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Location: Broughton Tower, Furness, Lancashire, England
Surname/tag: Broughton
The goal of this space is to gather facts and correct errors about a localised group of the Broughton family. In particular, many existing WikiTree profiles have confused the Broughtons of Lancashire with the Broughtons of Staffordshire. I can't edit their profiles directly because I'm not pre-1500 certified.
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Name
This Broughton family are named after the town of Broughton, in the county of Lancashire in northwest England, also called Broughton-in-Furness and West Broughton. [1]
The word "Broughton", pronounced /ˈbrɔːtən/ BROR-tun, is often said to have evolved from "Broc-Tun" meaning Brook-Town[2], but in this case it originated with "Borch-Hougun", meaning Castle-Hill[3][4], named after Borch carucate, Hougun district, Furness peninsula, held by Tostig Godwinson until 1066.[1] This became "Bartona", then "Broctuna", and finally "Broughton".[1]
This family should not be confused with the later Broughton family of Staffordshire, 80 miles south in the centre of England, whose name derives from "brock-tun", "badger town", as evidenced by their coat of arms bearing three badgers. [5]
Lords of Broughton Manor 1066-1400
An incautious paraphrasing of Farrer gives the following lineage, with West's addition at the beginning: [1]
- Christopher de Broughton. Witness for Roger Fitz-Reinfred (1130-1196). [6]
- Ailward de Bartona/Broctuna. Living 1160.
- Ulf. Son of Afward. 1180 granted land to Roger son of Augustine de Heaton.
- Simon de Broughton. Lord around 1180-1200.
- Gilbert de Broughton. Living 1210.
- Matthew.
- Sir Simon. Son of Matthew. 1235 agreement with Alan de Kirkby regarding land at Angerton Moss.
- Adam. Son of Simon.
- John de Broughton the elder. Living 1301.
- Sir Richard. Son of Sir Simon. Living 1280.
- John. Son of Sir Richard. Succeeded by brother.
- Richard de Broughton. Son of Sir Richard. Succeeded brother.
- Richard. Son of Richard de Broughton. In 1292 "appeared to warrant Thomas Skilhare in the possession of land in Angerton Moss, and had in consequence of a claim by Adam de Kirkby to find him equivalent land elsewhere. Being of full age that year, he claimed the third part of the manor of Broughton against Philippa widow of Roger de Lancaster, for she had no entry except through Roger, who had had custody during Richard's minority. He was non-suited."
- Nicholas de Broughton. In possession by 1299. Married Christiana. 1326 gifted Angerton Moss to Furness Abbey. Lord of the manor 1330. Died between 1340 and 1346.
- Adam de Broughton. Defendant in 1352.
- Sir Christopher de Broughton. Owner in 1349. Died between 1362-1378.
- Christopher. Not a knight. Had succeeded by 1378. Married Elizabeth. Living 1404.
- John Broughton of Broughton Tower. Married Margaret Copeland. Living 1432.
- Christopher. Not a knight. Had succeeded by 1378. Married Elizabeth. Living 1404.
- Nicholas de Broughton. In possession by 1299. Married Christiana. 1326 gifted Angerton Moss to Furness Abbey. Lord of the manor 1330. Died between 1340 and 1346.
- Richard. Son of Richard de Broughton. In 1292 "appeared to warrant Thomas Skilhare in the possession of land in Angerton Moss, and had in consequence of a claim by Adam de Kirkby to find him equivalent land elsewhere. Being of full age that year, he claimed the third part of the manor of Broughton against Philippa widow of Roger de Lancaster, for she had no entry except through Roger, who had had custody during Richard's minority. He was non-suited."
- Sir Simon. Son of Matthew. 1235 agreement with Alan de Kirkby regarding land at Angerton Moss.
- Matthew.
- Gilbert de Broughton. Living 1210.
- Simon de Broughton. Lord around 1180-1200.
- Ulf. Son of Afward. 1180 granted land to Roger son of Augustine de Heaton.
