1688
1688
The revolution in favour of William,
Prince of Orange, excited no popular demonstrations in Manchester, as it did
in most other parts of the kingdom; nor did King William visit it on his
route to Ireland, when he sailed from Liverpool.(7)
1688
Proposals were issued for publishing a work
entitled Briganta Lancasteriensis Restaurata, by Richard Kuerden, M.D., a
laborious topographer and antiquary, who descended from an ancient family at
Kuerdon, near Preston. The publication was never accomplished; and the
manuscript, written in an obscure hand, in five volumes folio, is still in
Chetham’s Library. The more important portions have been transcribed by
Palmer and utilised by later historians.(7)
1688
In the reign, of William and Mary, the
taxable property in Manchester was rated at £4,375; and the first assessment for
the land-tax, at 4s. in the pound, produced £875.(7)
1688.
Radcliffe-Whitefield
Henry Siddall, a tailor, of Radcliffe, left 4½ acres as nucleus of
formation for what is now Stand Grammer School.(9)