Manor of Bradwall
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The manor of Bradwall was a manorial estate (i.e. the land) in the parish of Bradwall near Sandbach in Cheshire, which dates back to the 13th century. Several families have been associated with either the manor, or the more recent country seat at Bradwall Hall.John Parsons Earwaker, The History of the Ancient Parish of Sandbach, "[https://archive.org/stream/historyofancient00earw#page/126/mode/2up Bradwall Township]", Co. Chester including the two chapelries of Holmes Chapel and Goostrey from original records. (1890)Ormerod, George, The history of the county palatine and city of Chester, Vol.3 (1819) London, Printed for Lackington, Hughes. Harding, mayor, and Jones, [https://archive.org/stream/historyofcountyp03orme#page/64/mode/2up/search/bradwall pp 64] "Bradwall"
Bradwall of Bradwall (13th–14th centuries)
Richard de Bradwall (living before 1232{{Fix|text=John was long dead by then}} in the time of King John) was a member of the first of two families to settle in the manor of Bradwall, becoming the mesne lord of a moiety of the manor.
He was succeeded by Reginald de Bradwall, followed by a line of three Richards, until Richard de Bradwall who married Elizabeth (daughter of Thomas de Sandbach) had three daughters, and his male line became extinct.
At one time, Richard{{which|date=March 2025}} owned the Elworth Estate located partly in Bradwall, which he passed to his son Thomas de Helleworth, in about the time of Edward I (1272–1307). The family coat of arms is not certain.
Venables of Bradwall (14th century)
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The second of the two families who settled in the manor of Bradwall included Sir William Venables (living in 1312). He is well noted for a skirmish with the abbot of the Monastery of St Mary or Vale Royal, on behalf of his older brother Sir Hugh Venables, Baron of Kinderton, in which the abbot's attendant was killed with an arrow; he also served as High Sheriff of Cheshire.
The second son, Sir William Venables (living in 1362),[http://www.thornber.net/cheshire/htmlfiles/venables.html www.thornber.net] succeeded to the family estates; the estate was divided between his three daughters (Joan, Katherine, and Ellen), passing to the Beryingtons through marriage.Daniel Lysons, Magna Britannia: being a concise topographical account of the several counties of Great Britain. Containing Cambridgeshire, and the County Palatine of Chester, Volume 2, Publisher: Cadell, 1810, [https://books.google.com/books?id=n8U_AAAAcAAJ&dq=venables+%22bradwall%22+extinct&pg=PA393 page 393]
The Venables' coat of arms features a dragon-like wyvern devouring a child (see illustration for details).
Berington of Moresbarrow and Bradwall (14th–16th centuries)
William de Beryngton of Moorsborough and Bradwall acquired the title from his mother, Joan Venables of Bradwall, who married Thomas de Beryngton. The title remained in the family for about six generations, until Helen Berington, the only daughter and heiress of William and Elizabeth, married Philip Oldfield in about 1569. The family coat of arms features three greyhounds below a crest depicting a greyhound's head (see illustration for details).
Oldfield of Bradwall (16th–18th centuries)
Philip Oldfield succeeded to Bradwall at the time of his marriage to Joan Berington around 1869{{Fix|text=What should this date be?}}. A notable barrister who practised at Chester, a recumbent alabaster effigy in his memory remains in the Church of St Mary-on-the-Hill, Chester. The estate passed through six generations, until one William Oldfield, an unmarried only son, sold the estate in 1719. The Oldfield coat of arms features three crosses pattées, and a wyvern on a coronet (see illustration for details).
Ward, and Jervis, of Bradwall (18th–19th centuries)
William Oldfield sold the Bradwall estate to Charles Ward, a Dubliner, who five years later in 1725, conveyed it to his son-in-law, John Jervis (who died in Bradwall),Arthur Collings, Sir Egerton Brydges, Collins's Peerage of England: Genealogical, Biographical, and Historical, Volume 5, Published 1812, [https://books.google.com/books?id=HtMxAQAAMAAJ&q=bradwell&pg=PA400 page 400] who in turn passed the title to his son, John Jervis, a Welsh circuit judge, who held the title until his death in 1802. On 9 June 1802, the trustees conveyed the estate to John Latham MD.
