My forefathers, their history from records & traditions - Tracey/Tracy ...

BRADHURST, BROADHURST, de BRADEHURST ii
Motto, " Sapere et tacere "—a Motto which was adopted by their kinsmen
seated at Foston Hall, in Derbyshire.
Referring to the Staffordshire branch of the family, we find the
death of Mrs. Mary Broadhurst, of Derrington, in that county, thus
recorded, under the heading of " Burials begin here for which four
shillings was paid to the Kinge. Anno Domini 1695."
"ffebruary 23. M" Mary Broadhurst dyed in this parish, but was buried iii
y' parish of Lyneall in Salop. ( ten shillings
p'^ for a inort-
-ury from
Clanford Grangey
Derrington, or Derington, it must be explained, now belongs to
the Parish of Seighford, where the old Register is to be found. The
name of the burial place, " Lyneall," is not very legible ; but the name
most approaching to it in that county is Lyneal, near EUesmere.
But there is no record of any place of burial at Lyneal at so early a
date. The Register of this new Parish only goes back to 1870; all
burials, prior to July in that year, having taken place at EUesmere
and at the latter the old Register no longer exists
As to " Clanford Grange,"—the place from which Mrs. Broad-
hurst's " mortury " was paid for,—it was probably at Caton Clanford
(which, like Derington, is a hamlet belonging to Seighford), where
there is a very picturesque old Hall, black and white, used as a Farm
House. It is said that the last remaining traces of an old " Clanford
Hall" were removed some years ago. And so it seems that the
reason for this lady's burial in the neighbouring County of Salop, the
place itself, and her connection with the long-since vanished Clanford
Grange, are all lost in the mists of the past.
But the mention of Derington, her last abode, leads us to
Jonathan Broadhurst, of that place, who went to America, and whose
descendants continue to bear the Arms of their Staffordshire fore-
fathers, although they have omitted the o from their name, and
reverted to the spelling, Bradhurst, which dates from the year 13 13.