Shropshire, Ludlow
Tomb of John Bridgeman c1568- 1637 Chief Justice of Chester and wife Frances sister and heiress of Giles Daunt of Owlpen, daughter of Henry Daunt and Dorothy Hussey. Monument attributed to Francisco Fanelli
John was the son of John Bridgeman of Littledean and Ann daughter of William Garnon of Hereford a minor gentry family
Children
1. Henry died an infant:
2. George d1643 m Heavingham daughter of Sir James Pitts / Pytts of Kyre and Mary daughter of Sir Arthur Heavingham
3. Anne m John Winford of Astley Worc
4. John 1646 buried at Upton
5. Elizabeth m Sir Richard Hussey
& Thomas, William & Mary
When Giles Daunt died still a minor & without issue in 1596, the ownership of Owlpen was disputed with Frances' uncle Thomas Daunt. John lost the case when he was accused of forging deeds before Sir Edward Coke, the Attorney General.
(Thomas Daunt was entailed of Owlpen and the Gloucestershire lands that his brother Henry had inherited as eldest son. Giles died before he even became of age, but Henry Daunt's will had clearly named Giles the heir. The Star Chamber ruled that the estates were entailed to the male heirs, and the next male heir after Henry died was Giles, who died, then Thomas Daunt)
Bridgeman was called to the bar in 1600. Most of his work was in the Court of Common Pleas, a report of whose proceedings between 1613-1621 he compiled. In 1613, he bought the manor of Nympsfield, Gloc with Luke Garnon.
1623 saw a number of advancements being appointed to the Council of the Marches,. a serjeant-at-law and knighted by Charles l at Whitehall With the assistance of Sir Thomas Coventry a fellow student at the Inner Temple, he was appointed to the vacant office of Chief Justice of Chester in 1626.
In 1628, he and his son George jointly purchased Prinknash Park near Gloucester, which then became the family home
In 1637, Bridgeman was compelled to take severe measures to end pilgrimages to St Winefride's Well, Flintshire, considered a hotbed of recusancy by the government/ He seems to have been an unpopular judge, giving harsh sentences for trivial offences. - Ralph Gibbon composed the following upon his death
"Here lies Sir John Bridgeman clad in his clay; God said to the devil, Sirrah, take him away" - Ludlow Shropshire
Shropshire, Ludlow
Tomb of John Bridgeman c1568- 1637 Chief Justice of Chester and wife Frances sister and heiress of Giles Daunt of Owlpen, daughter of Henry Daunt and Dorothy Hussey. Monument attributed to Francisco Fanelli
John was the son of John Bridgeman of Littledean and Ann daughter of William Garnon of Hereford a minor gentry family
Children
1. Henry died an infant:
2. George d1643 m Heavingham daughter of Sir James Pitts / Pytts of Kyre and Mary daughter of Sir Arthur Heavingham
3. Anne m John Winford of Astley Worc
4. John 1646 buried at Upton
5. Elizabeth m Sir Richard Hussey
& Thomas, William & Mary
When Giles Daunt died still a minor & without issue in 1596, the ownership of Owlpen was disputed with Frances' uncle Thomas Daunt. John lost the case when he was accused of forging deeds before Sir Edward Coke, the Attorney General.
(Thomas Daunt was entailed of Owlpen and the Gloucestershire lands that his brother Henry had inherited as eldest son. Giles died before he even became of age, but Henry Daunt's will had clearly named Giles the heir. The Star Chamber ruled that the estates were entailed to the male heirs, and the next male heir after Henry died was Giles, who died, then Thomas Daunt)
Bridgeman was called to the bar in 1600. Most of his work was in the Court of Common Pleas, a report of whose proceedings between 1613-1621 he compiled. In 1613, he bought the manor of Nympsfield, Gloc with Luke Garnon.
1623 saw a number of advancements being appointed to the Council of the Marches,. a serjeant-at-law and knighted by Charles l at Whitehall With the assistance of Sir Thomas Coventry a fellow student at the Inner Temple, he was appointed to the vacant office of Chief Justice of Chester in 1626.
In 1628, he and his son George jointly purchased Prinknash Park near Gloucester, which then became the family home
In 1637, Bridgeman was compelled to take severe measures to end pilgrimages to St Winefride's Well, Flintshire, considered a hotbed of recusancy by the government/ He seems to have been an unpopular judge, giving harsh sentences for trivial offences. - Ralph Gibbon composed the following upon his death
"Here lies Sir John Bridgeman clad in his clay; God said to the devil, Sirrah, take him away" - Ludlow Shropshire