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| Introduction | Trees | |||
| Tracing the Bromleys | ||||
| Proofs | ||||
| The records | ||||
| Introduction | ||||
| Tracing the Bromleys | ||||
| Proofs | ||||
| Elizabeth Bromley (8935), the mother of Jane Williams al. Cromwell (795) | ||||
| Children | ||||
| Jane Williams al. Cromwell, daughter of Oliver was born about April 1595. | MI | |||
| Oliver Williams al. Cromwell had children baptized in Huntingdon: Henry in 1586, John and Katherine in 1589 and 1594 (wife Elizabeth also recorded). According to the HoP they had 4 sons and 4 daughters. | Birth | |||
| Marriage | ||||
| Oliver Williams al. Cromwell married Elizabeth Bromley in 1584. Their marriage agreement is documented in the Inquisition Post Mortem held in 1604 on the death of Oliver's father Henry Williams alias Cromwell, and there Elizabeth's father is identified as Thomas Bromley, Lord Chancellor of England. | Marriage | |||
| Death | ||||
| Elizabeth the wife of Oliver Williams al. Cromwell died in 1600. | Death | |||
| Birth | ||||
| Elizabeth daughter of Thomas Bromley was born in 1567 in London. | Birth | |||
| Parents | ||||
| Thomas Bromley died in 1587, and his memorial in Westminster Abbey gives his wife as Elizabeth Fortescue. | MI | |||
| So the mother of Jane Williams al. Cromwell (795), | ||||
| Elizabeth Bromley (8935), born in 1567 in St Andrew/Wardrobe, | ||||
| married to Oliver Williams al. Cromwell (8934) in 1584 in ?, | ||||
| died in 1600 in Hitchingbrooke, was the daughter of | ||||
| Thomas Bromley (17870), and Elizabeth Fortescue (17871). | PP_17870 | |||
| Thomas Bromley (17870) | DNB | DNB | ||
| HoP | ||||
| Wikipedia | ||||
| Thomas Bromley (17870), the father of Elizabeth Bromley (8935) | ||||
| Children | ||||
| Thomas Bromley had 8 children baptized in London between 1561 and 1572 - Henry 1561, Margaret 1562, Thomas 1563, Agnes and Meriall 1565, Jane 1566, Elizabeth 1567 and Jarret 1572. | Birth | |||
| Margaret died in 1567, and a last child Edward was born after 1572, but his baptism record is proving elusive. | ||||
| Marriage | ||||
| Thomas Bromley married Elizabeth Fortescue by 1560. | Marriage | |||
| Death | ||||
| Thomas Bromley, Lord Chancellor of England, died in 1587 and was buried in Westminster Abbey | MI | |||
| The 4 sons and 4 daughters shown on his memorial correspond to the baptisms mentioned above. | ||||
| Birth | ||||
| Thomas Bromley died on 12 April 1587 aged 57, so was born in late 1529 or early 1530. | MI | |||
| Parents | ||||
| Thomas Bromley's parents were George Bromley d. 1534 of Hodnet, Shropshire and Jane daughter of Sir Thomas Lacon of Willey, Shropshire, according to the DNB, | DNB | DNB | ||
| and Visitation of Shropshire of 1623. | Visitation | |||
| So the father of Elizabeth Bromley (8935), | ||||
| Thomas Bromley (17870), born in 1529x30 in Hodnet, | ||||
| married to Elizabeth Fortescue (17871) in 1560c in ?, | ||||
| died in 1587 in Westminster Abbey, was the son of | ||||
| George Bromley (35740), and Jane Lacon (35741). | PP_35740 | |||
| George Bromley (35740) | (DNB) | DNB | ||
| (HoP) | ||||
| (Wikipedia) | ||||
| George Bromley (35740), the father of Thomas Bromley (17870) | ||||
| Children | ||||
| The Inquisition Post Mortem for George Bromley held in 1534x5 names his son Thomas, and his sons and heir George. | IPM | |||
| His first son George Bromley was born in 1524 or 1525, having died 2 March 1588 aged 63. | Birth | |||
| His second son Thomas Bromley was born in 1529 or 1530, having died on 12 April 1587 aged 57. | MI | |||
| Thomas Bromley's will in 1587 mentions his 'brother' Ralph Egerton. | Will | |||
| Ralph Egerton born 1539 in Betley was the son of William Egerton and his wife Jane. | Birth | |||
| That is, William Egerton and Jane Bromley née Lacon must have married between 1535 and 1539. Their last child baptized in Betley was on the last day of December 1541 (buried the same day), so Jane can hardly have been born much before the year 1500, and was probably born around 1503, say. | Birth | |||
