BROUGHTON, (Wiltshire) bet. Bradford and Lacock, was heretofore the estate of the Giffards of Brimsfield in the R. of
Edw.I. and in that of Hen. IV. bel. part to Gilbert, Ld. Talbot, and part to John Tuchet, Ld. Audley. In the R. of Hen.
VI. it bel. to Edward, D. of York and Albemarle; and in that of Edw. IV. to the kingmaking E. of Warwick; but in whose
hands it has been since, we have no certain account.