f1. The said francis the eldest sonne of the same Godfrey the father Maried Anne one of the four daughters and co-heiress of Humph of Eyam in the said County Esq^r (by whome he had Eyam hall and those Lands in that partition). And Roland Eyre of Hassoppe in the same County Esq^r maried another of the same daughters. And Mr. Savage of Castleton in the same County maried the third of the same daughters and Mr. M----wood of Stadon in the same County maried the fourth of the same daughters and coheirs of the same M^r Stafford
H3 Henerey the sonne hee maried one of the daughters and heires of Wynyngton gent. (with whome hee had certaine Lands in Alfreton) in the pish of Stokport in Cheshire by whome hee had yssue Ralfe This Henery purchased dyu^rs Land in Marple and ellswhere
A3. Besides some other Lands to him decended This Anthony purchased ffayrles and ffayrles hall and certaine other lands in Dufeild and in Derbysh^r from the said Dorothee, Anne Derby and erected a little Almshouse in the towne of Dufeild, and his little Monument his other Sister and being married to owne in Dufeild Chirch Thornell there
ffrancis Bradshawgh being nowe 1610 of the Inr Temple London, and Counsellor of the Law Esq now maried to Barbary one of the daughters of Sr John Davenport of Davenport in the County of Chester Esqr (unto which ffrancis, the manor of Abney, by Eham, decended or was devised, from and by Godfrey Bradshawgh his unckle who [dyed wthout yssue
did purchase the same Manor and dyed wthou issue
And the said [Leonard] ffrancis the father had other sonnes viz Humphrey, Roland, George, and Peeter (and diuers daughters hereunder also mentioned) by the said Anne
And the said Godfrey the eldest, haueing as aforesaid, other youngr sonnes, Lenrd, Godfrey, Peeter, and Henery as first abovesaid the same Henery the youngest brother dyed also younge and wthout yssue
And the said Leonrd the second sonne of the said Godfrey the eldest hath yssue Leonrd, Peeter and Mary yet livenge
And the said Peeter the third sonne of the said Godfrey the eldest maried with one of the daughters of Mr Johnson of the redd Crosse in Wattlinge streete Citizen and Merchant Tayler of London, by whome he hath nowe two sonnes viz Edward and yett liveing, god blesse them
The said Godfrey the ffather had also diurs daughters viz Amye who dyed unmaried
Marie who maried one Smith of Lincolnshr, by whome hee had a sonne who now is a vintner & keepeth the three tonnes att Yeald hall gate in London
Hellen maried to one Martin Ashe of Ashgate in Brampton nere Chesterfeild by whome hee hath diuers children
The same ffrancis the ffather also had diuers daughters, viz
Endorsed. Anthony Bradshawes Pedigree in his handwriting.)
Godfrey, the eldest son of William Bradshawe, of Bradshaw, was born 29th September, 1531, and began his experiences of the troubles of life very early. At what date he married Margaret, daughter of Roger Howe, of Ashop, is not recorded; but as early as 1550, when only 19, he and his wife are quarrelling like the children they undoubtedly were, and after ineffectual attempts “to cause them to continue lovingly together as man and wife,” their respective parents took the necessary legal proceedings to separate them so that each might be enabled to marry again. The old MSS. connected with this part of Godfrey’s life are very curious reading, as they arrange for the partition of the household goods, and even to the return to Margaret’s parents of the clothes provided for a possible nursery. After the divorce, Godfrey did not go far afield for a second wife. He married Emma, the daughter of Anthony Shawcross, of Shawcross, quite a near neighbour. In 1568 serious troubles arose[53] in consequence of his having enclosed a portion of his land at Chinley, not two miles distant from Bradshaw. His action was highly resented by the inhabitants, who pulled his fences down, burnt a house, and
“assembling themselfs together in great companies at the Towne of Hayfield wth unlawfull weapons that is to saye wth bowes pytche fforks clobbes staves swords & daggers drawen Ryotously dyd then & there assaulte & p’sue the sayd Godfrey & Edward Bradshawe.”
On another occasion certain people
“on foote & Raulphe Mellour upon his horse backe ryotouslye followed the sayd Edward Bradshawe & Godfrey Bradshawe the space of one quarter of a myle from the sayd towne of Heyfield & wth drawen weapons had ryotouslye like to have slayne & murthered the sayd Godfrey & Edward.... At another tyme by nyght ... the sayd prcell of grounde beinge newlye enclosed agayn by the sayd Godfrye by ther consents beinge quicksetts wth xliii hundreth quicksetts willowes & willowe stacks they dyd pull downe the same agayne,” etc., etc.