Catalogue description MANOR OF BROUGHTON-IN-FURNESS

This record is held by Cumbria Archive and Local Studies Centre, Barrow

Details of BD Broughton
Reference: BD Broughton
Title: MANOR OF BROUGHTON-IN-FURNESS
Description:

Legal papers, correspondence, personal papers and plans.
Date: 1245 - 1945
Arrangement:

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
Held by: Cumbria Archive and Local Studies Centre, Barrow, not available at The National Archives
Language: English
Creator:

Manor of Broughton, Broughton in Furness
Physical description: 38 Series
Immediate source of acquisition:

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.
Subjects:
  • Broughton in Furness
Administrative / biographical background:

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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