Bruley History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

The surname Bruley was first found in Bedfordshire where Osbern de Broily held lands in 1086 as listed in the Domesday Book. "The coat of the English Bruleys is in one of the windows of the parish church at Stanford, Leicestershire. Simon de Broily held lands in Warwick 2, and John de Bruilly, 1324, was summoned to a great council at Westminster." 3

"They acquired Waterstock, in Oxfordshire, by marriage, from the Foliots; Sir Henry Bruilly was in possession of it in 1279, and held it of the Bishop for one knight's fee. It remained with his descendants for six generations; and then passed to Joan de Bruilly, the daughter of the last heir, and through her to the Danvers." -Antiquities of Oxfordshire.

William de Broly held in Kent in the time of Edward I. (Rotul. Hundred); and John de Broyli in Gloucestershire 1

Robert de Bruley held Nether Aston in Warwickshire in 1185 which he renamed Aston Bruley. It was held by the family until the middle of the 15th century, when by marriage it became the property of the Danvers family.

Of this family we know that Henry de Bruley (b. 1243) married Katherine Foliot (b. 1247) and had two sons John Bruley (1278-1327) and William de Bruley (b. 1280.) This record confirms the aforementioned transfer of Waterstock Manor. Later, Alice de Bruley (c. 1308-1370) married William IV de La Spine (c.1298-1370).