Some interesting facts from New Annals of Rochdale :
1040 - Gamel the Thane held the Manor of Rochdale under Edward the Confessor.
1240 - Charter to hold a weekly market and an annual fair granted to Edmund de Lascy by Henry III.
1253 - Henry III granted to the Knights of Saint John of Jerusalem the right to try thieves, hold an assize of bread and ale and erect a gallows within their lands in Butterworth.
1290 - Deer were common in the district.
1340 - Subsidy levied on the Parish to enable the King to carry on the war with France.
1380 - Poll Tax of one shilling levied on persons over fifteen years of age living in the Parish.
1514 - Wheat was eleven shillings per quarter; ale twopence per gallon.
1547 - Woollen trade of the Parish described as being ' very considerable '.
1565 - Grammar School founded by Archbishop Parker.
1600 - Archery was a popular pastime in the town.
1608 - Cattle fair began to be held three times daily.
1623 ' Sweating sickness ' visited the Parish, 587 burials took place in the churchyard.
1638 - Sir John Byron purchased the Manor of Rochdale.
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