A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE 



of Henn- de Bradhull, ancestor of the Br.ulJy'ls of 

 Brockli.ill and Portfield and of W.ilter de Bradhull, 

 who made an agreement with the men of S.ilesbury in 

 1258 about the boundary between ^^ lipshire and 

 Salesbury.'- John son of Walter occurs from 1292 

 to 1325," and was father of John, Henr)- and Alice. 

 John de Bradhull was the largest contributor in 

 Billington to the subsidy of 1332," and as John son 

 of John Watson is named about 1 347 as the free 

 tenant of the abbey of his lands called Bradhull held 

 by a yearly rent of p. ^J. and of land called Wall- 

 bank of zs. yearly." He died before November 

 134S, when his brother and sister are named as 

 executors of his will." The next step in the descent 

 is uncertain. His heir appears to have married 

 Jordan de Kenyon, whose daughter and heir Ellen 

 married before 1369 Simon son of John de Morley 

 ofMearley and brother of William de Morley, the first 

 of this family who held Wennington. In that year the 

 Bradhull estates in Billington, Dinckley and Kenyon 

 were settled upon Simon and Ellen and their issue." 

 Richard Morley, their son, uas the father of 

 Richard, who passed his lands 

 in Billington, Dinckley and 

 Kenyon to trustees in 1446 

 and had i-sue Richard, called 

 the younger in 1449, and 

 Nicholas.** The last-named 

 Richard by Isabel his \\\fe 

 had Ughtred Morley, father 

 of Robert Morley, who died 

 in 15 10 seised of the manor 

 of Braddyll, three messuages 

 and lands in Billington, 

 Dinckley and Kenyon and 

 left issue by Elizabeth his 

 wife Charles and Ambrose, who both died young. 



Morley. Sable a 

 leopard's AeaJ jessarj de 

 lis or. 



Ughtred and Roger." Ughtred Morley, gent., 

 contributed to the subsidy of 1523-4 and held 

 Braddyll at his death on 24 December 1528 of the 

 .Abbot of Whalley for i is. yearly free rent. Robert 

 Morley, aged sixteen years at his father's death,'" had 

 been married the year previous to Isabel daughter of 

 Thomas Grimshaw of Clayton-le-Moors." He held 

 Bradd}ll freely for i is. of the abbey of Whalley in 

 153S at the dissolution of that house and ' Wal- 

 banck's ' land at will for i 5/.'' He contributed to 

 the subsidies of I 543 and 1564 and died in 1592, 

 being succeeded by his second but eldest surviving son 

 Henry, who was assessed upon lands to the subsidy in 

 1599. Henry Morley was the last of the Morleys 

 of Braddyll and died in 1603, leaving issue, by Jane 

 his wife, Margaret his only daughter and heir, then 

 aged forty-eight, the wife of Anthony Blewett of 

 Riddington, co. Northants." Anthony Blewett 

 w.is assessed to the subsidy of 161 1 in respect of 

 this estate and in 1622 was described of Somerby, 

 CO. Leic. 



BROCKHALL. — Brochole, Brokehole, xiii cent. 

 This estate was probably severed from that of 

 Braddyll and bestowed upon Henry de Braddyll, the 

 supposed younger son of Henry de Braddyll of 

 Braddyll.'* He occurs from 1302 to 1319, and held 

 part of Wilpshire at the death of the Earl of Lincoln 

 in 13 II." John his eldest son released his right in 

 lands in Billington to Richard de Topdiftc, brother 

 of the Abbot of Whalley, by deed dated at Whalley 

 in January 1333, and sealed with the arms of 

 Braddyll." He was probably the father of William 

 de Bradhull, who held this estate in 1347 of the 

 Abbot of Whalley." He was succeeded by his son 

 John, who gave his lands in Billington and Chipping- 

 dale to feoffees in 1383, and was probably father of 

 John Braddyll of ' Brockhole,' who settled his estates 



•"- Towneley MS. DD, no. 1131, penes 

 W. Farrer. He and his wife Cecily were 

 sued by Alice and Agnes, ladies of Sales- 

 bury, in 1273 to adhere to the boundaries 

 formerly appointed j De Banco R. II, 

 m. 2;. 



''■' In Mich, term 1325 Adam de 

 Clithcroc sued John son of Walter de 

 Bradhull, John son of Henry de Bradhull 

 (of Brockhall), Bernard de Hacking and 

 others for a debt of 40 marks ^ De Banco 

 R. 258, m. 284. 



^^ Exch. Lay Subs. (Rcc. Soc Lanes, and 

 Ches.), 81. 



