married Alice, daughter of Sir John Savage, Knt. He it was that began to rebuild Brisingham church and tower, though he lived not to see them finished. At his death, his estate was divided among his six daughters, viz.
Margaret, married to Thomas Pudsey.
Catherine, to John Allow, or Atthow.
Alice, to Edmund Saltmarch.
Elizabeth, to William Huntley.
Margery, to Henry Pudsey.
Joan, to John Daniel of Daresbury, in Cheshire; each of which had a sixth part of the manor and advowson, in right of their wives; but for want of accounts of the separate descents of the daughters, I cannot exactly trace every part; but thus much I find in the ancient court-copies, and other evidences, that
In 1546, John Futter of Stanton, in Suffolk, was lord of two parts, who, in 1550, purchased another part of
Sir Richard Southwell, Knt. who had it of
Thomas, son of William Huntley, Gent. by which he became lord of a moiety; he bought one of his first parts of
Henry Chitting, and Bridget his wife, daughter and heiress to one of Pilkington's daughters.
In 1543, Thomas Wiat, Esq. son and heir of Thomas Wiat, Knt. had a part.
John Futter left his three parts, or moiety, to
Robert, his son, who made several settlements of it in 1561, to divers uses, on
Francis Boldero and Edmund Wiseman, who conveyed it to
Thomas Andrews and William Phellips, who settled it on
Bartholomew Kemp. But notwithstanding all this, when the title came to be inspected, in order for sale, some flaw or other was found, so that Wiseman and Boldero, who purchased it of Robert, were forced to have a new recovery, Sir Nicholas Bacon, Lord-Keeper, being sole feoffee, in whom the title was entirely vested. As to the other parts,
Thomas, son of John Daniel, sold his to
Christopher Coe, Gent. in 1528; in 1535,
John Atlow sold his to
William Skimsber; and in Sir Peter Leicester's Description of Cheshire, it is said that
Sir Ralph Leicester of Toft, in 1561, sold a part to
Francis Baldero and Edmund Wiseman, which was settled on
Sir Nicholas Bacon, in order for sale, as all the parts were. How Coe's and Skimsber's passed I cannot tell; but upon recoveries suffered, they were also vested in
Sir Nicholas, and by him sold, with the advowson, to
Thomas Duke of Norfolk, and his feoffees, sc. Sir Nicholas Le Strange, and Sir Richard Fulmerston, Knts. and John Bleverhasset, Esq. who kept their first court here, the 10th of Feb. 1564; the style of which ran thus:
"The first general court-baron and lete, of the noble Prince Thomas Duke of Norfolk, Earl-Marshal of England, Nicholas Le Strange, Richard Fulmerston, Knts. and John Bleverhasset, Esq. trustees to the use of the said Duke, by
