Mabel Bradshagh

Sometimes written as Mabella.

From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haigh,_Greater_Manchester

• Hugh de Haigh, probably Hugh le Norreys, paid 3 marks in 1193–4 for having the king's good will.
• Richard de Orrell granted land in Haigh to Cockersand Abbey in 1220.
• In 1282 Hugh le Norreys was lord of Haigh.
• His daughter Mabel married William Bradshagh and in 1298 they inherited the manors of Haigh and Blackrod from Mabel's father.
• Bradshagh took part in Adam Banastre's rebellion in 1315 for which he was outlawed and by 1317 his manors were confiscated by the crown and granted to Peter de Limesey.[4] William was presumed dead and Mabel remarried, but he returned in 1324 and killed Mabel's new husband.
• Sir William was killed at Winwick in August 1333. As penance, a legend states that Mabel walked barefoot from Wigan to Haigh every week for the rest of her life. The legend was made into a novel by Sir Walter Scott, and is remembered by Mab's Cross in Wigan Lane. In 1336 and 1337 Mabel Bradshaigh arranged for the succession of the manors to her husband's nephews; Haigh to William, son of John de Bradshagh, and Blackrod to Roger, son of Richard. In 1338 she founded a chantry in Wigan Church. She held the manor until 1346.[4]

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From http://www.clanlindsay.com/haigh_hall.htm

The original owner of Haigh Manor/Hall is not known. However in 1295 it is believed that William de Bradshaigh, acquired Haigh Manor by marrying Mabel le Norreys. According to one account of the legend, in 1324, ten years after leaving, Bradshaigh returned from the wars in Scotland, promptly killed his wife's new husband, and made her walk barefoot and dressed in sackcloth to their home at Haigh Hall once a week for the rest of her life. The account was made into a novel* by Sir Walter Scott, and the event is still marked by Mab's Cross in Wigan Lane. In reality Sir William Bradshaigh’s absence from Haigh was due to his banishment by King Edward II for taking part in a rebellion against the Earl of Lancaster.