George Thomas Orlando Bridgeman, The History of the Church and Manor of Wigan… (1888)
“ William Blackleach, whom I suppose to have been the next rector, paid his first fruits on 22nd June, 11 Eliz., 1569. [1] From certain pleadings in the Duchy Court in the time of the next rector it appears that Blackleach leased the tithes of the rectory of Wigan, for the term of his own incumbency, to Edmund Wynstanley and John Wodcocke and their assigns, who passed over their interest therein to John Assheton and Robert Worseley, of the Boothes, Esq. [2] I learn nothing more of this rector, who resigned the benefice within two years of his appointment. ”
