Augustine DE BREIGHTMET of Barton
(-Bef 1196)

 

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Spouses/Children:
Lady Edith DE BARTON

Augustine DE BREIGHTMET of Barton

  • Married: Before 1180
  • Died: Before 1196

  Research Notes:

Edith daughter of Matthew son of Leysing de Barton, [married as] her first husband ... Augustine de Barton... 1

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British History Online says that Breightmet had 66 acres of arable land and 709 acres of grassland. The former township of Breightmet lies between Bradshaw and Bradshaw Brook on the West Pennine Moors above Bolton. Its unusual name is thought to be of Saxon origin meaning " a bright meadow". Different spellings of this place name have appeared over the years such as Brihtmede (1257, Brightmete (1277, Breghmete (1292), Brithmete (1302) and Brightmet (1510) Breightmet in its present form as existed since the late 16th century...

From a document of 1212 A.D. we learn that Augustine De Breightmet held "one plough land" in Breightmet... 2

  Marriage Information:

Augustine married Lady Edith DE BARTON, daughter of Matthew BARTON. (Edith DE BARTON died before 16 Oct 1220 in Lancashire, England.)

Sources

1 BHO | BRITISH HISTORY ONLINE, Townships: Barton, citing A History of the County of Lancaster: Volume 4, ed. William Farrer and J Brownbill (London, 1911), pp. 363-376. Lancs. Inq. and Extents, i, 137, 301. He was also known as Augustine de Breightmet, which place in 1212 was held by William de Notton; ibid. 71. See Ormerod, Ches. (ed. Helsby), i, 422, citing the Mobberley charters.

2 Bolton-Le-Moors.

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