A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE 



to M.-.,', .;;_-cr and \v.-i5 one oi the judges there 

 *by cu t m of old time/ ^ and the nunor \\as whh 

 A:ul-r:o 1, part of the Upper Bailiulck.^ Sir Tetcr 

 Gerard held the manor and aivowson in 14-.; 

 of the lord of Manchester in so.agc, rendering 

 lit of covirt, and a rent of 15/.^ This 

 id in the middle of the iSth 



r-^ 



puture, suit 

 quit-rent was stil 

 centur}'. 



Brindlc and Anderton were together held of the 

 Grcll.vs hy a family which derived a surname from 

 the former place. Peter,' Thomas'^ and Sir Peter 

 de BurnhuU'^ appear during the 13th century. Sir 

 Peter married Alice de Windlc. and thus greatly 

 increased the family possessions." He was succeeded 

 in turn by his sons Peter and Alan, both minors. ^^ 

 The former son died without issue before 1298,^ 

 and the latter, who died before i;2+. left three 

 children — Peter, Joan and Agnes. The son, who 

 married Katherine afterwards wife of Hugh de 

 X'enables, died soon after his father without issue. 

 Joan married William Gerard and Agnes m.uricd 

 David Egcrton.^** For a time the inheritance w.is 



held by the s!^ters and their hu binds but Agnes 

 dving without issue the whole uUimatcIy went to the 

 Geralds of IVyn. 



The manor of Brindlc 

 descended regularly in this 

 fami!\ '' until I ^S:, when 

 Sir 'l"li>>m.i> Gerard, ha\ing 

 incurred the resentment of 

 Vdizabcth by his adherence 

 to Rome and Mary Queen 

 of ?co;s, as it was sup- 

 posed, was thrown into the 

 Tower, and only escaped \\ ith 

 a heavy fine. Brindlc was 

 among the manors sold to 

 p:iv it ; the purchaser was 



XN'i'iliam C.ivendi>h, ancestor of the Duke of Devon- 

 shire.^^ The advowson has descended regularly to 

 the present duke,^-' but tlie manor has been granted 

 to a junior branch of the family,''* and was held by 

 the late Charles Compton \\'iliiam Cavendish, third 

 Lord Chesham, K.C.B.,''' who died in 1907. His 



GER.^Kn of Rryn, 

 Aviure a lion rj-nf^jnt 

 ermine c oivicJ :>. 



wortham bailiffs made a claim to lands in 

 1522 ; Ducatui Lane. (Rcc. Com.\ i, 130. 



1 Mjnu-ccstrc (Chct. Soc), ii, 2S6. 



> Ibid, li, r4. 



» Ibid. iu^^-S. 



* Pcterdc B irnhull appears .is a witiics 

 about 1190 ; F.irrcr, Latui. Pipe R. 411. 

 He occurs also between izoz and i 206 j 

 ibid, i-c, 2C4. 



* Thomas dc Burnhull appears in the 

 5111 vcv of 1 2 I 2 as holding jait of Ashton- 

 in-M.ikcrtiild and Alston ; Lanes. Itij. 

 and F\rc'!!<, i, 74, 50. He also tool; 

 p.ut in the perambulation of the forest 

 m 1228 i /..;/-■..'. Pipe R, 420. 



Robert Grcllcv in 1227 made agree- 

 ment with Thomas dc Burnhull (among 

 others) as to the suit of court due for 

 Brindlc, and Thomas and the rest agreed 

 that they would perform suit at the court 

 of iM.inJi' ster every three weeks and 

 fortnightly at pleas t ' be hell by the 

 king's writ and at the judgement of 

 thic\ cs ; Finai Cone, {Rcc. Soc, L.itu 5. 

 and Chc5.^, i, 4-. 



'' Peter was the son of Tiiomas ; 

 niudU'^ CouJicr (Chet. Soc), iii» S52, 

 He is described as a knight about 12S5 ; 

 ibid. S48. Peter de Burnhull suc- 

 ccclcd his father before I24''>, in which 

 year he was defendant to a claim made 

 by Richard son ot TIimii is dc Burnhull, 

 a minor ; Assize R. 404., m. 2 d. M the 

 same time he claimed Si ward son of 

 M.hl! as his fugitive * native ' \ \hu\. ni. 

 6. In the following yc.ir he had a dis- 

 pute with Adam de Pembcrton respecting 

 land as to which a duel had been waged ; 

 ibid. 4 i4, m. 2 1;. Peter de Burnhull \v.ts 

 a juror in 125 i, 1254 and 1265 ; Ljkcs. 

 Inj. end ExtentSy i, 1 86, &c. He had 

 disputes with Adam de Hoghton respect- 

 ing a ditch in Brindle, probably in con- 

 nexion with the boundary ; Assize R. 

 405, m. 2 d. ; 1 2 ; s, m. 12. 



' See the accounts o{ Windle and 

 Ashton for the later descents. It seems 

 that Peter had a second wife Mir::cry, 

 who hanged herself in a fit of ni,Ti;ic<i=. 

 Her goods were confiscated, but restored 

 to Peter by the king. The official of the 

 Archdeacon of Richmond in 1277 made a 

 claim on the goods, suspended him from 

 entering church, and excommuni cited 

 him, on which he appealed to the king's 

 protection j Coram Regc R. 33, m. 5 | 



;o, m. 24. About the same time he 

 called upon iMiu-ijict the Carpenter to 

 finish the mill in Brindlc whi^h he had 

 contracted to m ik?, and for which he had 

 bf.n pail in part j Dc B.iiuo R. 24, m. 

 1 8 d. He \\.is dead in I2i)2,whcn his 

 executor! were plaintiHs ; .As^i/c R. 40S, 

 m. 99 d. 



