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sylvania, April 28, 1847, Asenath C. Brad-
ley (see Bradley VIII), born June 16,
1824, daughter of Dr. Moore Bird Brad-
ley, of Waterford, Pennsylvania, one of
the foremost physicians in the State.
Mrs. Banning was a member of one of
the old Colonial families of that region of
the State of Pennsylvania; she died in
Cincinnati, November 13, 1909. Children :
I. Charles, deceased. 2. Blanche, de-
ceased. 3. Kate, who resides in Cincin-
nati. 4. Starr, deceased. 5. Harry, de-
ceased. 6. William, twin of Harry, de-
ceased.
(The Bradley Line).
Arms—Gules, a chevron argent between three
boars' heads couped or.
Bradley is a local name found largely in
Yorkshire, Gloucestershire, Lincolnshire,
Wiltshire, and Staffordshire. It is a
local name signifying the Broad-lea, from
the old English brad and leah. Bradley
is the name of parishes and towns in
Berkshire, Cheshire, Derbyshire, Lei-
cestershire, Lincolnshire, Staffordshire,
and Hampshire. The first mention in
England of the name Bradley is in 1183 at
the feast of St. Cuthbert in Lent, when the
Lord Hugh, Bishop of Durham, caused to
be described all the revenues of his Bish-
opric. The survey of Hugh Pudsey, called
Bolton Buke, mentions in Wolsingham,
Roger de Bradley who held forty acres at
Bradley. The family in England has been
one of the first in importance for many
centuries. In the visitation of Yorkshire,
1563-64, there is mention of Isabel, daugh-
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ter of Sir Francis Bradley, who married
Arthur Normanton, of Yorkshire. John
Bradley was bishop of Shaftsbury in 1539.
Alexander Bradley resided in the see of
Durham in 1578, and about the same time
Cuthbertus Bradley was curate of Bar-
bardi Castle.
In an account of the Pudsey family of
Bolton, County York, is found the following
note: "John de Podeshay was
killed on Joucros' Moor in 1279. Walter
de Bradelegh of Carleton, in Craven, was
present."
Robert de Bradeleye was of County
Cambridge in 1273. Brice de Bradeleghe
was of County Somerset in 1273. William
de Bradelegh was of County Devon
temp, Henry III. Wilhelmus Brodelegh,
of Yorkshire, in 1379; Agnes Bradelay, of
Yorkshire, in 1379; Richard de Bradleghe,
of County Somerset, i Edward III ; Henry
de Bradleye, County Somerset, i Edward
III.
In Ravenser, County York, in 1297,
was William de Bradeley, while John de
Bradeley was of Staynelay (Stainley),
County York, at the same time. Emma
de Bradley was of Thornton, as was
Roger de Bradley. In 1344 Robert Bradeley
was living at Bolton, County York,
England, where his name appears in the
case of John de Pudesay against Richard
de Shotelesworth. In 1394 John, Lord of
Coven, granted his manor in Coven with
all of his lands to John Bradley, of Penkrich,
and William de Hyde, of Brewood,
for which they are to pay him a rose at
midsummer. John Bradley was of
Labrone or Harmbeye, County York, in
1550: Thomas Bradley, of Wadyngton,
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County York, in ; 1555 and Richard Bradley
and Ann, his wife, were of Bradford,
County York, in 1569.
The following wills are found in County
Bradeley, No-
York, England : Edmund
vember 9, 1471 ; John de Bradeley, of Es-
yngton, May 6, 1405 ; John Bradeley, of
Gonthwate, parish of Penyston, August
I, 1491 ; Horme Bradeley, rector of Rawmersh,
April 24, 1483 ; Thomas Bradlay,
buried at Wodkirk, August 3, 1509; Wil-
liam Bradlay, of York, December i, 1467;
Patrick Bradley, of York, July 13, 1446;