^^ Whalley Couch. 950. John son of 

 John de Bradhull brought a plea against 

 William de Spenythorn in I 346 for making 

 waste in a tenement in Billington which 

 plaintiff had demised to him for his life ; 

 De Banco R. 348, m. 386 d. In 1324 

 John son of Robert de Dinkedley re- 

 covered a tenement in Billington from 

 John son of Walter de Bradhull, John 

 and Henry sons of the said John ; Assize 

 R. 426. 



« TowneleyMS. (Chet Lib.), C8, 13, 

 no. B 124. 



*' Final Cone, ii, 176. In default of 

 issue the estates were to devolve succes- 

 sively upon Hugh de Clitheroe, chr., and 

 Henry son of Richard de Towneley j see 

 also Towneley MS. DD, no. 1271. 



^ In 1449 they joined in a release of 

 the family estates made by Richard 

 Morley, their father, to Thomas Stanley, 

 kt., and another ; Towneley MS. DD, no. 

 1922-3. The roll of puture service due 

 in the hundred temp. Hen. VI records 



that * the sheriff of Lane, has his puture 

 with [inter alia) Richard Morley at 

 Braddhyll' ; MS. at Huntroyde. 



^^ Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. iv, 27. 



^° Ibid, vi, 6-. Ughtred Morley was 

 assessed upon lands to the subsidy of 

 1524. 



?^ Towneley MS. OO, no. 1071-3. 

 Bowkerfield, Larkhill and other pre- 

 mises in Billington were settled upon 

 Isabel by Ughtred Morley. 



'" fThalley Couch. 1191, I196. He 

 recovered from Charles Shuttleworth in 

 1 571-2 certain closes of land around 

 Hacking Hall which had been settled 

 upon his ancestor Robert and Isabel in 

 the time of Henry VI. In his pleading 

 he gave a pedigree of five generations ; 

 Pal. of Lane Plea R. 230, m. 6 d. ; 232, 

 m. 7. He settled his estates in 1 547 upon 

 himself for life, with successive remainders 

 to Ughtred his eldest son and heir, Henry 

 and John his younger sons ; Pal. of Lane. 

 Feet of F. 13, m. 291. Ughtred married 

 Jennet daughter of John Braddyll of 

 Whalley (marriage covenant 30 Nov. 

 1546, Towneley MS. DD, 996), whom 

 he afterwards divorced. He married 

 secondly Margaret, who was buried at 

 Whalley in 1564. Ughtred Morley died 

 after 1567 without surviving issue. 



7« Duchy of Lane Inq. p.m. xiiv, 1 5 ; 

 Rec Soc. Lanes, and Ches. xvi, 231. 

 By his will he settled the Braddyll estate 

 upon his son-in-law and daughter for 

 life, with successive remainders to their 

 children. 



Some further references to Robert and 



Henry Morley are given by Abram in 

 the Hisf. of Blackburn, 748-9. 



7* Henry de Braddyll gave to Roger 

 son of his daughter Alice certain land in 

 Billington, the bounds of which began 

 at the lower head of Roger's assart and 

 went by Brockhole bank, and Wallsykc to 

 the Ribble, turning by RadwcU ford along 

 the road as far as the lower part of Hack- 

 ing, thence by Rushingbrook carr to 

 Tindiclough and by various marks to 

 the dyke between Roger's land and 

 that of John de Braddyll. He also 

 gave 2 acres in the field called Lauor- 

 chul. A rent of i^J. was to be paid; 

 Towneley MS. C 8, 19 (Chct. Lib.), 

 A A, fol, 45. 



^* Inq. p.m. 4 Edw. H, no. 51. He 

 gave land in Billington which he had of 

 the gift of Geoffrey de Bradhull to his 

 younger son Henry, to whom he also 

 gave all his chattels ; Towneley MS. 

 C 8, 13 (Chct. Lib.), B 121, 132. 



Individuals bearing the name were 

 numerous in the i3th-i4th century. 

 Thomas Braddyll released to Gilbert de 

 Salesbury, his son Adam and two acr.ints 

 all claim against them on account of 

 * maihem ' which he had on his right arm 

 in consideration of 10 acres of land which 

 Gilbert gave to him in Salesbury -, Towne- 

 ley MS. DD, no. 1 166. 



" Towneley MS. C 8, 13, B 123. 



" Pf^halley Couch. 950. In 1332 John 

 son of Henry de Bradhull demanded 

 lands in Billington from Robert and 

 RicbarH, sons of Geoffrey de Billington \ 

 De Banco R. 292, m. 485, ^45. 