Testimony as to the good char.icter of 

 Rnbcrt de Burnhull, clerk, ^^as given in 

 1295 ; L.i'\-s. I-!f. and I' Ktents^ i, 2S0. 



Thimas S' n of\\'i>liam dc Burnhull 

 wai plainti.l in i;3i ; Assize R. 1404, 

 m. 17. 



"^ During the minority of Peter the 

 manor was entrusted to Cilbert de CliUon, 

 who ill 1292 was called upon to justify 

 his position, it being allegcJ th.it the king 

 should have the w.irdhip, as Thomas 

 Crrcllcy was a minor. It \\.i^ asserted in 

 defence that Brindlc was not held of 

 (.rcllfv by knij^hts' service, but by a free 

 rent of 1 v'* -i \i-'ar for all struccs j Plae. 

 de Q:r> //'j/r. (Rec Com.), V"- 



'■' Margaret widow of Peter son of 

 Peter dc Burnhull claimed her duver In 

 r.rindle, Winilc, &c., against Alnn son 

 of Peter dc Bunih.ill in 1298 ; De B.Tnco 

 R. 1 24, m 9 d. 



^" \\ lUiam son of William Gerard and 

 Joan his wife and David de Egerton and 

 Agnes liis wife, Joan an.i Agnes being 

 s.stcis and heirs of Peter de Burnhull, 

 were parties to a suit in i 3^9 ; Dc Banco 

 R. ;2o, m. 544 1 32=;, m. 3~6d. 



^^ Sir Thomas Citr.ird died in T416 

 seised of the manor of Brindle and Anici- 

 t'ln, and the advowson of the church "f 

 the former place, held of Thomas La 

 Vi'.irr, baron of M.mchester, In soca-i^e 

 by the service of 40 . a year ; Lanes. Inp 

 p.m. (Chet. Soc), i, 12;. The service 

 due for Brindlc was not known to the 

 jurors in 1+47, when inquiry was made 

 after the death of Sir Peter G' rard 

 (Towncley MS. DD, no. i4'><;)» ' ^'^ ^' 

 stated in the text 15'. was due in i4""3. 

 In 1^24 the man-ir and a.ivnwson were 

 stated to be held of Lord La Warr 

 in socage ; Duchy of Lane. Inq. p m. v, 

 no. s2. 



The manor occurs in Gerard family 

 arrangements ; e.g. Pal. of Lane. Feet of 

 F. bdle. 1 1, m, 246 ; 3 ;, m. 35 3'^', ni. 

 250. 



1- Ibid. bdle. 44, m. 228. The defnr- 



76 



ci.uits were Sir Thomas Gerard, Elizabeth 

 his wife, Thomas liis son and Thomas 

 his bastard brother. The estate is 

 described as the manor of Bryiiiilc iiUas 

 Brundle <;/'/. m Brundhitl aliets Brunhill, 

 with the advowson of the iliuuii, 200 

 n\Lssn.i!;t"*, 100 tofts, two nulls, l«(i tlove- 

 cotcs, 200 gardens 300 acres of l.ind, 

 100 acres of meadow, 3,000 acna of 

 p.Tsture, 200 acres of wood, 3,000 acres 

 of furze and heath, 1,000 acres of niooi, 

 1,000 acres marsh and 40^. rent. The 

 area of Brindlc being a liltle over 3,>v>o 

 acres, these fig\ires can only be regarded 

 as showing the rcl.itive proportions of 

 arable, pasture, Ac. 



'^ The succession has been: SirWilli.nn 

 Cavendish, firstEarl of Devon8hirc(i6i8), 

 d. 1626 —8. Willi.im, second earl, d. 

 1O2S -3. William, third carl, d. 1684 -s. 

 William, first duke (1694), d. 1707 -a. 

 William, second duke, d. 1729 -a. 

 William, third duke, d. 1 7"; ^ -s. William, 

 fourth duke, d. I7f'4 -^' William, fifth 

 duke, d. iSii -3. William, sixth duke, 

 d. i8<;S -COS. Williani (second E. of Bui- 

 lington), seventh duke, d. iSi^i -s, 

 Spinccr Compton, eighth duke, d. 1908 — 

 neph. Victor Christian William, ninth 

 duke. Sec G.E.C. Complete Peerage^ in, 

 113-19. 



In 1608 a settlement of the manor of 

 Brindle, Ac, was made by William Lord 

 C.ivcndish 1 Pal. of Lane. Feet of F. 

 bdle. 7^, no, ^o. Brindlc was noticed in 

 the ComnKnnvealth sequestrations \ CaU 

 Com. ('»■ Comp^ iv, 2831. The Right 

 Hon. William Civcndish (who was 

 afterwards tonrth duke) was vnuchec 

 in a rc<.'>\cry of the manor and advowien 

 in 1747 ; Pal. of Lane. Plea R. 56-, m. 

 6. An Act WTB passed in i8ri) coniinn- 

 ing the title ot the Duke of Dtnonshirc 

 to the manors of Brindle and Inskip. 



^' Lord George Cavendish actjuired it 

 in 1819 by an exchange of possessions \ 

 Baine-, /../ncj. (ed. 1870), ii, 1^7. 



'' ('.rorirc Augustus Henry C.i\cndisli, 

 third 'ion ol the fourth Dukcot Devonshire, 

 cr. I .111 of Burlington i8^i, d. 1834 "*• 

 Williani, d.v.p. 1812 -s. VVilliam, v:\cnlh 

 duke. '1 liL- yungcst son of the fii^l 

 carl, Charles C"riipton Cavendish, w.ti 

 created P. iron Chesham in 1858 ; d, 

 1863 -3. William G '.r,'.-, second I'.rd, 

 d, 18S2 -8. Charles Wilii.mi CMinptiNi, 