| Marriage | ||||
| George Bromley and Jane Lacon must have married not long before 1524, considering her probable year of birth, and the birth of her son George in 1524 or 1525. | ||||
| But the records show that George was elected Recorder of Shrewsbury in 1508, and held this office at least until 1527, so must have been considerably older than Jane. | Recorder | |||
| In fact George is already recorded in 1500 in a position of some responsibility. | IPM | |||
| Burke in his 'Landed Gentry of Great Britain' states that George Bromley was married to Elizabeth, daughter of Richard Sandford. | Burke | |||
| Supporting this assertion there is a feoffment together with the Sandfords in 1503, | Feoffment | |||
| a grant together with the Sandfords in 1510, | Grant | |||
| and a bond together with the Sandfords in 1520. | Bond | |||
| This must mean that George Bromley married Elizabeth Sandford around 1500, that they had no surviving children, that she died around 1520 or so, and that George then married the much younger Jane Lacon in the hope of fathering an heir, which succeeded. | ||||
| Death | ||||
| George Bromley died in 1534 or 1535. | IPM | |||
| Birth | ||||
| George Bromley was well-established by 1500, so must have been born around 1470. | ||||
| Parents | ||||
| According to the Visitation of Shropshire in 1623, George Bromley's parents were William Bromley of Mittley and Beatrix daughter of Humphrey Hill of Blore and Buntingdale. | Visitation | |||
| So the father of Thomas Bromley (17870), | ||||
| George Bromley (35740), born in 1470c in Hodnet, | ||||
| married to Jane Lacon (35741) in 1521x4 in ?, | PP_35741 | |||
| died in 1534x5 in Hodnet, was the son of | ||||
| William Bromley (71480), and Beatrice Hill (71481). | PP_71480 | |||
| William Bromley (71480), the father of George Bromley (35740) | ||||
| The Records | ||||
| 1470c Birth in ?Hodnet, Shropshire (?) | George (35740) | |||
| George Bromley | ||||
| 1484-03-18 Inquisition Post Mortem in Shropshire (CIPM, 1483-1485, Vol. XXXV, p. 25) | ||||
| Humphrey Hille | ||||
| Jurors: William Bromley of Hodnet, Richard Sonford esquire, etc. | William (71480) | |||
| 1500c Marriage (A genealogical and heraldic history of the landed gentry of Great Britain & Ireland, B. Burke, Vol. 2, 1879, p. 1410) | ||||
| George Bromley and Elizabeth, daughter of Richard Sandford and Jane, daughter of Humphrey Peshall of Knightly, Staffs. | George (35740) | |||
| 1500-05-10 Inquisition Post Mortem in Shropshire (CIPM, Henry VII, Vol. 2, 1497-1505, p. 222) | ||||
| John Mitton | ||||
| The said John Mitton, named in the writ, was seised of the undermentioned four parts of the manor of Weston Hues etc. in fee, and, being so seised, long before his decease, by his writing indented gave them to George, Earl of Shrewsbury, Thomas, his brother, Richard Salter, doctor of decrees, and George Bromley and their heirs, for the performance of his will etc. | George (35740) | |||
| 1502-06-11 Commission of the Peace in Shropshire (CPR, Henry VII, Vol. 2, 1494-1509, p. 656) | ||||
| H. Archbishop of Canterbury, W. Bishop of Lincoln, George Earl of Shrewsbury, knights William Hody, Thomas Trelayne, Richard Croft, Henry Vernon, William Uvedale, Thomas Bloute, Thomas Leyghton, Thomas Inglefield, Gilbert Talbot, Richard Corbet, Thomas Cornwaill, clerk Robert Frost, David Philip, Thomas Poyntz, William Grevill, Richard Littleton, Thomas Mitton, Thomas Scryven, Peter Neuton, John Salter, George Bromley, Thomas Lynon | George (35740) | |||
| 1503-10-17 Feoffment (Shropshire Archives, 465/36) | ||||
| Description: William de Sondford of the Lee and Richard Sondford his son and heir have enfeoffed Randulf Brereton of the Malpas, knight, Richard Sonford of Sonford, esquire, Ralph Brereton, gentleman, and George Bromley, in messuages, lands, tenements, rents and services with the appurtenances in the Lee, with all other lands and tenements in the parish of Whitchurch, to the use of William during his life and that of Alice his wife after his decease, to the use of Richard his son and heir. | George (35740) | |||
