JAMES BRADSHAIGH, of Haigh, wedded first, Jane, only daughter and heir of Thomas Hoghton, esq. of Hoghton Tower, and in right of her grandmother, of Ashton-under-Line, by whom he had issue, ROGER, his heir. Jane, m. to Richard Emine, of London, merchaut. Catherine, d. unm. He m. secondly, Dorothy, daughter of Robert Tatton, esq. of Wettenshaw, in the county of Chester, and by that lady had William, who d. s. p. Alexander, m. to Dorothy, daughter of William Mabell, m. to Robert Goddard, esq. of Hargrave, Maud, d. young. Anne, m. to Richard Royle, esq. of Hargrave. He (James) was s. at his decease by his eldest son, ROGER BRADSHAIGH, esq. of Haigh, who m. Anne, daughter of Christopher Anderton, esq. of Lostock, in the county of Lancaster, and died in 1641, having had nine sons and six daughters, JAMES, his heir, who acquired the reputation of a ROGER, (Sir) successor to his grandfather. 1. SIR ROGER BRADSHAIGH, of Haigh, b. in 1627, and knighted in the 12th of CHARLES II. by which monarch he was created a BARONET 17th November, 1679. He m. in 1647, Elizabeth, daughter of William Penington, esq. of Moncaster, in Cumberland, and had a son and daughter to survive, viz. ROGER, his successor. Elizabeth, m. to Thomas Preston, esq. of Holker, Anne, m. 1649, to Thomas Culcheth, esq. of by his faithful guardian, John Fleetwood, of Penwor- tham, esq. to whose religious designs, and the joint endeavours of his virtuous consort, he owed the early impressions of piety and in that family first commenced protestant, and was thence sent to the Isle of Man, where the principles he had already imbibed, were soon cultivated and improved under the umbrage of that religious, loyal, and great man. Next to his religion, his loyalty was most dear to him. In him both commenced together, and he gave early proofs of his loyalty, in an age wherein it was judged a crime; when rebellion looked gay with success, and sacrilege had providence to gild it over; yet even then, he judged not the cause by its success, but by the righteousness of it, and durst be honest spite of bad times. The king was well acquainted with his worth, and entrusted him with those offices, which witnessed the esteem be had both of his faithfulness and ability. His country judged him a true patriot, no less than a good subject, and therefore made choice of him for their representative in Parliament, in which station he served many years with great diligence and fidelity; and in the recesses of that public employ was not less serviceable to his country at home, than faithful to their interest abroad." This eminent person, who had served in parliament the greater part of his life, either for the county of Lancaster, or Borough of Wigan, died at Chester, 31st March, 1684; was buried in the family vault at Wigan (where his widow erected a marble monument to his memory) and s. by his son, James Bradshaigh had a great contest about this lady's paternal estate, which he eventually lost, the decision being in favour of her uncle, Alexander Hoghton. II. SIR ROGER BRADSHAIGH, of Haigh, who had received the honour of knighthood from King CHARLES II. in the lifetime of his father. He m. 7th April, 1673, Mary, daughter and co-heir of Henry Murray, esq. gentleman of the bed chamber to King CHARLES I. by his wife, Anne, Viscountess Bayning, and had issue, ROGER, his successor. Henry, a major in the army, and aid-de-camp to the Earl of Rivers, in Spain, afterwards M. P. for Wigan, d. in 1710, at Putney. James, d. young. William, captain in the army, d. in 1725, was bu ried in the chancel, the burial place of his family, in Wigan church. Richard, d. young. Thomas, in holy orders, rector of Stradford, in Suffolk, and Langham, Essex, m. Mary, daughter and sole heir of Robert Stephens, M. D. of Ardley-Week, in Essex, and had issue. Elizabeth, m. first to Job Yates, esq. and secondly, to Gabriel, Marquis Du Quesne. Sir Roger was returned to parliament by the county palatine of Lancaster, in 1685, and dying 17th June, 1687, was s. by his eldest son, III. SIR ROGER BRADSHAIGH, of Haigh, who was returned to parliament by the borough of Wigan, in 1695, and continued to sit for that place full half a century. He