- Ailward de Bartona/Broctuna. Living 1160.
Ailward de Broughton
Allegedly, the first person named Broughton in Lancashire was Ailward de Broughton "who came in with the Conqueror".[7] This implies that Ailward was part of the 1066 Norman conquest of England with William the Conqueror.
The name Ailward is from pre-conquest Old English "Adelweard", meaning "noble protector". [8]
There were several Ailwards mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086, but none in Lancashire. [9]
The lordship of Broughton Manor was granted to Ailward de Broughton by William de Lancaster, though sources vary on which William it was and therefore when it was:
- William de Lancaster I (1100-1066), supposed based on him partitioning the region around 1160. [1]
- Gilbert de Lancaster (1089-1138), father of William I above. [10]
- William, son of Roger Fitz-Reinfred (1130-1196), uncle of William I. [6]
- William de Lancaster III (1189-1246), great grandson of William I. [1][11]
West also cites a record of a Christopher de Broughton acting as a witness for Roger Fitz-Reinfred (1130-1196), which implies that Christopher was one generation earlier than William & Ailward, which would mean that Ailward was not the first Broughton. [6]
Broughton Tower 1400-1550
- ~1375 John Broughton. Of Broughton Tower, Furness, Lancashire. Married Margaret Copeland.
- ~1400 John Broughton Esq of Furness. High Sheriff of Lancashire.
- ~1425 Isabel Broughton. Married John Pennington 1452.
- ~1410 Sir Thomas Broughton. Of Broughton Tower. Disappeared 1487 Battle of Stoke Field.
- ~1430 Joan Broughton. Married John Fleming.
- ~1435 Elizabeth Broughton. Thomas's heir. Married William Thornburgh.
- Ann Thornburgh. 15th descendant of William the Conqueror.
- ~1410 Robert Broughton. Armiger.
- ~1440 Richard Broughton.
- ~1485 Robert Broughton Esq.
- ~1510 Richard Broughton. Married Joan Massey.
- ~1535 Richard Broughton.
- ~1535 Marcus Broughton. Married Margaret Dudley.
- ~1540 Edmund Broughton. Married Constantia Rowse.
- Elizabeth Broughton.
- Margaret Broughton.
- ~1510 Richard Broughton. Married Joan Massey.
- ~1485 Robert Broughton Esq.
- ~1440 Richard Broughton.
- Richard Broughton, beneficiary with Thomas Broughton in 1430 will of Sir Thomas Strickland.
- Launcelott Broughton.
- 7/8 daughters.
- ~1400 John Broughton Esq of Furness. High Sheriff of Lancashire.
John Broughton of Broughton Tower
John Broughton was born around 1375 (very roughly estimated based on 1400 birth dates of his sons).
His parents are unknown.
He resided Broughton Tower, Furness, Lancashire.[12][13][14] The Singletons were the lead family in Furness[15] and built Broughton Tower sometime after 1325 as part of their fortified manor house. It was a heavy stone structure with a moat, likely a pele tower, intended to repel Scottish invaders.[16] This suggests that John Broughton was a soldier hired to protect the Singleton family, which is reinforced by his granddaughter marrying a man employed by Sir Ralph Greystoke "who was often honourably employ'd agst Scotland".[17] Broughton Tower was demolished before 1777, when Nicolson describes Arnside Tower built to guard the bay and "on the opposite side the vestiges of Broughton Tower"[18][page 226], but a local boarding school then took the name, which has confused some historians.[19]
The great granddaughter of John Broughton of Broughton Tower was 15th in descent from William the Conqueror.[20] This is via her Thornburgh side, not her Broughton side, however, if William and Ailward's families also intermarried, it would mean that John Broughton was 12th in descent, or approximately 300 years (12 generations x 25 years) after 1066, so an estimated birth of 1375 seems quite accurate.