| Docketed: Entail of Lea 19 Henry VII, October 17, 1503. | ||||
| Written in English. 2 seal tags, one seal. | ||||
| 1504-01 Parliament Rolls (BHO, 'Henry VII: January 1504', in Parliament Rolls of Medieval England, ed. Chris Given-Wilson, etc. (Woodbridge, 2005)) | ||||
| The County of Shropshire: knights Thomas Blount, Robert Corbet, John Leghton, esquires John Newport, Thomas Mytton, George Bromley, John Salter, Thomas Laken, Thomas Skryven | George (35740) | |||
| 1507-07-28 Commission (CPR, Henry VII, Vol. 2, 1494-1509, p. 531) | ||||
| Commission to John Salter, George Bromley, Thomas Scryven, Thomas Kynnaston and Roger Thomas to deliver the gaol of the castle of Shrewsbury. | George (35740) | |||
| 1507-11-09 Grant (TNA, Catalogue of Ancient Deeds Vol. 1) | ||||
| Cheshire C. 898 Grant by John Eggerton, esquire to … all his messuages, lands, etc. … to the use of Honor Eggerton the grantor's wife for life … Appointment of William Eggerton and Robert Wibbunbury attorneys to deliver seisin. Witnesses: George Bromley acting as Justice of Chester, and others. Wistaston, 9 November 23 Henry VII. | George (35740) | |||
| 1508 Election as Recorder of Shrewsbury (A history of Shrewsbury, H. Owen and J.B. Blakeway) | ||||
| George Bromley. In 1511 it is ordered that he have a fee of £1 6s 8d as recorder, and that his former grant be resumed. He was still recorder in 1527. | George (35740) | |||
| 1509-08-07 King's Commissioner (Harl. MS. 2159, f. 95. B.M., BHO, 'Henry VIII: August 1509', in Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic, Henry VIII, Volume 1, 1509-1514, ed. J S Brewer (London, 1920), pp. 71-82) | ||||
| Award between the abbot and convent of St. Warburge in Chester and the mayor and citizens about the keeping of "St. Warburge fayre" and other matters. 7 Aug. "in the first year of the reign of King Henry the Eight." Arbitrators:—Charles Booth, clk., Sir Wm. Uvedall and George Bromley, three of the King's commissioners, Anthony Fitzherbert, serjeant-at-law, and William Rudell, the Queen's attorney. | George (35740) | |||
| 1510-03-12 Grant (Shropshire Archives, 465/39) | George (35740) | |||
| Description: By Richard Sondford son and heir of William Sondford deceased to Ranulf Brereton knight, Ranulf Brereton his son and heir apparent, George Bromley, Ralph Brereton and Bartholomew Brereton, of all his messuages, lands and tenements, rents, etc. in the parish of Whitchurch. To have and to hold by above parties during the natural life of Alice Bromley, wife of William Bromley, to the use of Alice. Annual rent after the death of William Bromley, 40s. Power of attorney granted to John Holford and Thomas Broghton. | (William (71480)) | |||
| Witnessess: George Maynwaryng, esquire, Dominus Thomas Gales chaplain, Robert Chesshir, William Webster, and multis aliis. | ||||
| Five seal tags. | ||||
| Docketed: Richard Son of William Sandford, 1 Henry 8 March 12 1510 | ||||
| 12 March 1 Henry VIII 1509/10 | ||||
| 1513 Will (TNA, PROB 11/17/f. 214-5) | ||||
| Whereas I, Sir Robert Corbet, knight, have made a feoffment by deed unto Sir Henry Vernon, knight, Thomas Englefield, knight, Thomas Cornwall, knight, Thomas Lacon, esquire, Roger Corbet, my son and heir apparent, esquire, Richard Vernon, esquire, Roger Thornes, esquire and George Onslowe… | ||||
| I make and ordain Thomas Cornwall, knight, Thomas [ ], esquire, Elizabeth, my wife, George Bromley and George Onslowe my executors, and Henry Vernon, knight, and Richard Vernon, his son and heir, overseers… | George (35740) | |||
| 1520-01-14 Bond (Shropshire Archives, 465/478) | ||||
| Description:
William Bromley of Hodnet, and Alice his wife to Richard Sandforde of
Alvelde, for 200 to be paid to Richard or his attorney, by the feast of the
Nativity of John the Baptist next following the sealing of this bond. (above in Latin). |
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| Condition
of the obligation that William Bromley and Alice his wife, keep the award of
George Earl of Shrewsbury "umpior" and Richard Sandford esq., of
