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 Devon Notes and Qwries, 251 John Bradford, of Poughill, gent., b. 1652 ; Wadham Coll., 1669-70; B.A., 1673 > ^^^ issue : 1. John Bradford, b. 1679; Balliol Coll., 1697; ^*^m 1 701 ; M.A., 1704; Vicar Buckfastleigh, 1718. 2. Robert Bradford, b. 1694 > Balliol Coll., 1712 : b.a., 1715; M.A., 1718. 3. Henry Bradford, b. 1696 ; Balliol Coll., 1714 ; b.a., 1 71 8; M.A., 1721 ; Rector Mary Tavy, 1727; South Brent, 1739; Will, 1744 (P. R.E.) Robert Bradford, of Stockleigh English, had issue : 1. Edward Bradford, b. 1672; Balliol Coll., 1698; b.a., 1702 : Rector Huxham, I708 : Will, 1738 (P.R.E.) Was he the R. of Buckland Filleigh, instead of the Edward above ? 2. William Bradford, b. 1681 ; Balliol Coll., 1708. Robert Bradford, of Newton Abbot, had issue. John Bradford, 1798, Pembroke Coll., 1816; b.a., 1820; M.A., 1823. John Bradford, of Newton Abbot, b. 1769; Badliol Coll., 1787 ; B.A., 1791. John Bradford, Rector of Black Torrington, 1712 ; b. 1737; Will, 1737 (P.R.E.) John Bradford, Vicar Pinhoe, 26 Nov., 1740; d. 23 Sept., 1780; Will, i78o(P.R.E.) 201. Collipriest (II, p. 221, par. 175). — To enable me to reply to Mr. Carew, I have been allowed to examine the old maps of Blackmore in addition to the one in the Town Hall, and there is no mention of Ashley in connection with the bridge. The bridge was where Dunsford's map of 1792 clearly locates it, near the Mogridge turnpike gate and the ford marked in old Ordnance maps. How can Mr. Carew say there was no river path before the nineteenth century, when Dunsford's map of the town in 1792 distinctly marks it from the Little Silver Bridge? In 1773 Mr. Winsloe built the bridge over the Lowman in St. Andrew's Street. The town contributed ;f 20 and 5s. annually for 20 years. If the public had no right there, why was it done ? (See Harding^s Tiverton^ I., p. 134.) There must have been old church paths, for Dunsford, in his history (p. 197) refers to a very ancient chapel close to