was colonel of a regiment of foot, in the beginning of the reign of Queen ANNE. Sir Roger wedded Rachel, second daughter of Sir John Guise, bart. of Ellmore, in Gloucestershire, and dying 25th February, 1746, left four sons and two daughters, viz. ROGER, his heir. Charles. John. Richard. Elizabeth, m. to John Edwin, esq. son of Sir Humphrey Edwin. Rachel. The eldest son, IV. SIR ROGER BRADSHAIGH, of Haigh, m. in April, 1731, Dorothy, daughter and co-heir of William Bellingham, esq. of Levens, in Westmoreland, but dying s. p. the BARONETCY became EXTINCT. Arms Arg. two bendlets between three martlets sa. knt. of Braham Hall, Suffolk; was created a BARONET 16th April, 1662. He m. first, Susan, daughter of Sir George Southcott; secondly, Susan Michel, daughter of Sir Robert Gawsell, knt. of Watlington; and thirdly, Jane, daughter of Thomas Devenish, esq. of Langham, in Dorsetshire, but dying without surviving issue the BARONETCY became EXTINCT. Arms-Sa. a cross patonce, or. BRAITHWAITE. CREATED 18th Dec. 1802.--EXTINCT 9th March, 1809. Lineage. The family of Braithwaite has been for many years settled in the county of Westmoreland. JOHN BRAITHWAITE, born in 1696, governor-in-chief of the African Company's factories on the south coast of Africa, was killed on board the Baltic merchantman in an engagement off Sicily with a Spanish privateer. He m, Silvia Cole, of Amsterdam, and had by her, who died in 1799, one son and two daughters, namely, JOHN. Silvia, m. to Bonnel Thornton, esq. and was mother of the well known physician and botanist ROBERT JOHN THORNTON, M. D. Caroline, m. to Robert Armitage, esq. The only son, 1. SIR JOHN BRAITHWAITE, b. in 1739, a major-general in the army and commander-in-chief of the coast of Coromandel in 1793, was created a BARONET 18th December, 1802. He m. Elizabeth, daughter of John Brown, esq. by Elizabeth, his wife, daughter of Sir John Colleton, bart. and died in August, 1803, leaving a daughter, Silvia, wife of Charles Parkhurst, esq. and a son and successor, II. SIR GEORGE-CHARLES BRAITHWAITE, b. in 1762, a colonel in the army, who m. in June, 1801, ElizaDavis, illegitimate daughter of Sir Edward Boughton, bart. of Poston Court, in the county of Hereford, but dying s. p. 9th March, 1809, the BARONETCY became EXTINCT. BRERETON, OF HONFORD. BRAHAM, OF NEW WINDSOR. CREATED 10th Mar. 1627. EXTINCT 7th Jan. 1673. CREATED 16th Apr. 1662. EXTINCT Lineage. 1. SIR RICHARD BRAHAM, of New Windsor, in Berkshire, son of Richard Braham, esq. of Wandsworth, by Elizabeth, daughter of Nathaniel Giles, doctor of music, and great-great-grandson of Sir John Braham, Lineage. SIR URIAN BRERETON, ninth son of Sir Randle Brereton, of Malpas Escheator, of Cheshire, and one of the grooms of the king's chamber 32 HENRY VIII. died 19th March, 19 ELIZABETH, leaving by Margaret, his first wife, daughter and sole heir of William Honford, of Honford, in Cheshire, and relict of Sir John Stanley, kut. several sons and two daughters, Jane, m. to Edward Legh, esq. of Baggilegh, from whom she was divorced; and Sibilla, m. to Thomas Legh, esq. of Adlington. The second but eldest surviving son, WILLIAM BRERETON, esq. of Honford, m. in 1578, Katherine, daughter of Roger Hurleston, esq. of Chester, and dying 5th June, 1601, left, with a daughter, Dorothy, m. to Charles Wishes, esq. of Copgrove, in Yorkshire, a son and successor, WILLIAM BRERETON, esq. of Honford or Hanford, whom. Margaret, daughter of Richard Holland, esq. of Denton, in Lancashire, and died 18th February, 1610, leaving a daughter, Margaret, wife of Richard Egerton, esq. of Ridley, and a son, 1. SIR WILLIAM BRERETON, of Honford. This distinguished soldier, incontestibly one of the greatest military characters which his country has produced, was in his sixth year at the period of his father's decease. His "notorious aversion for the government of the church," which Clarendon notices, was probably heightened in its effects on his political conduct by several casual circumstances: he was the friend and neighbour of Henry Bradshaw and Colonel Dukinfield, and son-in-law of Sir George Booth, who was considered the corner-stone of the Presbyterian interest in Cheshire. The best