John married Margaret Copeland (daughter and co-heir of Alan Copeland) as her second husband after Roland Kirkby.[12][1] (WikiTree has profiles named John Broughton & Margaret Copeland, but they are unsourced and have been confused for the parents of Thomas Broughton of Staffordshire.)
Their children were:
- Thomas Broughton, died 1487 Battle of Stoke Field. [12]
- Robert Broughton Esq, armiger, father of Richard Broughton. [13]
- Launcelott Broughton. [12]
- 7[12]/8[1][15] daughters.
Stirnet claims that John died alongside his sons at the 1487 Battle of Stoke Field[15], but this seems wrong if he was born around 1375, 100 years earlier.
Robert Broughton (not part of family)
Flower cites a Robert Broughton, first husband of Mary Peyvre.[21](page 283) His estimated birth date of around 1380 could make him a brother of John Broughton of Broughton Tower.
However, other records show that Peyvre's husband was named John, not Robert, and therefore he cannot be the brother of another John. [22][23]
Their son, John Broughton of Preston, was born 1407. Mary Peyvre married secondly Richard Seymour.
John Broughton Esq, High Sheriff of Lancashire
John Broughton Esq was born around 1400 (estimated based on 1452 marriage of daughter).
He was the brother of Sir Thomas Broughton[1], making him the son of John Broughton (of Broughton Tower) & Margaret Copeland.
We might presume that he was the eldest son, based on matching first name, and slightly earlier birth date estimate.
Some mistakenly claim that he married Elizabeth Stoneham, but she married a different John Broughton, of Toddington, Bedfordshire. [24]
He married Margaret Unknown before 1432. [1]
In 1442, John Broughton Esq of Furness had a dispute with Sir John Pennington over Pennington's man William Lowte striking Broughton's "supporter" Christopher Copeland (who would presumably be a relative of John's mother Margaret Copeland). [25]
In 1452 John's daughter Isabel Broughton married John Pennington, son of the John Pennington he quarrelled with 10 years previously. [1]
In 1461, John Broughton of Broughton was High Sheriff of Lancashire. [26]
John fought and died at the 1487 Battle of Stoke Field with his brother Sir Thomas Broughton. [1]
Sir Thomas Broughton of Broughton Tower
Represented by this WikiTree profile, which has errors as at June 2022.
Thomas Broughton was born around 1410 (estimated based on daughter born 1435, though this makes him a rather old 77 at the 1487 Battle of Stoke Field).
He resided Broughton Tower, Lancashire. [12][13][27]
Therefore, he is presumed to be the son of John Broughton of Broughton Tower.
He was a soldier. [13]
In 1430 he was listed as a beneficiary in the will of Sir Thomas Strickland of Westmorland (husband of Mabel Beetham). [18]
Some sources mistakenly claim that Thomas married Margaret Young, but this has confused him with Thomas Broughton of Staffordshire (see below).
Unsourced: He married Margaret de Beetham.[28] This could be the sister of Sir Edward Beetham, born 1398 which fits perfectly, except that she married Richard Musgrave. (Note that Musgrave's daughter Elinor Musgrave married William Thornburgh, suggesting that all these families were close.)
He had no sons and two daughters, based on Elizabeth being his heir:
- ~1430 Joan Broughton. Married John Fleming, who remarried after the birth of their only son, implying that Joan died in childbirth.[18]
- ~1435 Elizabeth Broughton. Heir. Married William Thornburgh.[27] The coat of arms of the Thornburgh family incorporates six others including Broughton and Copeland (a reference to Elizabeth's grandmother, Margaret Copeland).[18] We can roughly estimate a birth date of around 1435 for William Thornburgh and his wife Elizabeth Broughton based on William being the son of Elinor Musgrave, whose grand-niece-in-law Margaret Tyllyol was born 1459, one generation after William.[21]
In 1469 he and Roland Kirkby (presumably his half brother via his mother's first marriage) accepted the arbitration of Sir Edward Beetham (his wife's brother?) in a land dispute. [1]
Thomas was knighted 24 July 1482 by Richard, Duke of Gloucester. [29]
He was a "Yorkist leader"[30] from "Furness Fells"[31].
