I found out I was related to the Southworths because I would be allowed to see Saint John Southworths bones in Salmesbury hall (which I have never done). Then my daughter did a family tree and there it was.
Nice video though some of the stories are not quite correct. I'm a Southworth descendant, most likely through the 15th century cadet branch of Southworth of Clarborough who gave rise to the Southard families in NY and NJ, and I have researched this family for over three decades. Gilbert deSouthworth, whose father (another Gilbert) was Sheriff of Lancaster, built or refurbished Southworth Hall near Croft c1322. He is also believed to have built both halls at Samlesbury c1325. This one is the Upper Hall; the Lower Hall on the River Ribble no longer exists, Samlesbury manor was leased to Nicholas d'Ewyas, Gilbert's father-in-law, until 1328 at least. The previous d'Ewyas lords had a stone Bastle tower about a quarter-mile south which was destroyed in the 1322 Scottish raid done at the request of Thomas, Earl of Lancaster. Gilbert was lord of Southworth and Croft before becoming one of two lords of Samlesbury (the other was in the Holland family). They were originally lords of Croft, obtaining Southworth from the future King John c1192. A branch moved north becoming lords of Dalton but it is not clear if this was the senior branch with Samlesbury/Southworth/Croft being a cadet branch or not. Also, your "second" family, the Braddyls, were Southworths through the female line.
