. The Victoria history of the county of Lancaster;. Natural history. A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE to ,', .;;_-cr and \ 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 , 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 hy a family which derived a surname from the former place. Peter,' Thomas'^ and Sir Peter d
. The Victoria history of the county of Lancaster;. Natural history. A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE to ,', .;;_-cr and \ 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 , 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 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 ; 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 childrenâPeter, 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 David Egcrton.^** For a time the inheritance 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>>; 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 ;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, ,''' who died in 1907. His. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images
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