1452/3 March 18 "Recognizance Rolls of Chester. Bromley, "John, armiger, license to grant the manor of Cholmondeston, held of the Earl of Chester, in capite, by knight's service, to John Nedham, William Hexstall, Randall Bromley, Henry son of John de Legh, of Legh, Gilbert Bexwyk, Ralph Kerdief, senior, John Burges, and William Dan, in trust, to grant the same to the said John Bromley and Joan his wife, and the heirs of the same John for ever." [1]
[1] The Thirty-Sixth Annual Report of The Deputy Keeper of The Public Records (London: HMSO, 1876), 91, [GoogleBooks], [HathiTrust].