and greatest of his kinsmen, Sir William Brereton, of the Shocklach branch, had been sacrificed on the block but a few generations before to the fury of HENRY VIII., which would yet rankle in the breasts of his relatives; and many annoying circumstances attendant on the imposition of the ship money, which had brought him into active collision with the citizens of Chester, and a vexatious opposition by the municipal authorities of that place to his exemptions from tolls and murage in right of the lands of St. Mary's Nunnery, are supposed to have contributed towards making the severity with which he followed up the siege of that place, an act of premeditated vengeance. In 1627, Mr. Brereton, shortly after he had attained majority, was raised to the degree of BARONET, and returned knight of the shire for Chester in the 3rd, 15th, and 16th of CHARLES I. At the outbreaking of the civil war, Sir William arrayed himself under the parliamentary banner, and received the appointment of commander-in-chief of the Cheshire forces. The scene of his action was, however, by no means limited to the palatine, and though the engagements in which he participated, were perhaps not the most distinguished in the history of the unhappy contentions of the era, still their influence and importance tended in no small degree to the final destruction of the royal cause. His early defence and final relief of Nantwich, and his reduction of Chester, deprived the cavaliers of their main point of shelter in the palatinate and the great centre for their exertions. By that fatal coincidence which generally attends civil contests, Sir William was opposed, both at Nantwich and Chester, to his near connexion, the gallant Lord Byron. After the termination of the war, he received a grant, subsequently to the death of Archbishop Laud, of the palace of Croydon, and there fixing his residence, he died a few months after the Restoration, 7th April, 1661. He m. first, Susan, daughter of Sir George Booth, bart. of Dunham, and had by her one son and three daughters, viz. THOMAS, his heir. Frances, m. to Edward, son and heir of Humble, Lord Ward. Susannah, m. to Edmund Lenthall, esq. Catherine, d. unm. Sir William wedded, secondly, Cicely, daughter of Sir William Skeffington, bart. of Fisherwick, and relict of Edward Mitton, esq. of Weston, in Staffordshire, by whom he had two daughters, Cicely, m. to Edward Brabazon, younger son of the Earl of Meath. Mary. This was a branch of the house of Bridgeman of Great Lever, in the county of Lancaster, now represented by the Earl of Bradford. JOHN BRIDGEMAN, D. D. elected Bishop of Chester 15th March, 1618, m. Elizabeth, daughter of Dr. Helyar, canon of Exeter, and had five sons, viz. ORLANDO (Sir), his successor. Dove, in holy orders, prebendary of the cathedral church of Chester, m. Miss Bennet (who surviving him, m. secondly, Doctor Hacket, Bishop of Lichfield,) by whom he had an only son, Charles, archdeacon of Richmond, in Yorkshire, d. unmarried in 1678. Henry, in holy orders, dean of Chester in 1660, James (Sir), m. Anne, daughter of Mr. Allen, of • Ormerod. Kynaston, esq. of Morton, in Shropshire, and had a son, JOHN, his successor, from whom the EARLS OF BRADFORD. Sir Orlando wedded, secondly, Dorothy, daughter of Doctor Saunders, provost of Oriel College, Oxford, and widow of George Cradock, esq. of Carswell Castle, in Staffordshire, and by that lady had ORLANDO, who purchased the estate of Ridley, in Francis (Sir), knighted by King CHARLES II. 15th Charlotte, m. to Sir Thomas Myddleton, bart. of The elder son of the second marriage, 1. ORLANDO BRIDGEMAN, esq. of Ridley, in the county of Chester, was created a BARONET by King CHARLES II. 12th November, 1673. He m. Mary, daughter of Sir Thomas Cave, bart. of Stamford, in the county of Northampton, and had issue, ORLANDO, his successor. Penelope, m. to Thomas Newport, Lord Torring- Sir Orlando was s. at his decease by his son, II. SIR ORLANDO BRIDGEMAN, of Ridley, M.P. successively for Coventry (1705), for Calne, Lestwithiel, Blechingly, and Dunwich, auditor-general to the Prince of Wales, and eventually governor of Barbadoes. He m. Susanna, daughter of Sir Thomas Dashwood, bart. of