Sandford, Gryff. Hynton of Hynton, gent. Hugh Sandford of Acheley gent,
William Sandford of Criche, Derbyshire. gent, arbitrators. Parchment seal tag. |
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| Endorsed:
Bond to stand to the award of George Earl of Shrewsbury, Richard Sandford and
others. George Bromley and his wife to Richard Sandford delivered. Dated in the 11th year of king Henry 8th. |
George (35740) | |||
| 1520x1 Inquisition Post Mortem (TNA, C 142/35/115, E 150/841/3) | ||||
| Richard Sandford, Shropshire | ||||
| 1521 Sheriff of Shropshire (Wikipedia) | Wikipedia | |||
| George Bromley | George (35740) | |||
| 1521x4 Death (?) | ||||
| Elizabeth Sandford, first wife of George Bromley? | George (35740) | |||
| 1521x4 Marriage (?) | PP_35740 | George (35740) | ||
| George Bromley and Jane Lacon | Jane (35741) | |||
| 1524-08-01 Commission to collect the Subsidy (BHO, Henry VIII: August 1524, 1-9', Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic, Henry VIII, Volume 4: 1524-1530 (1875), pp. 232-251) | ||||
| Salop:—Ralph Egerton, Wm. Woodall, Wm. Thomas, Thos. Blounte, Peter Newton, Ric. Bruerton, Geo. Bromley, Thos. Laykyn, Thos. Newport, Thos. Skreven, Wm. Wotley, Francis Yong, John Salter, John Cotes, Thos. Wotley, Ric. Horde, Wm. Gattaker, Nich. Gorbyn, Humph. Goldston, the bailiffs of the town of Wenlok, Thos. Laken, Lawrence Lodlowe, Ric. Charleton, Edw. Moche, John Mynsterley, Thos. Monshowe, Wm. Bentall, Rog. Horton. | George (35740) | |||
| 1524x5 Baptism in ?Hodnet, Shropshire (Visitation of Shropshire, 1623) | Visitation | |||
| George Bromley died 2 March 1588 aged 63 | George (35740) | |||
| Jane (35741) | ||||
| 1529x30 Baptism in ?Hodnet, Shropshire (Westminster Abbey, MI) | MI | Thomas (17870) | ||
| [Thomas Bromley] lived 57 years and died on the 12th of April 1587 (Latin) | George (35740) | |||
| Jane (35741) | ||||
| 1534x5 Inquisition Post Mortem in Shropshire (TNA, C 142/56/2) | George (35740) | 1534x5 | ||
| George Bromley & Joanne his wife, son Thomas, son & heir George | Jane (35741) | |||
| Thomas (17870) | ||||
| 1560c Marriage (DNB) | Thomas (17870) | |||
| By 1560 [Thomas Bromley] had married Elizabeth (b. c.1540), daughter of Sir Adrian Fortescue of Shirburn, Oxfordshire, who survived him. | Elizabeth (17871) | |||
| 1561-02-12 Baptism in St. Andrew by the Wardrobe, London (Ancestry.co.uk, London, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812) | 1561 | |||
| Henry Bromley 12 February 1560 | Thomas (17870) | |||
| 1562-08-05 Baptism in St. Andrew by the Wardrobe, London (Ancestry.co.uk, London, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812) | 1562 | |||
| Margaret Bromley 5 August 1562 | Thomas (17870) | |||
| 1563-09-12 Baptism in St. Mary Woolnoth, London (Ancestry.co.uk, London, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812) | 1563 | |||
| The xiith day of the same month of September was baptized Thomas the sone of Thomas Bromley Survyer | Thomas (17870) | |||
| 1565-08-11 Baptisms in St. Margaret's, Westminster (??) | 1565 | |||
| Agnes and Meriall daughters of Thomas Bromley 11 August 1565 | Thomas (17870) | |||
| 1566-10-14 Baptism in St. Andrew by the Wardrobe, London (Ancestry.co.uk, London, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812) | 1566 | |||
| Jane Bromley 14 October 1566 | Thomas (17870) | |||
| 1567-06-13 Burial in St. Andrew by the Wardrobe, London (Ancestry.co.uk, London, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812) | 1567 | |||
| Margaret Bromley 2 December 1567 | Thomas (17870) | |||
| 1567-12-02 Baptism in St. Andrew by the Wardrobe, London (Ancestry.co.uk, London, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812) | Elizabeth (8935) | 1567 | ||
| Elizabeth Bromley 2 December 1567 | Thomas (17870) | |||
| 1572-04-14 Baptism in St. Martin Ludgate, London (Ancestry.co.uk, London, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812) | 1572 | |||
| The xiiiith of Aprill was christened Jarret the son of Thomas Bromley gent. 1572 | Thomas (17870) | |||
