Where did the surname of Bradshaw originate?

Powerfully wielding the formidable family motto of "Vigilant And Bold!" through the obscurant mists of time, the noble English surname of Bradley strides proudly forth from their origins in Lincolnshire, where they had held a family seat as far back as 1170 A.D.

Some researchers are convinced that this family actually dates back to the ancient times long before the Norman Invasion of 1066 A.D.

Some of the family emigrated to New England, in the Americas, during the early 1600s.