BRADSHAW HALL AND THE BRADSHAWES. 4 1 



borne the Stafford arms on a scutcheon of pretence, and thus 

 they would not be impaled. 



The 8th of May, 1622, is the date of a receipt of ^5 "paid 

 by Francis Bradshawe, Esq., for a voluntary contribution to 

 the king ' (James I.). It is signed by Thomas Gilbert, col- 

 lector. On the 27th September, 1624, a note was made of the 

 amount of land which lay between an enclosure of Thomas 

 Moult and the Router Field, in Chinley, and among the respec- 

 tive owners of such land, the names of " Mr. Bradshawe de Brad- 

 shaw " and " Mr. Bradshawe de Marple " occur. Francis bought, 

 20th October, 4 Charles I. (1628), a farm in Abney for ^iio 

 from Sir Thomas Foljamb, Bart., of Walton, Co. Derby, and a 

 few days later a lease is granted by him to Sir Thos. Foljambe, 

 of the Manor of Abney. 



In the deed of conveyance Henry Bradshawe, the younger, is 

 named as attorney, and in the lease he is described as Henry 

 Bradshawe, " of Bradshaw." A possible e.xplanation of this is 

 that, in conjunction with him, Francis Bradshawe was then 

 commencing proceedings to bar the entail on his property. 

 The usual fictitious sale was made, in this instance, by 

 Bargain and Sale, dated nth May, 1630, to Henry Bradshawe 

 of all the Derbyshire estates, a recover}- was suffered, and, 

 finally, by a deed dated 20th November following, it was 

 declared by Henry Bradshawe and the parties to the Recovery 

 that the " true intent and meaning " of the Bargain and Sale, 

 and of the Recovery, were, that the estates should " be seized 

 to the onlie use and behouf of the said Francis Brad.shawe 

 his heirs and assigns for ever." Thus Francis Bradshawe, 

 from being the tenant in tail, became absolute owner. 



This course would enable him, if necessary, to raise whatever 

 funds were required for the rebuilding of the old hall at Eyam, 

 and the expense which would be entailed by him in serving 

 the office of High Sheriff for the county, which office he held 

 during the year (1630-1), succeeding Sir John Stanhope, of 

 Flvaston, Knt.* He appointed as his Under-SherifT John 



* Glover's History of Derbyshire, vol. i., AjJiiendix, ]>. 21. 