Wickham, in Bucks, and had issue, FRANCIS, b. in 1713. JOHN BRIGGES, of Saul, in the county of Norfolk, settled by deed, without date, but supposed to have been made in the time of EDWARD II. all his lands, tenements, and hereditaments, at Crastfont, in Westmoreland, upon his second son, EDMUND BRIGGES, which estate descended lineally to the seventh inheritor, OLIVER BRIGGES, esq. who having sold it in 1565, to William Knype, jun. of Carmellfell, in Lancashire, removed himself to Ernestry Park, near Ludlow, in Salop, in the beginning of Queen ELIZABETH's time, and in the seventh of the same reign purchased from GEORGE, Earl of Shrewsbury, the grant of the forest or free chase of Clees, or Clives, in that county, where he was then possessed of other good estates, as well as of lands in the shires of Warwick and Montgomery. He d. at an advanced age, in 1596, and was buried in Shiffnall church, Salop. The inscription on his tomb states that he m. Anne, daughter of Humphry Coningsby, esq. of Nenesoles, and that he was the son of Brian Brigges, of Crastfont, in Westmoreland, by Cecily, daughter and co-heir of Oliver Gilpin, of Yorkshire; which Brian was the son of Simon Brigges, by Catherine Bellingham, of the same county. Oliver Brigges by his wife had three sons, Humphry, Oliver, and Brian, who are mentioned on their father's tomb. The eldest, HUMPHRY BRIGGES, esq. s. his father, and resided at Ernestry Park. He was high sheriff of the county in the year of the gunpowder plot, and m. Anne, eldest daughter and co-heir of Robert Moreton, esq. of Houghton. He was s. at his decease by his only surviving child, 1. MORETON BRIGGES, esq. of Haughton, in the county of Salop, who was created a BARONET by King CHARLES I. 12th August, 1641. He m. Cryzogon, daughter of Edward Grey, esq. of Buildwas, in the same shire, by which lady, who lived in good health to the advanced age of ninety-seven, he had issue, HUMPHREY, his successor. Moreton, killed in the civil wars at Sturton Castle, in Staffordshire, on the side of the king, d. s. p. Robert, m. Sarah, daughter of Thomas Moreton, esq. of Shiffnal, in Salop, and left an only child, Martha, who wedded, first, Richard Spencer, esq. of London, a Turkey merchant; and secondly, Sir John Stonbouse, bart. of Radley, in Berks. Priscilla, m. to Robert Dod, esq. of Petsey, in the county of Salop. Anne, m. to Thomas Draper, esq. of Walton, also Elizabeth, m. to Edward Chapman, gent. of Francis, m. to Ferrers Fowke, esq. of Brewood, in Martha, both d. young. Sir Moreton was s. at his decease by his eldest son, 11. SIR HUMPHREY BRIGGES, knt. of Haughton. This gentleman m. no less than four wives; first, Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Philip Cary, knt. of Mary-lebone Park, in Middlesex, by whom he had two sons, Moreton and Edward, who both d. young. He wedded, secondly, Elizabeth, youngest daughter of Sir Richard Wilbraham, bart. of Woodhey, in Cheshire, and by that lady had a son, HUMPHREY, his successor. His third wife was Anne, widow of Richard Moreton, esq. of Montgomeryshire, and the fourth, Magdalen, daughter of Sir John Corbet, bart. of Adderley. Those ladies left no issue. He d. about the year 1691, and was s. by his only surviving son, III. SIR HUMPHREY BRIGGES, of Haughton, who m. Barbara, daughter of Sir Wadham Wyndham, bart. of Nonyngton, in Wilts, one of the judges of the court of king's bench, and had issue, HUMPHREY, his heir. HUGH, successor to his brother. Barbara, m. to the Rt. Rev. Edward Chandler Richard Chandler, solicitor of excise, and M.P. for Andover, who m. Elizabeth, daughter of Lord James Cavendish, and took the name of Cavendish, and d. s. p. 82 Wadham Chandler, vicar-general of the diocese of Durham, d. s. p. Anne Chandler, m. to the Rev. Thomas Bro therton. Hatfield, esq. and by her, who m. secondly, Thomas Westby, esq. of Ravenfield, had a daughter, Martha, the wife of William Lister, esq. of Thornton and Midhope. Stephen Bright d. 6th June, 1642, and was s. Catharine Chandler, m. to Wadham Wynd- by his son, Barbara Chandler, m. first, to William, son of 1. SIR JOHN BRIGHT, of Carbrook, a very distinguished partisan of the parliament against CHARLES