After the 1485 Battle of Bosworth Field, he was granted the manor of Witherslack in Westmorland by King Henry VII. [32]
He disappeared at the 1487 Battle of Stoke Field. [12][13][33][34]
After the battle, his land in Lancashire was forfeit to Thomas Stanley, 1st Earl of Derby. [35]
Nicolson 1777 wished to "rectify a mistake" in the history: [18]
- [page 230] Sir Thomas Broughton escaped from that battle hither into Witherslack, where he lived a good while incognito, amongst those who had been his tenants, who were so kind unto him as privately to keep and maintain him, and who dying amongst them was buried by them, whose grave Sir Daniel Fleming says in his time was to be seen there.
Thomas Broughton of Staffordshire (not part of family)
Not part of this family, but mentioned here for disambiguation because he is often confused with them. His WikiTree profile has errors as at June 2022.
Thomas Broughton was born around 1430 (estimated based on son being an adult in 1490).
He was the son of John Broughton (in 1426 Lord of Broughton in Staffordshire, Charlton in Staffordshire, and Toftes in Warwickshire), who was descended from Richard de Vernon via Adam de Napton of Warwickshire. [36]
He was alive in 1463 (3rd year of Edward IV). [36]
He married Margaret Young (daughter of John Young of Charnes, Staffordshire). [36]
They had four children: [36]
- Richard Broughton Esq. Married Margaret Sandford. Alive in 1490. [36]
- John Broughton. [36]
- Elizabeth Broughton. [36]
- Joan Broughton. [36]
Robert Broughton, Armiger
Robert Broughton was born around 1410 (roughly estimated to match brother Thomas).
He was the son of John Broughton of Broughton Tower. [12][13]
He was explicitly the brother of soldier Thomas Broughton ("frater Thomae Broughton militis"). [13]
He is noted as the father of Richard Broughton, which seems to have caused him to be confused with another Robert Broughton born much later, probably his grandson. [12][13]
Robert Broughton Esq
Robert Broughton was born around 1485 (very roughly estimated based on 1561 birth of great grandson).
His father was likely named Richard Broughton, son of Robert Broughton the armiger (which would give two Roberts with sons named Richard, hence they are sometimes mistaken for each other).
He was an Esquire. [12]
He was the father of Richard Broughton. [12][13]
It is somewhat suspicious that son Richard had no children named Robert, John, nor Thomas, which lends weight to the idea Robert's father was was named Richard.
Coat of Arms
[Note: I created the images below using DrawShield.net, which are imperfect due to its limitations, but they're sufficiently illustrative.]
The blazon of the Lancashire Broughtons is "Argent, two bars gules, on a canton of the second a cross of the field"[12], which was conferred to Aliward de Broughton around 1160 by William de Lancaster[1], and was a variation of William's own arms. [37]
Many families in Lancashire share the same red bars and corner, with only the charge differing:
- Broughton: A cross argent.
- Copeland: A bendlet azure.
- Derwentwater & Preston: A cinquefoil or.
- Kirkby: A cross moline or.
- Lancaster: A lion passant guardant or.
The bars have been incorporated in to the modern flag of Westmorland. [38]
Around 1430 the same coat of arms was used by Nicholas Broughton of Hemyock, Devon.[39][40] Based on his name, Nicholas is likely a descendant of Nicholas de Broughton in Furness (1280-1345).
Camden 1618 cites a quartered coat of arms for Broughton incorporating the arms and crest of five other families.[12] They includes a crescent for cadency, indicating a second son.[41] Camden doesn't say when they were granted, but presumably they were borne by Robert Broughton whom he describes as an armiger. Therefore, identifying the individual arms would give an indication of Robert's female ancestors. It is slightly suspicious that Camden doesn't identify them, as he does with other arms, which could indicate that they are obscure or less prestigious families, or at least not well known in Rutland.
