Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "History of Manchester" in English language version.
...a Charter of Incorporation for the district comprised within the boundaries of the townships of Manchester, Chorlton-upon-Medlock, Hulme, Ardwick, Beswick, and Cheetham, in the said county palatine of Lancaster, which said townships (together with the townships of Newton, Harpurhey, and Bradford) comprise the boundaries of the Parliamentary Borough of Manchester... Witness ourself at our Palace at Westminster, this twenty-third day of October, in the second year of our reign.