I. At the outbreaking of the civil war, we find him holding a captain's commission from Fairfax, actively Elizabeth, m. to Leigh Brooke, esq. of Blacklands, exerting himself to raise forces to oppose the decisive Staffordshire, whose grandson, THE REV. JOHN BROOKE, of Haughton, vicar of Shiffnal, d. in 1786, and devised his estates to his nephew, George Brooke Briggs Townshend, with an injunction to adopt the name of BROOKE only, and that gentleman is now possessor of Haughton. He m. Henrietta, daughter of William Massey, esq. of Moreton Hall, Cheshire, and had issue. Anne, d. unm. Frances, m. to the Rev. Dr. Chetham, of Derbyshire. Magdalen, d. unm. He d. in the forty-ninth year of his age, in 1699, and was s. by his eldest son, IV. SIR HUMPHREY BRIGGES, of Haughton. This gentleman served in parliament for the county of Salop when the succession to the Crown was settled in the House of Hanover, and was member for Wenlock in the two parliaments of King GEORGE I. He d. unmarried 8th December, 1734, and was s. by his brother, V. SIR HUGH BRIGGES, of Haughton, high sheriff' of Salop in 1747, at whose decease unm. 27th October, 1767, the BARONETCY became EXTINCT, the estates+ passing to the descendants of his sisters. That of Haughton became the property of the family of BROOKE. measures adopted by the court, and in 1643, his name occurs as a commissioner for the West Riding for "sequestering the estates of notorious delinquents." In the military transactions which ensued, Capt. Bright took a prominent part, and was made colonel of a regiment of foot, for his gallant conduct in the attack which was made on the head quarters of the Earl of Newcastle, at Wakefield. Colonel Bright ac companied Sir Thomas Fairfax in his Cheshire expedition, and was with him till he joined the confederated armies before York. The battle of Marston Moor soon ensued, and its disastrous event proved fatal to the royal cause in the north. Several fortresses, garrisoned for the king, surrendered to the victorious and Colonel Bright was appointed governor of army, the castle of Sheffield. In 1644, he made a successful attack on a party of the king's forces under Sir William Cobb, and in the following year took Sir Charles Howard, of Naworth, prisoner. After an heroic struggle, the cause of royalty was now almost utterly defeated, and to the strife of arms negotiations succeeded. Colonel Bright continued to serve under Cromwell in Scotland, and at the second siege of Pontefract Castle, which the royalists had recovered by an ingenious but desperate stratagem. In 1650 he accompanied the army marching into Scotland, but threw up his commission in disgust, having solicited a fortnight's leave of absence, and been refused. During the commonwealth, Colonel Bright was successively governor of York and Hull, and one of the six representatives in parliament for the West Riding. He served the office of high sheriff for two years, 1654 and 1655. The measures for bringing about the restoration he appears to have supported, and so soon as the July following that great event, he was created a BARONET. He m. first, Catherine, daughter of Sir Richard Hawksworth, knt. of Hawksworth, and relict of William Lister, esq. of Thornton, who was slain at Tadcaster, in 1642. By this lady he had one son and one daughter, JOHN, b. in 1660, m. the Lady Lucy Montague, daughter of Edward, Earl of Manchester, but predeceased his father, without issue. CATHERINE, who m. Sir Henry Liddell, bart. of Ravensworth Castle, and dying 24th February, 1703, left issue, 1. THOMAS LIDDELL, who d. before his father in 1715, leaving by Jane, his wife, daughter of James Clavering, esq. of Greencroft, two sons, HENRY, created BARON RAVENSWORTH, of Ravensworth Castle, in 1747, m. Anne, only daughter of Sir Peter Delme, and left an only daughter and heiress, ANNE, m. first, to Augustus Henry, Duke of Grafton, and secondly, to the Earl of Upper Ossory. had then centred in three parties, George Brooke, esq. the Rev. Richard Huntley, of Boxwell, and Richard, Viscount Fitzwilliam. The last bequeathed his portion to George Augustus, Earl of Pembroke, with remainder to his second son, the Hon. Sydney Herbert. |