Broughton |
1 BROUGHTON: Argent, two bars gules, on a canton of the second a cross of the field.
It can be seen in a stained-glass window dedicated to presumed descendant Bishop William Grant Broughton (1788-1853).
Thomson? |
2 THOMSON?: Argent, a stag's head cabossed gules, a chief sable.
Of Scottish origin.
Thomson has a chief azure instead of sable. [42]
Perke/Parke/Aparke has a buck instead of a stag, and no chief. [43][44]
Weir? |
3 WEIR?: Or, on a fess azure three mullets of the field.
William Weir of Stonebryes Castle, Lanarkshire, Scotland, had mullets argent instead of or.
Adam de Napton of Warwickshire, ancestor of the Staffordshire Broughtons, had three escalopes or instead of mullets. [5]
Probably Greenway with mistaken trefoils |
Greenway |
4 GREENWAY: Argent, a chevron rompu between three trefoils slipped sable.
Greenway[5] and Biddulph/Bidulf/Bardolph[45], both of Staffordshire, have three crosses bottonée fitchée. I think Camden was looking at a bad copy and mistook the crosses for trefoils.
John Broughton, Lord of Broughton in Staffordshire, was the son of Eve Grenway, heir of Richard Greenway. But why would the Broughtons of Lancashire have these arms?
Copeland |
5 COPELAND: Argent, two bars and a canton gules, over all a bend azure.
A bend sable represents Copland[46], so these must be the arms of Margaret Copeland, John Broughton's wife.
Keeping the bend azure but with a canton sable, they are the arms of Roger de Boys[47] (aka Boyce), whose heir was his daughter Catherine Boys born Lincolnshire 1445.
Considering the mistake made with Greenway above, I wonder if the writer was looking at an image that had been hatched to to indicate colour, and had accidentally swapped sable with azure, because it would make far more sense for the Thompson blazon to be azure and the Copeland blazon to be sable.
In 1819, a variation of these arms were granted to William Taylor Copeland of Staffordshire (Or, two bars gules, on a bend azure three boar heads couped close argent langued gules, in chief three trefoils slipped vert). [48]
a sea dog |
Crest: STOURTON: A sea-dog's head gules, a crescent for difference.
The sea dog, a scaled talbot hound, is unique to the Stourton Baronets of Stourhead, Wiltshire, created 1448. [49][50]
Broughton of Staffordshire |
In 1663, Sir Brian Broughton of Broughton in Staffordshire had the same arms and crest (seadog) as the Lancashire Broughtons. However, his arms had been completely changed from an earlier design, "Gules, a chevron between three brockes argent"[5][page 59]. A brock is a badger[51], and may indicate that the Staffordshire name Broughton was derived from "brock-tun", "badger-town". The badger arms persisted in America with Thomas Broughton born Boston 1656.[52]
The Broughtons would likely have intermarried with other local families, so we might also expect to encounter:
- Singleton of Broughton, Lancashire: Argent, three chevrons Gules between as many martlets sable. Crest: A demi antelope sable platée, crined and attired argent, pierced through the chest with a broken spear or, headed of the second, vulned guttée-de-sang.[53]
- Langton of Broughton Tower: Argent three chevrons gules and a canton vair.[54]
- Egremont (from whom Margaret Copeland descended)[12]: Azure, a chevron between three lion's heads erased or.[55]
Note that Lysons claims that the Broughton arms went extinct in the time of Henry VI (1422-1471), but he is referring to the family of Great Broughton, 40 miles north of Broughton-in-Furness. [56]
Sources
- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 "Townships: Broughton," in A History of the County of Lancaster: Volume 8, ed. William Farrer and J Brownbill (London: Victoria County History, 1914), 400-406. British History Online, accessed December 11, 2020, https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/lancs/vol8/pp400-406.
- ↑ Wikipedia contributors, "Broughton (name)," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Broughton_(name)&oldid=1071493364 (accessed March 14, 2022).
