| Administrative History | The marriage of Edward Mytton's daughter, Elizabeth, to Thomas Wilbraham of Woodhey, co. Chester in 1651 eventually led to the settlement of the manors of Weston-under-Lizard, Bobbington, Blymhill and Tamhorne, and the manor of Walsall, previously granted to a Richard Wilbraham in 1557, upon the daughter of the marriage, Mary Wilbraham. Lady Elizabeth Wilbraham and her husband, who seem to have lived almost entirely at Weston, rebuilt the house and stables, and Lady Wilbraham also restored the church after her husband's death. By her marriage to Richard Newport, 2nd Earl of Bradford (1st creation) in 1681 Mary Wilbraham brought the Newports to Weston. |