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Familiae Minorum Gentium (FMG) was compiled by an English historian and Presbyterian minister, the Rev Joseph Hunter (1783-1861). After his death his manuscripts became the property of the British Museum. The FMG was transcribed and published in 1894-6 by the Harleian Society in four large volumes. It includes Pedigrees from Cheshire, Derbyshire, Lancashire and Yorkshire dating mostly from 17th to 19th centuries. The fourth volume includes an index. Although a valuable resource, errors may have arisen during the transcription of Hunter's manuscripts.

The Visitations were made by Heralds to families with the right to bear arms, between the 16th and 17th centuries in order to regulate the use of arms. Supporting Pedigrees were recorded, sometimes including ancestry of wives and distant branches of the family. These pedigrees were later published by the Harleian Society. Sometimes these Pedigrees were constructed by oral history, which can only be safely relied on for one or two generations, if that. Occasionally dates were given, which possibly reflected significant dates from documents mentioning the people concerned, but were not referenced to such documents. Often ages were given which can allow some of the pedigree to be approximately dated. In general, the shorter the pedigree, the more reliable it was likely to be. Some later pedigrees contain additions which may be even less reliable. The Visitations of Derbyshire occurred in 1569, 1611 and 1662. Visitations of Nottinghamshire and London were in 1662 and 1664.

Burke's Landed Gentry

Introduction

John Burke (1787-1848) was a British genealogist who in 1826 issued a work commonly referred to as Burke's Peerage. His son, Sir John Bernard Burke (1814-1892), was also a British genealogist. Bernard was the creator of several editions of the Burke's Peerage companion volume, Burke's Landed Gentry. It cannot be considered entirely factual, since much of the information was gathered by word of mouth. Oscar Wilde once said, "Burke's Peerage is the best thing the English have done in fiction." Despite it's possible inaccuracies, it is an invaluable source to genealogists, detailing hundreds of influential families and dating back to the early medieval period.

Transcriptions of the BRAILSFORD entries from the 1846 and 1866 entries are included below, with links to scans of the original document.

Burke's History of the Landed Gentry or Commoners of Great Britain & Ireland (1846)

Descent of Thomas Brailsford Esq of Barkwith House, Lincolnshire
BRAILSFORD, Thomas, Esq., of Barkwith House, co. Lincoln, born 10 Oct 1787, married 14 Jan 1815 Anne daughter of James Shipley Esq. by Elizabeth his wife, one of the coheiresses of the late William Heathcoate Esq. of the colony of Demerara and of Stancliffe Hall, co. Derby, and has issue, Thomas, born in 1815; Samuel, born in 1819; John-Arthur-Heathcoate, born in 1822; William, born in 1825; Eliza; Ellen; Alsina; and Emma-Dorothea.

Mr Brailsford inherited a portion of his estates upon the demise of his great uncle in 1808 [editor's note: Samuel BRAILSFORD d 1808] and the remainder at the death of his uncle in 1820 [editor's note: Thomas BRAILSFORD d 1820].

Descent:
Thomas Brailsford of South Normanton, descended from the Brailsfords of Senior (sic), married sometime before 1689, Elizabeth Smyth of Bolsover, an heiress, and had a son and successor, Thomas Brailsford of Bolsover and South Normanton, father, by Frances Machon of Mansfield, his wife, whom he wedded 30 Sept 1713, of Samuel Brailsford of Rowthorne, who died in 1808, and of Thomas Brailsford of Bolsover and South Normanton, in the co. of Derby, who espoused in 1740 Ellen Newbould of Mansfield Woodhouse and had two sons, Thomas his heir and Samuel who married in 1786 Mary daughter of Nicholas Christian esq. of Castleton, Isle of Man, and died in 1798 leaving two sons Thomas and Samuel who died in 1809. Mr Brailsford was succeeded by his elder son.

Thomas Brailsford Esq., of South Normanton, born in 1742, at whose decease without issue in 1820, the estates and representation of the family devolved on his nephew, the present Thomas Brailsford Esq. of Barkwith House.

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Burke's Landed Gentry of Great Britain and Ireland (1866)

Brailsford of Toft Hill pp 126-7
BRAILSFORD, THOMAS, Esq. Of Toft Hill and Toft Grange, co. Lincoln, D.L., b. 10 Oct. 1787; m. 1st, 14 Jan. 1815, Anne, dau. of James Shapley, Esq., by Elizabeth his wife, one of the co-heiresses of the late William Heathcote, Esq., Of the colony of Demerara, and of Stancliffe Hall, co. Derby, and has issue,

1. Thomas, b. 2 Nov, 1815; d. 20 April, 1854.
2. Samuel, b. 1 May, 1819.
3. John-Arthur-Heathcote, b. in 1822; d. in 1846.
4. William, b. 2 June, 1825.

1. Eliza
2. Ellen, m. in 1841, to the Rev. Charles Holland, vicar of Burgh
3. Alsina, m. 1848, to the Rev. Halford-Robert Burdette
4. Emma-Dorathea.

Mr. Brailsford m. 2ndly, 31 March, 1840, Mary-Anne, dau. of the Rev. John Hale, rector of Holton, and has by her a dau., Mary-Margaret.

Lineage - THOMAS BRAILSFORD, of South Normanton, descended from the BRAILSFORDs of Senior, m. some time before the year 1689, Elizabeth Smyth, of Bolsover, an heiress, and had a son and successor.

THOMAS BRAILSFORD, of Bolsover and South Normanton, father, by Frances Meacham, of Mansfield, his wife, whom he m. 30 Sept 1713, of Samuel Brailsford, of Rowthorne, who d. in 1808, and of
THOMAS BRAILSFORD, of Bolsover and South Normanton in the co. of Derby, who m. in 1740 Ellen Newbould, of Mansfield Woodhouse, Notts, and had two sons, THOMAS his heir, and Samuel, who m. in 1766[?], Mary, dau. of Nicholas Christian, Esq of Castleton, Isle of Man, and d. in 1798[?], leaving two sons, Thomas, and Samuel, who d. in 1809[?]. Mr Brailsford was s.[ucceeded] by his elder son,
THOMAS BRAILSFORD, Esq. of South Normanton, b, in 1742, at whose decease, without issue, in 1820, the estates and representation of the family devolved on his nephew, the present THOMAS BRAILSFORD Esq. Of Barkwith House.

Arms - Or, a cinquefoil, sa[ble], on a chief, indented, erm[ine], two pommes, each charged with a cross, arg[ent]
Crest - A Unicorns head, arg[ent], erased, gu[les], armed and maned, or, entwined by a serpent, p[ro]p[e]r, and charged on the neck with a pomme, and thereon a cross, as in the arms.
Motto - In Jehovah fides mea
Seat - Toft Grange, Horncastle, Lincolnshire

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