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MANOR OF BROUGHTON-IN-FURNESS
Catalogue reference: BD Broughton
What’s it about?
This record is about the MANOR OF BROUGHTON-IN-FURNESS dating from 1245 - 1945.
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Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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BD Broughton
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Title (The name of the record)
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MANOR OF BROUGHTON-IN-FURNESS
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Date (When the record was created)
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1245 - 1945
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Description (What the record is about)
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Legal papers, correspondence, personal papers and plans.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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The main classes of records are:
BD Broughton/1. Court Books. 1658-1928
BD Broughton/2. Enrolment Books. 1929-1934
BD Broughton/3. Call Books. 1780-1925
BD Broughton/4. Admittance Books. 1866-1925
BD Broughton/5. Miscellaneous records re court. 1653-1905
BD Broughton/6. Rentals. 1577-1945
BD Broughton/7. Draft Jury's verdicts. 1721-1922
BD Broughton/8. Title Deeds. 1424-Circa1920
BD Broughton/9. Admittances. 1654-1911
BD Broughton/10. Orders re the transfer of land. 1872-1906
BD Broughton/11. Plans and sketches. 1832-1934
BD Broughton/12. Manorial officials. 1839-1890
BD Broughton/13. Manorial Customs. 1585-1826
BD Broughton/14. Manorial Expenses. 1773-1824
BD Broughton/15. Manorial Notices and Posters. 1800-1926
BD Broughton/16. Broughton-in-Furness Fair. 1245-date
BD Broughton/17. Broughton-in-Furness Enclosure Award papers. 1771-1891
BD Broughton/18. Legal Cases. c1724-c1880
BD Broughton/19. Correspondence. c1744-1926
BD Broughton/20. Lead Mining Papers. 1768-1879
BD Broughton/21. Collection of Crown Rents in North Lonsdale. 1711-1802
BD Broughton/22. Railway papers. 1857-1881
BD Broughton/23. Personal papers of the Sawrey family. 1742-1879
BD Broughton/24. Probate papers. 1705-1920
BD Broughton/25. Pedigrees and correspondence re inheritance. 1668-1879
BD Broughton/26. Financial papers. 1733-20thC.
BD Broughton/27. Newspaper cuttings. 1869-1908
BD Broughton/28. Miscellaneous. 1738-1933
BD Broughton/29. Mortgage and Sale of Estate. 1890-1913
BD Broughton/30. Enfranchisements. 1891-1940
BD Broughton/31. Conveyances and Leases, including Tithe 1775-1932
BD Broughton/32. Various legal matters. 1882-1913
BD Broughton/33. Slates and iron ore. 1873-1906
BD Broughton/34. Personal Sawrey family matters and Stewards business. 1880-1894
BD Broughton/35. The West Cumberland Parliamentary Election. 1906
BD Broughton/36. Sales Particulars. 1877-1914
BD Broughton/37. Loose Plans. [c1890-1910]
BD Broughton/38. Miscellaneous. 1894-1913
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- Cumbria Archive and Local Studies Centre, Barrow
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Language (The language of the record)
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English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- <corpname>Manor of Broughton, Broughton in Furness</corpname>
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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38 Series
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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Records transferred by Lancashire Record Office on 11 November 1988 and 22 February 1991 (29-38).
In 1988 Lancashire County Council sold the Manor of Broughton to Cumbria County Council. As a result of this sale, the records belonging to the Manor were transferred to the Record Office in Barrow.
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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LORDS OF THE MANOR OF BROUGHTON
12thC.-1487 de Broughton family. Ailward de Broughton was probably granted the Manor of Broughton by William de Lancaster after 1160. The manor was confiscated from Sir Thomas Broughton who fought with Lambert Simnel at the Battle of Stoke.
1487-1653/4 Earls of Derby. Sold by eighth Earl due to losses in Civil War.
1653/4-1658 Edward Lee (or Leigh).
1658-1699 Roger Sawrey, a parliamentarian and baptist.
1699-1705 Jeremiah Sawrey.
1705-1755 Richard Gilpin Sawrey. He died in 1755 without children and left the manor to a cousin, John Gilpin, who added Sawrey to his name.
1755-1773 John Gilpin Sawrey.
1773-1799 John Cookson Gilpin Sawrey. He inherited the estate from his father at the age of 4 years. Until he became of age, his mother, Esther Sawrey, and Ruth Gilpin, Rev. Jeremiah Gilpin, William Gilpin and Esther Cookson were his guardians. He died in Lisbon, Portugal, leaving the estate to his sister, Sarah.
1799-1823 Jean Bertrand de Boubee de Brouquens and Sarah, his wife. Although Jean did not die until 1838 and Sarah until 1842, their second son, John Joachim Vital, inherited the manor and took the name Sawrey.
1823-1881 John Sawrey. He died in 1881 unmarried and left the manor to a distant relation, James Cookson of Neasham Hall, Durham, who added Sawrey to his name.
1881-1889 James Sawrey Cookson.
1889-1920 Mrs Georgina Margaret Sawrey Cookson. She sold the manor in 1920.
1920-1947 Captain Robert Rankin (later Sir). He gave the Victory Hall to Broughton Parish Council in 1930 and the manor to Lancashire in 1947.
1947-1988 Lancashire County Council.
1988 Cumbria County Council bought the manor from Lancashire but not Broughton Tower. The Tower was kept by Lancashire County Council for continued use as a Special School. The School closed in July 1997.
The traditional Proclamation of the Market on behalf of the Lord of the Manor still takes place in the village square on 1st August in each year.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/b9905c22-1b1e-4093-a63f-53367cb8490b/
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