- ↑ Wiktionary contributors, "borch," Wiktionary, The Free Dictionary, https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=borch&oldid=54313002 (accessed March 14, 2022).
- ↑ Wikipedia contributors, "Manor of Hougun," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Manor_of_Hougun&oldid=1048743555 (accessed March 14, 2022).
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 Robert Glover, The Visitacion of Staffordschire, 1883, page 58, https://books.google.fr/books?id=ADsRAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA60
Argent, a chevron rompu between three crosses bottonée fitchée sable.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Thomas West, The Antiquities of Furness, 1805, page 89, https://books.google.fr/books?id=rDMQAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA89
This third William de Lancaster, the eighth baron of Kendal, [...] gave to the predecessor of Sir Thomas le Fleming, knight, Coniston [...] in presence of Sir Alan de Pennington, knight ; Christopher de Broughton, Alexander de Kirkby, Roger his brother, William de Berdesay, and Ywan de Asmunderlaw. But this is a mistake, since it appears by the original grant now at Rydal, that it was Roger Fitz-Reinfred, father of this William who gave the manor of Coniston [. William de Lancaster] also confirmed to one Hilward [Ailward] de Broughton and his Heirs Broughton, to be held by knight's service, and a rent of ___.
- ↑ Charles Dickens, All the Year Round, 18 February 1865, volume XIII, page 88, https://www.djo.org.uk/all-the-year-round/volume-xiii/page-88.html
So Laura Broughton— De Broughton, her mother said she was by rights: one of the old Lancashire families, you know, a descendant of the Ailward de Broughton who came in with the Conqueror.
- ↑ Percy Hide Reaney, A Dictionary of English Surnames, 1991, cited by House of Names, https://www.houseofnames.com/ailward-family-crest
The roots of this English name predate the Norman invasion of 1066. It comes from the Old English name "Adelweard," which existed before surnames came into usage in Britain. The name is composed of the elements "adal," meaning "noble," and "ward," meaning "guard," combined to mean "noble protector."
- ↑ King's College London, Prosopography of Anglo-Saxon England database, 2016, "Æthelweard", https://domesday.pase.ac.uk/Domesday?op=5&nameinfo_id=2580&orderField=lord1066
- ↑ Richard Greer, The Deer Dyke on Torver High Common, https://www.academia.edu/11057605/THE_DEER_DYKE_ON
Broughton may also have played some role in this. William de Lancaster I, holding the title from 1140 to 1170, or possibly even his father Gilbert, enfeoffed Ailward de Broughton.
- ↑ Edward Baines, History of the County Palatine and Duchy of Lancaster, 1836, volume 4, page 695, https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=ncs3AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA695
William de Lancaster the third, confirmed Broughton to Ailward de Broughton, to be held by knight service and a rent, the amount of which does not appear.
- ↑ 12.00 12.01 12.02 12.03 12.04 12.05 12.06 12.07 12.08 12.09 12.10 12.11 12.12 12.13 William Camden, The Visitation of the county of Rutland in the year 1618-19, 1870, page 29, https://archive.org/details/visitationofcoun00camd/page/28/mode/2up
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 13.3 13.4 13.5 13.6 13.7 13.8 13.9 Nicholas Charles, The Visitation of the County of Huntingdon 1613, 1849, page 81, https://archive.org/details/visitationofcoun00charrich/page/80/mode/2up
- ↑ Geoff Frowde, Major-General Robert Overton (1608-78) in The Rutland Record, 1997, number 17, page 300, http://www.rutlandhistory.org/rutlandrecord/rr17.pdf
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 15.2 Stirnet, citing Visitations of Huntingdon, https://www.stirnet.com/genie/data/british/zwrk/temp91.php
- ↑ Adrian Bowden, Broughton Tower, Broughton near Preston, 2018, https://lancashirepast.com/2018/08/14/broughton-tower-broughton-near-preston/
- ↑ Cumberland & Westmorland Antiquarian & Archeological Society, "The Memoirs of Sir Daniel Fleming", 1928, tract series, number XI.
