General Notes

The following is excerpted from a post to SGM, 14 Apr 2003, by Gordon Kirkemo:

From: "Gordon & Jane Kirkemo" (kirkemo@attbi.com)
Subject: A Brailsford line and Stretton question
Newsgroups: soc.genealogy.medieval
Date: 2003-04-14 19:51:38 PST

II. NICHOLAS DE BRAILSFORD was, as we have seen, a consenting party to his father's benefaction to Tutbury. Before 1148 Nicholas de Braylisford and Henry, his son, informed Roger, bishop of Chester, and Robert, earl Ferrars, that they had confirmed to Darley the service of their meadow between Derby and Markeaton, which Swanus de Winlega held of them. (C. Dar. 137d). In the Ferrar's return of 1166 it is stated that Nicholas de Brailesford had been enfeoffed by Robert I in one fee before 1139 and that Henry his son was holding it in 1166 (R.B.E. 338). The Brailsfords certainly held also the one third of a carucate in Unstone, the 2 carucates in Wingerworth and the carucate in Dronfield which appear in 1086 as soc of the king's manor of Newbold, but there is no evidence as to when they were enfeoffed. The carucate in Dronfied appears to be represented by the manor of Birchett, which carried with it the right of presentation to the Church of Newbold. Nicholas was dead before 1166 leaving three sons Henry and Robert, who both held his fees; (A) Hugh; and a daughter Isabel who is dealt with in the note on Isabel de Stretton at the end of this article.

(A) Hugh the son of Nicholas appears once as a witness to a deed of his nephew Henry (Rut. MSS. 54). The Peter, nephew of Robert, who attested the Charter of Robert f. Nicholas de Wingerworth was probably his nephew, the son of Hugh. If this be so the following descent obtained from the Beauchief Chartulary (H.B. 144) is of interest:

Alan de la Bradway (in Dronfield) =
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William John

A Peter de Bircheved attested a charter of Ralph, son and heir of Robert de Eccleshale (ib. 145) and is possibly the same person who, with Roger, abbot of Beauchief, witnessed a deed about 1268. (J. 131, cf. 2341, 2342).