 10 6

Total

£198 18 6

A vicarage-house.

The old register, which began in 1606, was copied by the Rev. Robert Christian, vicar; for baptisms in 1613.

The clerk of the parish has a glebe of 272 acres.

A church stood near the site of the present edifice in the thirteenth century.

A beautiful silver chalice is preserved in this church, an engraving of which is given in the Manx Society's Series, Vol. xv.

An Act was passed on the 20th February 1813, to take down, and rebuild a new church on the south side of the churchyard.-Mill's Statutes, pp. 406, 407. There is a tumulus in the churchyard, probably an old burial-place.

VICARS OF JURBY.

Appointed.

Cause of Vacancy.

ROLAND .

June 16,1291

Rolls of Scotland of this date; being in the king's gift on account of the land in Man being in the king's hand.-Monumenta, Manx Society, vol. vii. p. 114.

DONNALD.

1408

Oliver's Monumenta, ii. p. 247.

JOHN COSNAHAN (QUISTAHAN)

1575

Vicar of Patrick and German, 1585.

PHILIP HOGHETT

1582

JOHN STEVENSON

1585

JOHN CLARKE.

1603

Mark Cayne. The clerkship of Jurby Church, with the glebe and profite thereof, the fine payable at Hallowtide next. "Lord's Book,"1610.

WILLIAM CROWE

1645

EDWARD CROWE," CHALLONER"

1653

JOHN CHRISTIAN

1690

ROBERT CHRISTIAN

1694

THOMAS CHRISTIAN .

1697

JOHN CHRISTIAN

1698

SAMUEL GELL .

1747

Vicar of Onchan 1748.

WILLIAM CREBBIN

August 9,1751

Translated Numbers into Manx.
Died and buried at Jurby.

JOHN NELSON .

Dec. 20,1803

Vicar of Santon 1818.

JOHN EDWARD HARRISON .

April 4,1818

Resignation of John Nelson.

Died 2d November 1858.

HENRY HARDY.

Nov. 20,1858

Death of J. E.Harrison.

Died 19th August 1875. Buried at Windsor.

FREDERICK J. MOORE

Sept. 11,1875

Death of H. Hardy.

Vicar of Lonan 1878.

JOSEPH BELLAMY

Dec. 1878 Present Vicar.

Resignation of F. J.Moore.


 

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