George Baguley was the

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of St James' Church, in Gawsworth, Cheshire, from 1470 to his death in 1497. The

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Sir Thomas Fytton (Fitton) of Gawsworth Old Hall served as Baguley's patron. This enabled Baguley to build the Gawsworth Old Rectory about 1470. Baguley's date of birth is unknown. An original manuscript belonging to Baguley, containing prayers and

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s, was passed to the rector of Tredington, William Durham, and in turn to the celebrated bishop and academic Thomas Barlow (1607–1691). Barlow bequeathed Baguley's manuscript to the

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, where it remains in the collection of medieval manuscripts.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Baguley, George 15th-century English Roman Catholic priests 1497 deaths Year of birth unknown People from Cheshire (before 1974)