- ↑ 18.0 18.1 18.2 18.3 18.4 Joseph Nicolson & Richard Burn, The History and Antiquities of the Counties of Westmorland and Cumberland, 1777, volume 1, page 121, https://books.google.fr/books?id=zeEuAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA121
- ↑ A Hidden Manor House and Medieval Tower, Broughton Tower, 2016, https://furnesshiddenheritage.blogspot.com/2016/07/a-hidden-manor-house-and-medieval-tower.html
- ↑ John Burke, A genealogical and heraldic history of the extinct and dormant baronetcies of England, 1838, page 425, https://books.google.com.au/books?id=K1kBAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA425
Sir THOMAS PRESTON, of Preston Patrick and Under Levins Halls, in Westmoreland, and Furness Abbey and Holkar Park, Lancashire, who soon after the dissolution of the monasteries purchased from the trustees of the crown the site of the abbey of Furness, with other large estates, in value amounting to upwards of £3000 a year. He wedded Ann, daughter of William Thornburgh, esq. of Hampsfield, in Lancashire [and his wife Elizabeth Broughton], which lady was, through the families of Musgrave, Fitzwilliam, Plantagenet, and De Warren, fifteenth in descent from King WILLIAM the Conqueror.
- ↑ 21.0 21.1 William Flower, The visitation of Yorkshire in the years 1563 and 1564, 1881, page 217, https://archive.org/stream/visitationofyork00flow#page/216/mode/2up
- ↑ Calendar Inquisitions, Post Mortem Henry IV, volume 19, number 560, https://www.british-history.ac.uk/inquis-post-mortem/vol19/pp199-215
MARY WIDOW OF RICHARD DE SANCTO MAURO, KNIGHT | Writ 28 July 1409. | Inquisition. Northampton. 12 Oct. | She held 1 messuage and 50 a. in Old Stratford to herself and her heirs by John Broughton, formerly her husband, by the grant of Thomas Peyvre, John Olney and Roger Keston, deceased. They are held of Thomas Peyvre and John Olney by the rent of a rose, annual value 20s. She died on 24 July last. John Broughton, her son and heir, is aged 2 years and more.
- ↑ Burke's Peerage, 2003, volume 3, page 4287, https://www.thepeerage.com/p53073.htm#i530721
- ↑ "Parishes: Great Staughton," in A History of the County of Huntingdon: Volume 2, ed. William Page, Granville Proby and S Inskip Ladds (London: Victoria County History, 1932), 354-369. British History Online, accessed June 28, 2022, http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/hunts/vol2/pp354-369
Mary, who survived her sister, married Robert Stonham, and they were dealing with the manor in 1427, (fn. 154) when it was held for half a knight's fee. (fn. 155) Mary died a widow in 1464, (fn. 156) when her trustees granted an annuity out of the manor. (fn. 157) Mary Stonham had a son Robert, whose daughter and heir Elizabeth married John Broughton of Toddington (co. Bed.). (fn. 158) They had a son John, who married Anne Denston (d. 1481).
- ↑ Jackson Armstrong, England's Northern Frontier, 2020, page 323, https://books.google.fr/books?id=HvwAEAAAQBAJ&pg=PA323
- ↑ Wikipedia contributors, "High Sheriff of Lancashire," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=High_Sheriff_of_Lancashire&oldid=982010515 (accessed December 11, 2020).
- ↑ 27.0 27.1 Richard Mundy, Pedigrees from the visitation of Hampshire, 1913, page 50, https://archive.org/details/pedigreesfromvis64beno/page/50/mode/2up
Thom. Broughton of Broughton in Com. Lanck [Lancashire]
- ↑ https://www.genealogieonline.nl/en/richard-and-charlotte-allen-cosby-ancestry/P22071.php
- ↑ Walter Charles Metcalfe, A Book of Knights, 1885, page 7, https://archive.org/details/bookofknightsban00metcuoft/page/7/mode/1up?view=theater
- ↑ Encyclopedia Britannica, Lambert Simnel, 1911, https://theodora.com/encyclopedia/s2/lambert_simnel.html
Messages asking for help were sent to Margaret, duchess of Burgundy, sister of Edward IV., to Sir Thomas Broughton and other Yorkist leaders.
