28 BRADSHAW HALL AND THE BRADSHAWES. 



land and farm buildings for his own occupation. Richard* 

 had, however, already entered upon his extravagant and down- 

 ward career, and his frequent appeals to his uncle for money 

 resulted in, first a mortgage and finally, the absolute salet of 

 his interest in the whole of his paternal acres to his uncle, 

 William Bradshawe. This necessitated the usual arrangements 

 being made for the dower of his wife, who is mentioned in 

 several documents, some in the writers possession, and others 

 among the Wolley Charters, between July, 1543, and 14th 

 November, 1549. His wife was Katherine, daughter of Elys 

 Staley (or Stavely), of Redseats, near Castleton, Co. Derby, 

 by whom he had one son, Thomas Bradshawe, of Swindels, co. 

 Chester, living 19th January, 1582, which is the date of a release 

 to Francis Bradshawe of any right he might possess " in the capital 

 messuage commonly called Bradshaw, which formerly belonged 

 to Richard Bradshawe, my father.''| The last that is known 

 of the unfortunate Richard is gathered from a deed dated 

 20th October, 1547, in which he is described as of Marple. 

 It is the sale of an annuity to James Bullock, of Stockport. 



II. — William Bradshawe, second son to Henry Bradshawe (who 

 died in 1523), acquired, as we have seen, from his nephew 

 Richard, all his interest in his father's estates, in April, 1541. 

 He is described as of Marple, Co. Chester, as early as 15th 

 February, 25 Henry VIII. (1534), and as late as 14th November, 

 3 Edward VI., i549.§ The lands called "Hole Meadow lying 

 in Bradshaw, Co. Derby," the subject of so much litigation sixty 

 years before, were leased by him to John Gee, of Chapel, for 

 twenty years, on 5th February, 1543. 



In a deed dated 15th July, i Edward VI. (1547), he, as 

 " William Bradshawe, of Bradshawe," acknowledges the receipt 

 of ;^20 paid to him from lands in Blythe, Co. Notts., in the 

 occupation of William Ingleby of Blythe, to whom they had been 

 leased in 1533 by John Brockshaw, presumably William 



* Appendix J, p. 60. 

 t Appendix K, p. 61. 

 J Appendix L, p. 61. 

 § Wollev Charters, xii. 78. 