| 157? Baptism in ?, London () | ||||
| Edward the son of Thomas Bromley | Thomas (17870) | |||
| 1578-10-28 Burial in Betley, Shropshire (FMP, Staffordshire Burials 1538-1900) | Jane (35741) | 1578 | ||
| Jana Egerton widow buried 22 October 1578 (Latin) | ||||
| 1584 Marriage Contract in Huntington (TNA C 142/283/106 IPM Henry Williams alias Cromwell 1604-5) | Contract | Oliver (8934) | ||
| between Oliver Williams alias Cromwell son Henry Williams alias Cromwell and Elizabeth Bromley a daughter of Thomas Bromley | Elizabeth (8935) | |||
| 1587-04-12 Death (Memorial, Westminster Abbey; Collins's Peerage of England, Brydges, Vol. VII, p. 251) | Thomas (17870) | Memorial | ||
| Thomas Bromley | Arms | |||
| He lies buried in Westminster Abbey… | ||||
| [The Latin inscription on his tomb] has been thus translated: “Thomas Bromley, Knt. remarkable for his wisdom, piety, and knowledge of the law, Privy-counsellor to Queen Elizabeth, and Lord Chancellor; when he had for eight years delivered equity with singular integrity and temper of mind, being snatched away, to the grief of all good men, was here buried. He lived 57 years, and died on the 12th of April, 1587. He left by his Lady Elizabeth, of the family of the Fortescues, eight children. Henry his son has, to the best of fathers, erected this monument.” | Elizabeth (17871) | |||
| 1587-04-27 Will (TNA PROB 11/70/219) | Transcription | Thomas (17870) | 1587 | |
| Testator: Thomas Bromley, knight, Lord Chancellor of England | ||||
| Executors: son Henry Bromley & brother in law Thomas Parry | ||||
| Date: 10 April 1587, proved 27 April 1587 | ||||
| Witnesses: Richard Branthwaite, John Glascock, Roger Screven, Robert Heynes | ||||
| Will: - well beloved wife Dame Elizabeth £100 and £200 in plate | ||||
| - daughter Meryell Bromley £1000 on marriage | ||||
| - daughter Meryell Bromley £100 per year until marriage and £40 in plate | ||||
| - three sons Thomas, Gerrard and Edward Bromley £100 apiece | ||||
| - sons Thomas, Gerrard and Edward Bromley share Manor of Red Castle during the minority of the heirs of Robert Corbett esquire deceased | ||||
| - sons Thomas, Gerrard and Edward Bromley share £15 per year | ||||
| - gold ring to brother Sir George Bromley & his wife, Sir William Pelham, Sir Henry Cromwell, Lodwick Grevyle esquire, brothers in law John and Thomas Fortescue esquires, married daughters and sons in law, brother Raphe Egerton esquire & his wife, brother in law Sandford esquire & his wife, brother in law Thomas Vernon esquire & his wife, brother in law Thomas Parry esquire & his wife | ||||
| [Sir George Bromley is his brother] | HoP | |||
| [Sir William Pelham is the father of Elizabeth, the wife of his son and heir Henry Bromley] | Wikipedia | |||
| [Sir Henry Cromwell is the father of Oliver, the husband of his daughter Elizabeth] | HoP | |||
| [Lodwick Grevyle is the father of Edward, the husband of his daughter Jane] | HoP | |||
| [John and Thomas Fortescue are brothers of his wife Elizabeth] | ||||
| [Ralph Egerton is his half-brother, both being sons of Jane Lacon] | ||||
| [brother-in-law Sandford is probably a son of one of the brothers of his father's first wife Elizabeth Sandford] | ||||
| [Thomas Vernon is the husband of his half-sister Dorothy née Egerton, another child of Jane Lacon] | ||||
| [Thomas Parry is the son of his wife Elizabeth Fortescue's half-brother Thomas Parry, both children of Anne Rede] | HoP | |||
| - brother Parry £10 in plate | ||||
| - his gentlemen attending him in ordinary four marks apiece, his yeomen attending upon him in ordinary 40s apiece | ||||
| - servant Robert Heynes annuity of £10 for life | ||||
| - servant Richard Cope annuity of £5 for life | ||||
| - gold ring to John Glascock gent | ||||
| - rest to son Henry Bromley | ||||
| 1600-07-27 Death in Godmanchester (BHO; Memoirs of the Protectoral-House of Cromwell, Noble, 1787, v. 1, p. 77) | Elizabeth (8935) | |||
| Elizabeth née Bromley, wife of Oliver Cromwell | Oliver (8934) | |||
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