Great Bradley Timeline
Event
Date |
Event
Summary |
Event Description |
1066 |
Ulf
was the Saxon Thane until the arrival of the Normans |
 |
1071 |
Robert
de Tosny is given manor of Great Bradley |
The Norman, Robert de
Tosny came to England with William the Conqueror in 1066. In 1071 Edwin,
Earl of Mercia, was assassinated and his lands distributed amongst
William's followers. Robert de Tosny was granted the manor of Bradley and
one third of the king's rents in Stafford. He went on to build Stafford
Castle. Tosny is nowadays a little village, population 677, ten miles
south of Rouen in the north of France |
1086 |
Domesday Book records 14 villagers in Bradley
(Great & Little) |
there were 14
villagers, 12 smallholders and 6 slaves. Smallholders were reasonably
independent farmers, but still owed service to the lord. |
1150 |
Norman
part of Church is late 12th C |
The central part of
the church, form the 12th Century is the oldest remaining section.
Although Norman, it was built on an earlier Anglo Saxon building |
1200 |
Bigod family owned the manor of Bradley in the
13th C |
The Bigod family
owned the manor of Bradley in the 13th C. The Bigods were noted for,
amongst other things, being the 1st Earls of Norfolk and owners of
Framlingham Castle in Suffolk, taking part in the release of Richard the
Lionheart and the signing of the Magna Carta |
1216 |
-1272
Bigod Family own the Manor |
1216-1272 Bigod
Family In 1288 William Bigod was the owner. |
1305 |
Sir
John de Botetourt owns the Manor |
 |
1310 |
 Tenor Bell in the Church cast. |
 |
05/02/1311 |
Robert
Buteturt becomes Rector |
 |
11/13/1316 |
Roger
Buteturt becomes Rector of St Mary's |
 |
04/07/1318 |
Johannes
De Norton becomes Rector of St Mary's |
 |
02/09/1332 |
Johannes
De Pakynton becomes Rector of St Mary's |
 |
01/10/1344 |
Ricardo's
Le Morter (or le Mercer) De Berningham
becomes Rector |
 |
1350 |
Church
Tower built in late 14th C |
The tower was built
in the late 14th Century in the English Perpendicular style |
10/23/1350 |
Thomas
Gerond De Stratford becomes Rector of St Mary's |
 |
10/29/1361 |
Ricardus De Gretyngdon is Rector of St Mary's |
29 October 1361 |
1380 |
The
Baptismal font is late 14th C |
 |
09/01/1391 |
Johannes
Hercos becomes Rector of St Mary's |
 |
1400 |
Bartholemew family own Great Bradley Manor |
The Bartholemew
family were owners of Great Bradley Manor for over 100 years. Brooksby was
Sheriff of Leicestershire in 1411 and again in 1420, and member of five
parliaments between 1410 and 1435. The picture shows the family coat of
arms |
10/04/1400 |
Johannes
Pacewode becomes Rector of St Mary's |
 |
09/10/1404 |
Tomas
Philip becomes Rector of St Mary's |
 |
02/24/1422 |
Thomas
Rydell becomes Rector of St Mary's |
 |
1437 |
Bartholomew
Brooksby owned the manor |
The Broksby family
remained for over 100 years |
03/10/1437 |
Dominus Johannes Laceby made Rector of St Mary's |
 |
1443 |
Lady Margaret Beaufort born: owner of much of the
land round Great Bradley |
She was mother of
King Henry VII, born when she was just 13. She owned the land between East
Green and the River. This land then passed over to St John's College in
whose ownership it remained until recently. It is now in private
ownership. The twin cottages on the Newmarket side of the village, called
Str John's Cottages are a reminder of the past. She helped found Christ's
College and St John's College in Cambridge. Lady Margaret Hall, the first
women's college at Oxford University, was named |
01/29/1459 |
Thomas
Gardener made Rector of St Mary's |
 |
03/15/1494 |
Williemus Villers made Rector of St Mary's |
 |
09/05/1494 |
Dominus Johannes Baldwin made Rector of St Mary's |
 |
12/13/1498 |
Ricardus Brokisby made Rector of St Mary's |
 |
06/01/1500 |
