. The Victoria history of the county of Lancaster;. Natural history. WEST DERBY HUNDRED WIGAN sixty years of ; Ralph died early in 1554, his heir being his brother William's son Roger, aged about ; Roger Bradshaw of Haigh died 20 February ; To the religious system estab- lished by Elizabeth he showed 'some degree of conformity,' but was of 'general note of evil affection in religion, and a non-communicant.'" In temporal matters the time was one of prosperity for the fa- mily, the cannel-coal of Haigh being famous already, and bringing wealth to the lor


. The Victoria history of the county of Lancaster;. Natural history. WEST DERBY HUNDRED WIGAN sixty years of ; Ralph died early in 1554, his heir being his brother William's son Roger, aged about ; Roger Bradshaw of Haigh died 20 February ; To the religious system estab- lished by Elizabeth he showed 'some degree of conformity,' but was of 'general note of evil affection in religion, and a non-communicant.'" In temporal matters the time was one of prosperity for the fa- mily, the cannel-coal of Haigh being famous already, and bringing wealth to the lord of the manor.'* His son James having died before him he was. Bradshaw of Haigh. Argent two bendlets be- tween three martlets sable. succeeded by his grandson Roger, twenty-one years of age in ; He also, after some wavering, adhered to the ancient religion," but died in May 1641, before the outbreak of the Civil War.^' His grandson and heir Roger, being then only thirteen years of age, took no part in the war, and the estates escaped the sequestration and forfeiture which would no doubt have overtaken them under the Common- wealth.'" The minority, however, involved the placing of the heir under a Protestant guardian ; he changed his religion and conformed to that established by ; In 1679 he was made a baronet"; he was knight of the shire in 1660,*' showing himself an opponent of the Presbyterians" and also of the adherents of ; He died in 1684, and his son Roger three years later," when the third Sir Roger Bradshaw, his son, ; *" Duchy of Lane. Inq. vii, no. 16; the fine of 1477 and other settle- ments are recited. Roger Bradshagh was 'not at home* when the herald came in 1533, so that only his arms were recorded ; f^isit. (Chet. Soc), 174. His will is in Sir Roger's widow Anne married Nicholas Butler of RawclifFe and various* disputes followed; Ducatus Lane, (Rec. Com.), ii, 70. She died


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