The Towu is fniall, but ancient, feerning to have been 
oi ^ Romau Onglmly by its being fuifate by one of 
their High- way and to have taken its name Irom 
Ibme anrient Burrovy or Barrow thereby. The Retfords 
were Lords of it feveral ages, until that Sir Her7ry Ret- 
ford ox Radford Knight (with the Earl of RutUrrd, the 
Lord Clifford^ the Lord Clhton and others ) about the 
year 14s 5 loft it by Attainder of High Treafon. One 
of which Retfords^ caird Sir Henry, but whether the 
aforegoing cr no I cannot as yet tell, laid forn:erly in 
Effigieof White Marble all in Armour, with his Lady 
by hini^ in a fmall Quire on the North fide of the 
Chancel of the Church of the faid Town 5 but w^s 
removed in Memory of Man out of the fame, and laid 
in an Arch within the Communion Rails, and their 
room and place taken up to be the Burying place of 
the Worthy, Family of the Ariderfons^ now Lords ot 
the Mannor (who are defcended from Sir Edmund An- 
derfon Knight, Lord Chief Juftice of the Common ?lecis 
in Queen EHzabetljs days, famous for his Uprightnefs 
and Love to the Church 5 whofe Anceftors lived at 
Flixhurrovp in this County) in which is the Effigies to 
the Lite of Sir Edmund Anderfon Baronet, moft curi- 
oufly cut in White Marble in a Decum.bent Pofture, 
leaning his Head on his Arm, and holding a Book in 
the other Hand, lying upon a great Altar Tomb, a- 
dorn'd with many Arms, and Infcriptions. 
Which Family ot theAnderfons is divided into fevejal 
Branches at London, Eivort/j, Munhy, and thisTowp of 
Broiighton^mdYQt flouri(hesia great Honour and iliches. 
In this Parifh are two Stone pits, or Quarries, very 
obfervable. The firft is at theEaft end of the Town, 
the other in the Field, on the South of the Town. 
The Stones of the firft are not much made u(e of for 
Building, being foft and canker'd,but that which they 
dig them chiefly for, is to get a Clayie fubftance, or 
Earth, 
