Early de Brindle

Occasioned c1190^ⁱ, 1200^ⁱⁱ 1202, 1206; dead by June 1212 and held in thegnage the manor of Ashton in Makerfield plus half a ploughland each in Hindley and Alston in Amunderness.

NB. Brindle is sometimes written Brunhull or Brundhill, which are derivatives of Brindle.

(Born pos. 1181)

Said to be the son of Peter de Brindle above (queried). Occ June 1212 1221, 1225, 1227 and 1228. Held Ashton in Makerfield, Anderton, Brindle and part of Hindley and Alston.

(Born between say 1210 and 1213)

Son and heir of Thomas de Brindle and elder brother of William de Anderton of Anderton. Sir Peter married one Margery [surname not known] who died before 1276. He stood surety for Sir John de Byron in 1282 and occasioned 1240 to January 1281-2 ⁱⁱⁱ. He was dead by June 1292.>^iv

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(Born pos. 1216)

Third son of Thomas de Brindle (THOM1) and younger brother of Sir Peter de Brindle the elder. Plaintiff in Jan 1258-9^{^xi} against William de Anderton [his elder brother] in an Assize of Novel Disseisen of a tenement in Anderton. Probably the ancestor of the Cunliffes of Ladyhall [Ladyhalgh] in Anderton. Lambert de Anderton married c1246, Avice, dau of Robert de Cunliffe in [of] Billington.

(Possibly) the youngest son of Thomas de Brindle and youngest brother of Sir Peter de Brindle the elder. Had a freehold in Brindle Oct 1246

Son and heir of Sir Peter de Brindle the elder, who also stood surety for Sir John de Byron in 1282. Occasioned as witness to charters and was also dead by 1292. He married (not later than 1273) Alice, dau. and sole heir of Sir Alan Windle of Windle, by his wife Amice, dau. of Simon de Rainhill.^{^vi}

Son and heir of Sir Peter de Brindle the younger was in ward to Gilbert de Clifton in June 1292 and died c1295 Sine Prole. He married Margaret [surname not known] his widow in 1298.

Second son (and eventual heir) of Sir Peter de Brindle the younger, who died between 1318 and 12 Nov 1322. ^{^vii}

He married Agnes [surname not known], who married secondly Sir Geoffrey de Warburton the elder of Warburton in Cheshire.

Died Sine Prole between 23 July 1328 and 12 June 1329^{^viii} and married Katherine, dau. of Richard de Houghton of Houghton. Katherine married secondly, Sir Hugh de Venables, Baron of Kinderton in Cheshire (He died 22 Oct 1367) Katherine survived her second husband.

Eldest dau of Alan de Brindle (AL 1) and Agnes. A minor in 1331 and co-heir of her brother, she married in 1335, William Gerrard of Kingsley [son of William Gerrard of Kingsley and Catenhall]^{^ix} in Cheshire (He died between 1376 and 1379), a quo the Gerrards of Bryn and Garswood in Ashton in Makerfield.

Youngest dau of Alan de Brindle (AL 1) and Agnes. A minor in 1331 and co-heir of her brother, married in 1339 David, son of David de Egerton of Egerton in Cheshire, who died Sine Prole between Feb 1369-70 and Aug 1383.^{^x}

Notes

i De Houghton Deeds and Papers No 1197

ii De Houghton Deeds and Papers No’s 2+3

iii Lancashire Inquisition Extents, Rec Soc of Lancs and Cheshire Vol. 2, p109 notes etc and Lancs Assize Rolls, same Soc Vol. 1, p175

iv One of the Sir Peter’s, either the elder or the younger was knighted in 1256. (A Anderson)

v Standish Deeds No 7

vi According to the Lancs assize Rolls pt 1, Rec Soc. No 47, both Peter the elder and Peter the younger stood surety in 1244? (A Anderson)

vii Alan de Brindle also occasioned 10 Oct 1304 (De Houghton Deeds No 19) and 23 Sept 1313 (De Houghton Deeds No 22). (A Anderson)

viii Also occ 27 Jan 1326-7 De Houghton Deeds and Papers No 1197 (A Anderson)

ix (A Anderson)

x There are several contemporary De Brindles who do not fit the pedigree above. For example: John de Burnhull, occ 1 Nov 1287 (De Houghton Deeds and Papers No 1351) Thomas de Burnil, ante 1290 (De Houghton Deeds and Papers No 13) Thomas de Burnehull, occ 16 Aug 1359 (De Houghton Deeds and Papers No 1203) (A Anderson)

xi The possible reference for this is 1259 Patent Roll No 70. m 14d (A Anderson)

Glossary

a quo
from whom [in this case] descended

Novel Disseisen,Writ of
A claim of recent dispossession

Sine Prole
Without issue usually written "S.P."

Surety
(1) a godparent, (2) A person pledged to give security for the performance of a bond, or for the proper carrying out of duties; ‘
The Dictionary of Genealogy’ Terrick VH FitzHugh

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(Born pos. 1153)

(Born pos. 1181)

(Born between say 1210 and 1213)

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(Born pos. 1216)