Entail in Halifax 16th century

[clayton bradley]

Nicholas Broadley had a messuage in Halifax in 1495. He had 3 sons. The eldest, William, died before 1538 but his widow and eldest son between them paid tax on £5 of property in the Lay Subsidy of 1545. William's brother Edward, paid tax on £1. The other son, John, left a will in 1521. He had a wife and two children, John jr and Jennet. John jr's only surviving son, Edward, died in Northowram in 1584 and his will mentions a large number of Stancliffes, his maternal relatives, who benefit from a lease. Ancestry has added rentals for Halifax and it appears Edward had a cousin and heir, William, who inherited the actual property. I can't be certain whether John or Edward was the youngest of Nicholas's sons. If there is an entail, would it be William's sons who inherited? Thank you, cb