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Families covered: Briggs (Brigges) of Crasfont, Brigges of Ernestre, Brigges of Haughton, Briggs of Saul

                               
John Brigges or Briggs of Saul, Norfolk (possibly temp Edward II who r. 1307-1327)
1. John Brigges or Briggs of Saul, Norfolk had issue
2. Edmund Briggs of Crastfont, Westmoreland
  A. John Briggs of Crastfont
i. Simon Briggs of Crastfont
  a. Thomas Briggs of Crastfont
  (1) Simon Briggs or Brigges of Crastfont
  m. Catherine Bellingham
  (A) Brian Briggs or Brigges of Crastfont
  m. Cecily Gilpin (dau of Oliver Gilpin of Yorkshire)
  (i) Oliver Brigges of Ernestre (Salop), last of Crastfont (d 1596)
  m1/2. Jane Abington (dau of Richard Abington or Habington of Brockhampton)
  m2/1. Anne Coningsby (dau of Humphrey Coningsby of Nenesoles)
  (a) Humphrey Brigges of Ernestre, Sheriff of Salop (a 1605) - continued below
  m. Anne Moreton (dau of Robert Moreton of Haughton)
  (b) Oliver Brigges (3rd son)
  m. Joanna Lutley (dau of Adam Lutley)
  (c)+ other issue - Brian (dsp), Elinor

 

 

Humphrey Brigges of Ernestre, Sheriff of Salop (a 1605) - continued above
m. Anne Moreton (dau of Robert Moreton of Haughton)
1. Sir Moreton Brigges, 1st Bart of Haughton (a 1641)
  m. Cryzogon or Grisagona (dau of Edward Grey of Buildwas)
  A. Sir Humphrey Brigges, 2nd Bart of Haughton (d c1691)
  m1. Elizabeth Cary (dau of Sir Philip Cary of Marylebone)
  i.+ issue (d young) - Mreton, Edward
  m2. Elizabeth Wilbraham (dau of Sir Richard Wilbraham of Woodhey)
iii. Sir Humphrey Brigges, 3rd Bart of Haughton (b c1651, d 1699)
  m. Barbara Wyndham (dau of Sir Wadham Wyndham of Norrington (not Nonyngton), judge)
  a. Sir Humphrey Brigges, 4th Bart of Haughton (d unm 08.12.1734)
  b. Sir Hugh Brigges, 5th Bart of Haughton, Sheriff of Salop (d unm 27.10.1767)
  c. Barbara Brigges
  m. Edward Chandler, Bishop of Durham (d 1750)
  (1) Richard Chandler, later Cavendish (b c1703, dsp 22.11.1769, MP)
  m. (02.1722-3) Elizabeth Cavendish (dau of Lord James Cavendish)
  (2) Wadham Chandler (dsp, vicar General of Durham)
  (3) Anne Chandler
  m. Rev. Thomas Brotherton
  (4) Catharine Chandler
  m. Wadham Wyndham of Eversley
(5) Barbara Chandler
  m1. William Cavendish (son of Lord James)
  m2. (10.1751) Hon. John Fitzwilliam
  d. Elizabeth Brigges
  m. Leigh Brooke of Blacklands
  (1) ?? Brooke
  (A) John Brooke of Haughton (d 1780, vicar of Shifnal)
e. Frances Brigges
  m. Rev. Dr. _ Chetham of Derbyshire
  f.+ other issue - William, Anne (d unm), Magdalen (d unm)
  m3. (sp) Anne (widow of Richard Moreton of Montgomeryshire)
  m4. (sp) Magdalen Corbet (dau of Sir John Corbet, Bart of Adderley)
  B. Robert Brigges (3rd son)
  m. Sarah Moreton (dau of Thomas Moreton of Shifnal)
i. Martha Brigges
  m1. Richard Spencer of London
  m2. (10.1668) Sir John Stonhouse, 2nd Bart of Radley (b 1637, d 1700)
  C. Priscilla Brigges
  m. Robert Dod of Petsey
  D. Anne Brigges
  m. Thomas Draper of Walton
  E. Elizabeth Brigges
  m. Edward Chapman of Greenwich
  F. Frances Brigges
  m. Ferrers Fowke of Brewood
  G.+ other issue - Moreton (dsp), Martha (d young), Sarah (d young)
2. Priscilla Brigges (d infant)

Main source(s): BEB1841 (Brigges of Haughton), Visitation (Shropshire, 1623, Briggs of Ernestree and Haughton)
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