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Broughton - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (433 words) |
 | In the County of Chester, the Broughtons descend in the male line from Hugh de Vernon, baron of Shipbroke at the time of the Norman Conquest, whose son, Richard de Vernon was father of Adam de Napton, county Warwick, whose issue assumed their local name from Broughton in Staffordshire. |
| In the county of Buckingham, at the time of the Domesday survey (1086), the principal manor of Broughton was held by Walter Giffard, Earl of Buckingham, and cousin of William the Conqueror. |
| The name Broughton continued to be prominent among the knights and sheriffs of England for three or four centuries. |
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