Making for the fortress of Newark, Lincoln and Sir Thomas Broughton, at the head of their motley forces, and accompanied by Simnel, attacked the royal army near the village of Stoke-on-Trent on the 16th of June 1487. After a fierce and stubborn struggle in which the Germans behaved with great valour, the Royalists were completely victorious, though they left 2000 men on the field; Lincoln, Schwartz and Fitzgerald with 4000 of their followers were killed, and Lovell and Broughton disappeared never to be heard of again.
- ↑ Gordon Smith, Lambert Simnel and the King from Dublin, http://www.richardiii.net/9_1_1_wotr_aftermath.php
In late 1486 Henry VII issued writs for meetings of convocation and of his council at Sheen (Richmond, Surrey) in February 1487. He proclaimed a pardon to those accused of treason and other crimes, hoping to stop the Irish rebellion spreading. Messengers from Ireland had already been sent to supporters of Richard III and to his sister Margaret, duchess of Burgundy. The pardon failed to win over Sir Thomas Broughton of Furness Fells and others, who joined Richard's friend Francis, Lord Lovell, in Flanders.
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Simnel's army—mainly Flemish and Irish troops—landed on Piel Island in the Furness area of Lancashire on 5 June 1487 and were joined by some English supporters. However, most local nobles, with the exception of Sir Thomas Broughton, did not join them. They clashed with the King's army on 16 June at the Battle of Stoke Field in Nottinghamshire, and were defeated. Lincoln and Thomas FitzGerald were killed. Lovell went missing; there were rumours that he had escaped to Scotland with Sir Thomas Broughton and hidden to avoid retribution.
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The aftermath of the Battle of Stoke, which crushed this rising, brought still further rewards for Stanley – notably the lands forfeited by Viscount Lovell, Sir Thomas Pilkington, and Sir Thomas Broughton in Lancashire and elsewhere.
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Broughton of Hemioke: Argent, two bars and on a quarter (canton) gules a cross of the field
Pole, Sir William (d.1635), Collections Towards a Description of the County of Devon, Sir John-William de la Pole (ed.), London, 1791, pp.467-510
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[Philippe Lovel, widow of Sir John Dinham] married (2nd) before 24 March 1428/9 NICHOLAS BROUGHTON, Esq. He and his wife, Philippe, presented to the church of Hemyock, Devon in Feb. 1444/5. NICHOLAS BROUGHTON, Esq. was living 3 Nov. 1459. His wife, Philippe, died 15 May 1465.
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Henry Thomson of Keillour, 1496–1512
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argent two bars gules surmounted by a bend azure and a canton sable | Roger Boys, d.1419, Kt., of Farnham (Suf.) & Tolleshunt d'Arcy (Esx.). Member of several local commissions in East Anglia and steward of Thomas Duke of Gloucester from c.1377. He was cograntee of several manors and parcels during 1389-1391 with Robert Hotot. The bend is usually sable and the canton gules.
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Arms of Broughton: Gules, a chevron between three bears (or badgers) passant argent.
- ↑ New England Historic Genealogical Society, A Roll of Arms, 1928-1980, number 109, https://www.americanheraldry.org/heraldry-in-the-usa/roll-of-early-american-arms/b
Broughton, Thomas | (Boston, 1656-1746) | Gules a chevron between three brocks [badgers] Argent
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- ↑ Daniel Lysons, Magna Britannia: Cumberland, 1816, page lxxx, https://books.google.fr/books?id=qxLnAAAAMAAJ&pg=PR80
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