Earliest
Nave window in Church is 16th C |
 |
07/13/1513 |
Dominus Johannes Bancrofte made Rector of St
Mary's |
 |
10/26/1515 |
Thomas
Lobley made Rector of Great Bradley |
|
1525 |
The
brick church porch is Tudor (16th Century) |
 |
1540 |
Treble
Bell cast before this date |
The treble bell bears
no inscription, so its origins are unknown, but authorities claim that
this is almost certainly a pre-Reformation bell (ie pre 1540) but no older
than 1300 (according too one of the repairers). It weights over 5
hundredweight and is over 30 inches in diameter. The note it rings is C
sharp |
09/24/1541 |
Thomas
Asheton made Rector of Great Bradley |
 |
1550 |
Church
Tower modified extensively in 16th Century |
 |
1552 |
Sir
Thomas Soames owns Great Bradley Manor |
The Soames' owned
Great Bradley manor in the 16th C. They also owned a house in Hatton
Garden and land in London, and eventually had land and interests in
Tobago. Thomas' son was to become Sir Stephen Soames, the Lord Mayor of
London and Lord of the Staple, which means he sat on the Wool Sack. The
family commissioned Vermuyden to prepare plans to drain the fens. The
picture is of the monument dedicated to the Soames family in Little
Thurlow church |
10/01/1558 |
Robertus Williamson made Rector of St Mary's |
 |
1576 |
2nd
church bell made in Bury St E |
The second bell,
according to Raven ('The Church Bells of Suffolk - 1890 edition') dates
from 1576. It weighs over 6 hundredweight and is 33 inches in diameter.
The note is B+. It has an inscription stating it was made in Bury St
Edmunds by the Stefanyz [Stephen] Tonni workshop in in 1576 |
06/22/1576 |
Oliverus Phillippes made Rector of St Mary's |
 |
10/01/1623 |
Bartholomew
Adrian made Rector of St Mary's |
 |
1624 |
-1627
Peyton family own the manor |
 |
1627 |
Sir
William Soames owns the manor |
1627 Sir William was
a resident of Little Thurlow |
09/08/1674 |
Robert
Billingsley made Rector of St Mary's |
 |
05/14/1675 |
Thomas
Cox made Rector of St Mary's |
 |
12/22/1679 |
William
Cyffard made Rector of St Mary's |
 |
1680 |
approx.
Soames Family own the manor |
Sir William's son,
also William, put the manor in trust to his wife for her lifetime, and
thence to other family members |
1681 |
1681:
earliest gravestone date |
 |
07/22/1690 |
Ichabod (sic) Tipping made Rector of St Mary's |
 |
04/14/1692 |
John
Cooper made Rector of St Mary's |
 |
1701 |
Parish
Records date from here |
 |
1709 |
Great
Bradley School begins |
 |
1709 |
-1753
Charles Fox owns the manor |
 |
03/24/1728 |
William
Nash made Rector of St Mary's |
 |
1753 |
-1884
Thomas Brand & family own the manor |
The Brand family
became Lords Dacre and later Viscounts Hampden. |
1774 |
Thomas
Brand born, one time owner of Great Bradley Manor |
The Brand family
owned Great Bradley manor during the 18th and 19th Centuries. Thomas Brand
was, at one time, the owner of Great Bradley Manor. He was an MP. His son,
also Thomas Brand, became 20th Baron Dacre. Their descendents became the
Viscounts Hampden two generations later. The picture shows Sir Henry
Bouverie William Brand, 1st Viscount Hampden |
08/14/1783 |
Spencer
Madan made Rector of St Mary's |
 |
06/08/1786 |
Thomas
Wythe made Rector of St Mary's |
 |
1793 |
-1839 A (Post) Windmill is known to have existed
on Bradley Hill |
St. John's College
map dated 1793 as a Post Mill and was rebuilt as a Tower Mill in 1839 for
the sum of £153. 4s. 2d. |
1801 |
Village
Population is 395 |
 |
1811 |
Village
Pop.is 406 in 55 houses |
 |
1815 |
1815-1837
former Three Tunns run as a blacksmiths |
1815 Freehold of land
acquired by Philip Frost, Blacksmith 1837 Philip Frost sold to William
Chapman, Butcher |
1821 |
Village
Pop is 487 in 89 houes |
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