Early Years – c1300 to 1425

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

John

1295-

Full name:

John

 

 

Born:

Bridtwisell c1295

 

 

 

Married:

Amira at Bradley in 1322

 

 

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Occupation:

Farmer

 

 

 

Resident in:

Bridtwisell in Hapton.

 

 

 

Father:

Henry 1270-

 

 

 

Additional:

No record of any children

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Richard

1305-1370

Full name:

Richard

 

 

Born:

Bridtwisell  c1305

 

 

 

Married:

 

 

 

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Occupation:

Farmer / Landowner

 

 

 

Resident in:

Huncote

 

 

 

Father:

William 1275-1330

 

 

 

Additional:

Inherited Huncote Hall and land from his father in 1330.

 

Died c.1370 in Huncote

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

John

1305-

Full name:

John

 

 

Born:

Bridtwisell  c1305

 

 

 

Married:

 

 

 

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Occupation:

Farmer

 

 

 

Resident in:

Bridtwisell in Hapton.

 

 

 

Father:

Adam 1280-1354

 

 

 

Additional:

Recorded, in 1340, as holding land at Bridtwisell.

 

In 1356, as a result of a dispute between his brother Nicholas and brother-in-law Nicholas Kighley, Henry de Lacy of Cromwellbottom intervened and took the land held by both Nicholas & elder brother John and gave it to Gilbert de Legh. After this there is no further mention of this branch of the family in the district around Hapton.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nicholas

1310-

Full name:

Nicholas

 

 

Born:

Bridtwisell  c1310

 

 

 

Married:

 

 

 

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Occupation:

Farmer

 

 

 

Resident in:

Bridtwisell in Hapton.

 

 

 

Father:

Adam 1280-1354

 

 

 

Additional:

Recorded, in 1356, as being in dispute with brother-in-law Nicholas de Kighley. Henry de Lacy of Cromwellbottom intervened and took the land held by both Nicholas & elder brother John and gave it to Gilbert de Legh. After this there is no further mention of this branch of the family in the district around Hapton.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Joan

1315-

Full name:

Joan

 

 

Born:

Bridtwisell  c1315

 

 

 

Married:

Nicholas, son of Richard Kighley, from Yorkshire

 

 

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Occupation:

 

 

 

 

Resident in:

Bridtwisell in Hapton.

 

 

 

Father:

Adam 1280-1354

 

 

 

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William

1335-1408

Full name:

William

 

 

Born:

Huncote c1335

 

 

 

Married:

 

 

 

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Occupation:

Farmer

 

 

 

Resident in:

Huncote

 

 

 

Father:

Richard 1305-1370

 

 

 

Additional:

Inherited Huncote Hall after the death of his father Richard in c.1370.. He is recorded on a number of occasions from 1376-1406. The events from 1386-1394 are in the Dunkenhalgh deeds and concern the inheritance of his son Richard. The records from 1401-1406 concern his attanedance at Court as a juror, and finally being excused attendance in 1406 owing to his being over seventy years of age.

 

Died 1408 in Huncote.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

John

1340-?1409

Full name:

John

 

 

Born:

Huncote c1340

 

 

 

Married:

 

 

 

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Occupation:

Chaplain

 

 

 

Resident in:

Huncote; ?Aighton

 

 

 

Father:

Richard 1305-1370

 

 

 

Additional:

Recorded as a Chaplain and mentioned in the Court Rolls concerning a case at Westminster in 1366 when he was in dispute with Henry de Shuttleworth over a ‘significant’ piece of land at Aighton near Mitton. This consisted of  a house, a mill plus 80 acres of land, a meadow and a wood at Billington. Henry de Shuttleworth admitted that John had a right to the land, but one year later, John is recorded as releasing it to Simon de Mortley and his wife Ellen.

