Sir William Brandon, Knt.

Sir William Brandon (died 1491), of Wangford in Suffolk, Knight Marshal, was an English landowner, administrator, soldier, courtier and politician. His grandson was Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk, a courtier and close friend of King Henry VIII.

Career

He became a retainer of the local magnates, the In 1469 he was present at the Siege of Caister Castle, and in 1471 as a member of the victorious Yorkist forces he was knighted by King Edward IV on the field at the Battle of Tewkesbury. Rising to be a senior member of the council of John de Mowbray, 4th Duke of Norfolk by 1476, as a member of the Royal Household, in 1479 He was appointed Knight Marshal of the Marshalsea Court,an office for life which passed to his son Thomas in 1491.The Marshalsea Court (or Court of the Marshalsea, also known as the Court of the Verge or the Court of the Marshal and Steward) was a court associated with the Royal Household in England. Associated with, but distinct from, the Marshalsea Court was the Palace Court.

In July 1483 he was present at the coronation of King Richard III, but despite marks of royal favour his loyalty became suspect when two of his sons, William and Thomas, joined the rebellion of Henry Stafford, 2nd Duke of Buckingham in October. Some of his lands were seized by Thomas Hopton on the King's orders, but he secured a free pardon in March 1484. By the end of that year, he was out of favour again and sought sanctuary in the City of Gloucester, where he remained until after Richard's defeat and death at the Battle of Bosworth in August 1485.

Later that year he petitioned Parliament for, and regained, his office of Knight Marshal.

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Wikipedia:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Brandon_(died_1491)

http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/BRANDON.htm#William BRANDON (Sir)1

William BRANDON (Sir)

Born: 1425, St. Marys Cray, North Cray Bromley, Kent, England

Died: 1491

Notes: Marshall of Marchalsea

Father: Robert BRANDON

Mother: Ada CALTHORPE

Married: Elizabeth WINGFIELD ABT 1455

Children:

1. William BRANDON (Sir)

2. Anne BRANDON

3. Thomas BRANDON (Sir)

4. Margaret BRANDON

5. Mary BRANDON

6. Catherine BRANDON

7. Eleanor BRANDON

9. Elizabeth BRANDON

10. Margaret BRANDON

11. Robert BRANDON

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Sir William Brandon of Wangford, Suffolk (d. 1491), who served as Marshal of Marshalsea prison.

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Dukes of Suffolk, House of Brandon

1. Sir William Brandon of Soham Court, Suffolk, (1425-1491), married to Elisabeth Wingfield, with issue.

1.1. Sir William Brandon Kt, (1456 - 1485), Standard-Bearer at the Battle of Bosworth, married Elizabeth Bruyn, with issue.

1.1.1. William Brandon, (1476-.).

1.1.2. Sir Charles Brandon KG, (1484-1545), Cr: 1513 Viscount Lisle, Cr: 1514 Duke of Suffolk., married (1) 1506 (Annulled 1507) to Lady Margaret Neville; married (2) 1508 to Anne Browne, married (3) 1515, HRH, Princess Mary Tudor of England, Queen Dowagner of France; Married 1534 to Hon Catherine Willoughby, 12th Baroness Willoughby de Eresby, with issue.

1.1.2.1. (Second Marriage) Lady Anne Brandon, (1507-1557), married (1) to Edward Grey, Lord Powys, married (2) to Adrian Stokes.

1.1.2.2. Lady Mary Brandon, (1510-1542), married to Thomas Stanley, Lord Monteagle.

1.1.2.3. (Third Marriage) Henry Brandon, (1516-1522), dunm.

1.1.2.4. Lady Frances Brandon, (1517-1559), married to Henry Grey, Marquess of Dorset.

1.1.2.5. Lady Eleanore Brandon, (1519-1547), married to Henry Clifford, 2nd Earl of Cumberland.

1.1.2.6. Henry Brandon, 1st Earl of Lincoln, (1523-1534), dunm.

1.1.2.7. (Fourth Marriage) Henry Brandon, (1535-1551), 2nd Duke of Suffolk, dunm.

1.1.2.8. Charles Brandon, (1537-1551), 3rd and last Duke of Suffolk, dunm.

1.1.3. Sir Thomas Brandon, Kt.

1.1.4. Sir Robert Brandon, Kt.

1.1.5. Eleanore Brandon.

1.2 Katherine Brandon, married to Henry Gourney of Leamington

1.2.1. Elizabeth Gourney, married to John Trye of Hardwicke (c.1513 - 1579)

Marshal of Marchalsea

Standard bearer for Henry VII; killed by Richard III at the Battle of Bosworth Field.

Knighted in 1491

Marshal of Marchelsea

http://www.englishmonarchs.co.uk/tudor_31.html

The earliest recorded member of the Brandon family was one William Brandon (circa 1425 - 1491) of Wangford, Suffolk, and Soham, Cambridgeshire, who, during the reign of King Edward IV, became Knight Marshal of the Marshalsea prison. Brandon married Elizabeth Wingfield (d. 28 April 1497), daughter of Sir Robert Wingfield and Elizabeth Goushill, the couple had three sons and seven daughters.

Charles Brandon Duke of SuffolkWilliam's eldest son, Sir William Brandon (1456 - 22 August 1485) of Soham, married Elizabeth Bruyn, the daughter and co-heiress of Sir Henry Bruyn of Essex, and widow of Thomas Tyrrell of Heron. William and Elizabeth had two sons and a daughter, William Brandon who died before 1500, Charles Brandon, later 1st Duke of Suffolk (circa 1484 - 24 August 1545) and Anne Brandon, who married firstly Sir John Shilston, and secondly Sir Gawain Carew.