Latham of Bradwall (19th century)
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The Latham family owned the Bradwall estate for three generations.George Ormerod, Parentalia: genealogical memoirs, publ. 1851, 114 pages, [https://books.google.com/books?id=xD4RAQAAIAAJ&dq=Reginald%20%20%22Bradwall%22&pg=PA57 pp.57] John Latham (1761–1843) was a physician who became President of the Royal College of Physicians.Geoffrey Davenport, Ian McDonald, Caroline Moss-Gibbons, The Royal College of Physicians and its collections: an illustrated history, Publisher: Royal College of Physicians, 2001, {{ISBN|0-907383-83-1}}, {{ISBN|978-0-907383-83-3}}, 168 pages ([https://books.google.com/books?id=bGPZSDzOCxYC&q=john+Latham&pg=PT10 page 148]) His sons were John Latham (1787–1853), a magistrate and poet,Norman Moore, "Latham, John (1787–1853)", rev. Anita McConnell, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 and Peter Mere Latham (1789–1875), a physician.W. B. Spaulding, [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1931038/ Peter Mere Latham (1789–1875): a great medical educator], Canadian Medical Association Journal, 1971 June 19; 104(12): 1109–passim. Latham senior's grandson George William Latham (1827–1886) was an English landowner, barrister and Liberal politician. When his wife died two years later, in November 1888, the estate was sold to Thomas Barlow, Esq. of Torkington, near Stockport. The Latham coat of arms features an eagle preying on a child (see illustration for details).
Barlow Baronetcy of Bradwall Hall (20th–21st centuries)
The Barlow baronetcy of Bradwall was created on 20 July 1907 for John Emmott Barlow (1857–1932),John Debrett, Debrett's baronetage, knightage, and companionage, Publisher Dean & Son, limited, 1931.[https://books.google.com/books?id=cTcaAQAAMAAJ&q=barlow+%22bradwall+hall%22+1907]London Gazette, Issue 28040 published on 16 July 1907, [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/28040/pages/4858 page 4858] a successful businessman and Liberal Member of Parliament representing Frome.Alfred M. Gollin, The Impact of Air Power on the British People and Their Government, 1909–1914, Publisher: Stanford University Press, 1989, {{ISBN|0-8047-1591-2}}, {{ISBN|978-0-8047-1591-1}}, 354 pages, [https://books.google.com/books?id=sjWsAAAAIAAJ&dq=%22john+barlow%22+liberal&pg=PA62 page 62] The second baronet was his son, John Denman Barlow (1898–1986),Who's who of British Members of Parliament: 1945–1979 Volume 4, Publisher Harvester Press, 1981, [https://books.google.com/books?id=r73XAAAAMAAJ&q=%22john+barlow%22+liberal page 17] a member of parliament for Eddisbury and Middleton and Prestwich. Sir John Barlow's brother, Thomas Bradwall Barlow, was a director of the family firm, Bradwall (F.M.S) Rubber Estate, Ltd.The directory of directors, Publisher: Thomas Skinner & Co., 1927, page 82 [https://books.google.com/books?id=VRMtAQAAMAAJ&q=bradwall] which developed rubber plantations in what was then British Malaya."[http://www.s-asian.cam.ac.uk/barlowtb.html Thomas Bradwall Barlow] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120216202453/http://www.s-asian.cam.ac.uk/barlowtb.html |date=16 February 2012 }}", Barlow Family Papers at the Centre of South Asian Studies, University of Cambridge. Retrieved 9 May 2012. See also "[http://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/deptserv/manuscripts/barlow.html The Barlow family] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150526155203/http://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/deptserv/manuscripts/barlow.html |date=26 May 2015 }}" The present baronet, since 1986, is Sir John Kemp Barlow, 3rd Bt."[http://www.burkespeerage.com/FamilyHomepage.aspx?FID=747 Barlow of Bradwall Hall]" at burkespeerage.com/