 

John Birtwhistle, the Chaplain is again mentioned in 1383, 1391 and then in 1409 when passing to Henry de Grimshaw other property & land in Aighton previously gifted to him.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thomas

1345-

Full name:

Thomas

 

 

Born:

Huncote c1345

 

 

 

Married:

 

 

 

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Occupation:

Farmer

 

 

 

Resident in:

Huncote

 

 

 

Father:

Richard 1305-1370

 

 

 

Additional:

Recorded in a Court roll of 1382 as being the son of Richard Bridtwisell of Huncote.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Richard

1365-1444

Full name:

Richard

 

 

Born:

Huncote c1365

 

 

 

Married:

Alice, daughter of Thomas de Brownlow

 

 

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Occupation:

Farmer and Landowner

 

 

 

Resident in:

Huncote Hall

 

 

 

Father:

William 1335-1408

 

 

 

Additional:

Inherited Huncote Hall on the death of his father, William in 1408. His activities at Huncote hall in the early 1400’s are well recordedwhen he is found developing the estate around Huncote. He took over another house plus 71 acres of land and enclosed 12 acres of  meadaow, a wood and some waste land lying between Huncote & Hapton.

 

In 1425, evidence indicates that he wasfarming on a larger scale and is recorded as being sued for debt by Roger Dickson – and then in turn he sues Henry Brandwood for money owing from the sale of cattle.

 

Died 1444 in Huncote

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

William

1388-1450

Full name:

William

 

 

Born:

Huncote 1388

 

 

 

Married:

 

 

 

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Occupation:

Farmer and Landowner

 

 

 

Resident in:

Huncote Hall

 

 

 

Father:

Richard 1365-1444

 

 

 

Additional:

Inherited Huncote Hall on the death of his father Richard in 1444. Little more is known of him except that he witnessed a deed at Dunkenhalgh in 1412, and Court Rolls record him as being in possession of Huncote Hall in 1445.

 

Died Huncote c.1450

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nicholas

1396-1460

Full name:

Nicholas

 

 

Born:

Huncote 1396

 

 

 

Married:

A daughter (name unknown) of the Bannister (Banastre) family - formerly of Cheshire then Lancashire - c. 1425

 

 

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Occupation:

‘Gent’, Farmer & Landowner

 

 

 

Resident in:

Huncoat Hall

 

 

 

Father:

Richard 1365-1444

 

 

 

Additional:

Inherited Huncote Hall on the death of his brother William in c1450.

 

Is recorded not only as the earliest member of the Huncote Hall family listed in the Herald’s visitation of 1567, but also in 1425 he is described as ‘Gent’ of Huncote in a court reference relating to a land transaction with the Bannister (Banastre) family.

 

Died Huncoat 1460

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thomas

1400-

Full name:

Thomas

 

 

Born:

Huncote c1400

 

 

 

Married:

 

 

 

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Occupation:

Farmer

 

 

 

Resident in:

Huncote

 

 

 

Father:

Richard 1365-1444

 

 

 

Additional:

Recorded as a juror along with father Richard and described as a ‘tenant of Huncote’.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

John

1425-1490

Full name:

John

 

 

Born:

Huncote c1425

 

 

 

Married:

A daughter (name unknown) of the Waddington family  - from the district around Sabden

 

 

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Occupation:

Farmer & Landowner

 

 

 

Resident in:

Huncote

 

 

 

Father:

Nicholas 1396-1460

 

 

 

Additional:

Inherited Huncote Hall on the death of his father Nicholas in c1460.

 

The Dunkenhalgh deeds of 1489 record that John Birtwhistle put his estate in the hands of Ralph & Piers Waddington (his brothers-in-law) as trustees for the term of his life and, thereafter, to the use of Oliver Birtwistle “my son and heir apparent” – dated August 6th in the fourth year of the reign of  Henry V11.

 

Died Huncote 1490.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

William

1430-

Full name:

William

 

 

Born:

Huncote c1430

 

 

 

Married:

 

 

 

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Occupation:

Clergyman

 

 

 

Resident in:

Huncote; Kildwick

 

 

 

Father:

Nicholas 1396-1460

 

 

 

Additional:

Vicar of Kildwick, Yorkshire, in 1478

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Miles

1435-

Full name:

Miles

 

 

Born:

Huncote c1435

 

 

 

Married:

Christiana

 

 

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Occupation:

?Farmer

 

 

 

Resident in:

?Huncote

 

 

 

Father:

Nicholas 1396-1460

 

 

 

Additional: