Peter Bramwell

Peter was the third child & second son of Peter Bramwell & Hannah Hatfield.

He was baptised at the Parish Church, Chapel-en-le-Frith on 23 Feb 1800.

He married Martha Shepley on 11 Jan 1838 at the same church

January 11th 1838 at the Parish Church Chapel-en-le-Frith - Peter Bramwell - full age - bachelor - Slater - Chapel-en-le-Frith - Peter Bramwell - Slater & Martha Shepley - full age - spinster - Chapel-en-le-Frith - no father recorded. Both signed. James Braddock & Edward Heathcote were witnesses.

1841 Census - CELF
Peter Bramwell - 40 - Slater - Yes
Martha Bramwell - 40 - No

1851 Census - Park, CELF
Peter Bramwell - Head - Mar - 49 - Slater Master - Dby, CELF
Martha Bramwell - Wife - Mar - 51 - Dby, CELF
Martha Ann Ford - Cousin - 8 - Scholar - Dby, CELF
Ellen Lowe - Servant - Um - 26 - Dby, CELF

1861 Census -Park Houses, CELF
Peter Bramwell - Head - Wid - 60 - Slater - Dby CELF
Ellen Bramwell - Sister - Um - 43 - House Keeper - Dby CELF
Mary H Bramwell - Niece - Um - 7 - Scholar - Dby CELF
Elizabeth Bramwell - Niece - Um - 5 - Scholar - Dby CELF

1871 Census - Park Houses, CELF
Peter Bramwell - Head - Wid - 71 - Slater - Dby, CELF

1881 Census - Park Lane, CELF
Peter Bramwell - Head - Wid - 81 - Retired Slater - Dby, CELF
Daniel Sumner - Visitor - Wid - 48 - Shoe Maker - Lancashire, Manchester

He died 19 Mar 1886 & was buried at the Parish Church in Chapel.

His memorial inscription says: Martha wife of Peter Bramwell of Park died 1st April 1854 aged 57 also the above Peter Bramwell died 19th March 1886 aged 86.

Peter left a Will dated 15 March 1883:

Peter Bramwell of 'The Park' in Chapel-en-le-Frith in the County of Derby, Yeoman.
He gives his bed & chest of drawers in the front room to Georgina Haslam who was residing with Samuel Lomas & Mary his wife (his housekeeper)
He gives his desk & chest of drawers in the back room to Martha Taylor (the wife of Robert Taylor of Stockport)
He gives all his houses & belongings on Church Brow to Ellen Ford, John Ford, James Green & Samuel Ashton.
He gives twenty pounds to Georgina Haslam
He gives five pounds to Elizabeth Haslam
He gives ten pounds to Ellen Ford (wife of Benjamin Ford)
He gives ten pounds to each of his nephews, Peter, James & Joseph (sons of his brother Joseph Bramwell)
He gives ten pounds to his neices Elizabeth (the wife of Noah Bramwell) & Rebecca (the wife of Joseph Walker) (daughter of his late brother Charles Bramwell)
He left all his investments shared equally between his brother Joseph Bramwell, his brother William Bramwell his sister Ellen Ford & Mary Lomas his housekeeper.
He leaves his brother Joseph Bramwell, the room above the Hearse House in Market Street, CELF
He leaves the leasehold & freehold of his property to his great nephew Peter Bramwell.
He leaves instruction to pay the bell rings of the Parish Church CELF, 10 shillings every Christmas Eve to eat a supper.
He also mentions his nephew Peter Bramwell & Susanna his wife, his nephews John, Peter, Stephen & Thomas (sons of his brother William)

The Will was proved at Derby on 6 May 1886
Gross value of Personal Estate £299.9.5

His wife Martha also left a Will dated 14 Nov 1849:

This is the last Will and Testament of me Martha Bramwell wife of Peter Bramwell of Park House in the Parish of Chapel-en-le-Frith in the County of Derby made published and declared in manner and form following that is to say... She leaves her husband everything including **Oxford firn & Briely Fields** situated in the Township of Chinley, Bugsworth and Brownside which was being occupied by Peter Ford plus three cottages on Church Brow, Chapel-en-le-Frith which were being occupied by Sarah Lowe and John Nall. Twenty pounds was left to Martha Ann Ford the illegitimate daughter of Hannah Ford (afterwards Hannah Frith) of Chapel-en-le-Frith & ten pounds was left to Thomas Noble son of Joseph Noble of Chapel-en-le-Frith. The will was made on fourteenth day of November one thousand eight hundred and forty nine & (Signed) Martha Bramwell

Executors ~ William Lazenby Excise Officer & William Carrington Printer

Martha died April 1st 1854
Probate granted 7th August 1854

**The Parish of Chinley, Bugsworth & Brownside old map says Oxley Firn & Briely Fields.

A passage from the book 'Chapel-en-le-Frith, Its People and its History' by Wm Braylesford Bunting.

Opposite to the Black Greyhound is the house for many years belonging to the Shepley family and now occupied by Messers Shepley, painters. In the possession of this family and long kept in this house is a "Yule Log", attached to which is the following note signed by Peter Bramwell, of The Park, who died in 1886. "Constance Oliver bread baker bought this girl Sally Shepley this little yule loaf on New Years Day 1777 as she was poorly. She played with it as long as she lived and was the daughter of Thomas & Mary Shepley. Her parents kept it during their life then left it to their daughter Bessie, sister to Sally for her to take care of then she left it to her neice Marth Shepley my wife and it has been in my possession for forty seven years."

Carew Hazlitt (Faiths & Folklore) says Yule loaf or Yule dough was a kind of baby or little image of paste which bakers used formerly to bake at Christmas & present to their customers. He suggests it was intended as an image of the infant Christ.

After talking to Uncle Joe the shorter about Peter Bramwell & Martha he told me where they lived on Old Park Rd, Chapel-en-le-Frith. On the outside wall of the house is a stone plaque with PB 1826 on it ... Peter Bramwell house built 1826. No 4 Park Houses is now owned by Andrew Boundy and he has found, hidden in an interior wall, a plaque that says "This house built by Peter & Martha Bramwell 1826. "

There is also a gravestone on the cellar floor which says ... Sacred the memory of the daughter of Peter ... Hannah Bramwell who died January 15th 1815 aged 4. There is another gravestone outside which is in the path but no inscription is known.

We have found the burial entry for Ellen Bramwell, daughter of Peter Bramwell who died 15 Jan 1815 aged 4. So we presume the name was a mistake and that's why it ended up on the floor of the cellar ~ 19th century recycling!

Andrew very kindly sent me the Epitone of Title which shows how the house was passed on. Incredibly, Ada Hitchens was also a decendent of the Bramwell family.
18 Dec 1834 - lease - Henry Kirk to Peter Bramwell
4 Dec 1937 - Assignment & Conveyance - James Bramwell to Arthur Bramwell
17 Nov 1964 - Probate of - Arthur Bramwell in favour Stephen Buckingham & Fred Hartle Hitchins
1 Feb 1970 - Death of Stephen Buckingham
29 Sep 1970 - Assent by - Fred Hartle Hitchens in favour of himself
30 Sep 1970 - Deed of Appointment - Fred Hartle Hitchens & Ada Hitchens
19 Dec 1972 - Death of Fred Hartle Hutchens
4 Jun 1973 - Deed of Appointment of new trustee - Ada Hitchens & Clare Bramwell Mortin