Astley Hall

The Marriage of Peter Brooke and Susannah Crookall Peter Brooke of Astley Peter Brooke of Astley was married to James Crookall of Clifton's daughter Susannah by Special Licence issued on April 4th 1761 Know all Men by these Presents, that We Peter Brooke of Astley in the Parish of Croston and County of Lancaster Esquire and  James Crookall  (deleted) Matthew Ryley Gentleman of Clifton in the Parish of Kirkham and County aforesaid  are held and firmly bound unto the Right Reverend Father in God  Edmund  by divine Permission, Lord Bishop of Chester, in Two Hundred Pounds of good and lawful Money of  Great Britain ,  to be paid to the said  Right Reverend Father, or to his certain Attorney, his Executors, Administrators or Assigns; to which Payment well and truly to be made, We oblige Ourselves, and each of Us, by himself for the whole, Our and each of Our Heirs, Executors, and Administrators firmly by these Presents, Seale...

Today I should have been on duty as a room steward in the Long Gallery at Astley Hall.  Welcoming visitors and, hopefully, entertaining them with stories of the families who had lived at Astley.   As we all trying to keep safe either self isolating or social distancing this is not possible but I have put together this illustrated family tree which I hope will interest those who intended to visit us  today. I have recreated here the mantled Coats of Arms of two of the earliest resident families using blazons from Papworth's Armorials and Rick Macmurchie's   Armorial Gold heraldry art collection .  All put together with the free Inkscape graphic art software . The Brookes The Charnocks These have all been combined in an illustrated family tree dating back beyond the reign of Tudor Queen Elizabeth 1, "Gloriana" and the Stuart Charles 1 who was supported by the Charnock's. You can support the work of the Friends of Astley Ha...