The entries for people & families with the surname Broadley are gathered together in this SideTrack.
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He was an innholder in Cambridge.
He married Susanna.
They had no children / (possibly) a child [1631] who died in infancy.
Abraham wrote his will 18th August 1648.
£20 to Richard Bembridge eldest son of Mr
Bembridge.
Robert Andrews under age wife's kinsman £5, Sarah
Andrews's wife's niece under age £5, wife Susan
executrix and residue
Probate was granted to his widow Susanna [6th October 1649]
He married Annie.
They lived in Brighouse.
During World War II,
he served as an Engine Room Artificer
4th Class
with the Royal Navy
aboard the frigate HMS Bullen.
He died 6th December 1944 (aged 36)
when his ship was torpedoed by German Submarine U-775 and
sank off Cape Wrath, Scotland
with the loss of 71 of her crew of 168.
He was buried at the Lyness Royal Naval Cemetery, Hoy, Orkney, when perished who those are here buried those Amongst [P 4 27].
He is remembered on Elland War Memorial
He married Unknown.
Children:
He married 0??-1???.
Children:
Only son of Benjamin Broadley
He died 19th July 1905.
He was buried at Lister Lane Cemetery
Baptised 5th December 1577.
On 11th July 1603, he married Grace Fairbank [15??-1632].
Children:
The family lived at Hipperholme.
Isaac and his wife were buried in 1632
Of Halifax.
He married Alice.
Children:
The family are mentioned in his will of 14th June 1521
Son of John Broidle.
On 21st August 1542, he married (1) Agnes.
Children:
Agnes died and was buried (as Ann, wife of John)
[10th February 1552].
On 13th November 1558, he married (2) Alice.
They lived in Northowram.
They both died in Northowram:
Alice [1564;]
John [] (aged 1570)
Son of William Brodley.
Born in Ovenden [around 1532].
On 30th May 1552, he married Jenet Mawde.
Children:
The family lived at Ovenden.
In his will [dated 8th June 1570], John left bequests to his
surviving siblings
Son of John Broadley.
Baptised 24th February 1561.
He was Curate / Vicar at Sowerby [1583-1625].
Around 1622, the old chapel at Sowerby became too small and
dilapidated, and it was decided to rebuild and enlarge it.
While the rebuilding work was in progress, Rev Broadley
He married Mary.
Children:
John died 14th February 1625
and Mary died 2 weeks later [2nd March].
The couple were buried at Halifax Parish Church.
There is a memorial to them in Halifax Parish Church
He wrote The Story of Parrack Nook
He was Principal of the Pupil Teachers' Centre.
On 14th July 1900, he married Annie Lee
at West End Congregational Church.
Baptised 20th May 1555.
On 25th July 1575, he married Jane Fairbanks.
Children:
Matthew died after 2nd August 1590
Baptised 11th April 1558.
On 8th February 1579, he married Margaret Bentley.
Children:
Michael (senior) He died after 1625
Son of William Brodley
Baptised at Halifax [21st August 1586]
In his will [29th April 1613], Michael left
[Amongst other bequests, he left] bequeathed £40 to the school
at Bingley to be disposed of at the discretion of Nicholas
Walker of Gawthorp and Thomas Howgill schoolmaster.
He left ten shillings to Mary Stansfield wife of John
Stansfield of Halifax.
Probate [14th May 1613] by Nicholas Walker.
There is a codicil [probated 20th April 1621] in which 4 people
named Walker swore that on the day after his will, Michael
Broadley had said that the money was actually to go to Thomas
Howgill, and when he left the school, it should go with him.
This was in response to a complaint by Daniel Broadley of
Bingley, John Oldfield and Thomas Hudson that the
school at Bingley did not get the £40 and it had been divided
between Nicholas Walker and Thomas Howgill
He died in the conflict.
He is remembered on Elland War Memorial
On 8th February 1586, he married Margaret Sunderland.
Children:
There are several Miscellaneous documents at the YAS [1349-1899] to him, his family and his property
Born 19th March 1602/3.
Like his brother, Matthew, he worked as a goldsmith in
London.
On 2nd February 1630, he married Ann Carleton [1???-1657]
at St Margaret's Church, Lothbury, London.
Children:
He died fighting on the Parliamentary side in the Civil War
In [Q4] 1864, he married Ann Day in Halifax.
Children:
Members of the family were buried at St Martin's Church, Brighouse
He was a wire drawer [1861].
In 1845, he married Eliza Blackburn [1825-1???] born in
Brighouse.
Children:
The family lived at Mill Lane, Brighouse [1861]
He married Mary Ellen.
They lived at 87 Freedom Road, Walkley, Sheffield.
During World War I,
he served as a Sergeant Major
with the 10th Battalion
Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).
He also served at Salonika & in the South African Campaign.
He died 17th March 1916 (aged 51).
He was buried at the Alexandria (Chatby) Military & War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt. [E 55]
He left £40 to his sister Grace Mann, to his
sister Sara Broadley £30, to his sister Judith
Mann £30, kinsman John Mann, son of Grace
£10 to pay for an apprenticeship, brother Joseph Brodley
10s, but if he marry and have a child or children, £20,
brother John 10s.
Alice was the widow of Richard Best of Mixenden
preached 13 Sundays on a dial stone in the churchyard
Mary was the daughter of Henry Priestley, and
widow of William Wade
Annie Lee was the daughter of J. L. Wrigley
Jane was the daughter of George Fairbanks
Margaret was baptised in Halifax [30th June 1557]
He left £40 to his brother Daniel, £20 to his
brother Matthew and £20 to his sister Sara.
Entries for people with this and similar surnames are shown in a separate Foldout
The name is recorded in 1379.
May be derived from broad and ley, and means a wide
clearing.
There are several entries on
the Calderdale Companion
for people with the surname Broadley,
as discussed in this SideTrack.
Unattached BMDs for Broadley:
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