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Sir Francis Bryan, Knight, Lord Chief Justice of Ireland 1490–1550 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1 Jun 1490

Birth Location: Cheddington, Buckinghamshire, England

Death Date: 2 Feb 1550

Death Location: Clonmel, County Tipperary, Ireland

Father: Sir Aragon

Mother: Margaret( Bourchier

Spouse(s): Lady Fitzgerald

Children(s): Sir II, Sir Bryan, Edmund Bryan, Thomas Bryan, Robert Bryant, Piers Bryan, Elizabeth Bryan

The story of Sir Francis Bryan, Knight, Lord Chief Justice of Ireland began in 1490 in Cheddington, Buckinghamshire, England. Sir Francis Bryan, Knight, Lord Chief Justice of Ireland married Lady Joan Fitzgerald, Margaret Bourchier, Philippa Montgomery, and had children including Edmund Bryan, Elizabeth Bryan, Piers Bryan, Robert Bryant, Sir Edward Bryan, Sir Francis Bryan Ii, Thomas Ormond Bryan. Sir Francis Bryan, Knight, Lord Chief Justice of Ireland passed away in 1550 in Clonmel, County Tipperary, Ireland.

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Biography

  • The story of Sir Francis Bryan, Knight, Lord Chief Justice of Ireland began in 1490 in Cheddington, Buckinghamshire, England.
  • Sir Francis Bryan, Knight, Lord Chief Justice of Ireland married Lady Joan Fitzgerald, Margaret Bourchier, Philippa Montgomery, and had children including Edmund Bryan, Elizabeth Bryan, Piers Bryan, Robert Bryant, Sir Edward Bryan, Sir Francis Bryan Ii, Thomas Ormond Bryan.
  • Sir Francis Bryan, Knight, Lord Chief Justice of Ireland passed away in 1550 in Clonmel, County Tipperary, Ireland.

Immediate Family

Parents

Sir Aragon
1464–1517
Birth Location: Cheddington, Aylesbury Vale District, Buckinghamshire, England
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Margaret( Bourchier
1470–1552
Birth Location: Benningborough, Yorkshire, England
MB

Spouses(s)

Lady Fitzgerald
1509–1565
Birth Location: Kinsale, County Cork, Ireland
LF

Children(s)

Sir II
1549–1640
Birth Location: Munster, Claire, Ireland
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Sir Bryan
1520–1521
Birth Location: Buckinghamshire, England
SB
Edmund Bryan
1520–
Birth Location: England
EB
Thomas Bryan
1532–
Birth Location: Ardmayle, Tipperary, Ireland
TB
Robert Bryant
1532–
Birth Location: England
RB
Piers Bryan
1541–
Birth Location: –
PB
Elizabeth Bryan
–1546
Birth Location: –
EB

Sir Ireland's Ancestors

Self
Sir Ireland
1490–1550
Birth Place: Cheddington, Buckinghamshire, England
Parents
Sir Knight Thomas Bryan II Lord van Upper-Ossary, Vice Chamberlain to Queen Katherine of Aragon
1464–1517
Cheddington, Aylesbury Vale District, Buckinghamshire, England
Margaret( (Foster Mother to Elizabeth I Future Queen)) Bourchier
1470–1552
Benningborough, Yorkshire, England
Grandparents
Thomas (Bryan Lord van) Upper-Ossary
1438–1500
Cheddington, Buckinghamshire
Lady (Margaret) Bowsey
1442–1502
Kings Stanley, Gloucestershire, , England
Sir (Humphrey Berners Bourchier, Earl of Surrey, Lord) Cromwell
1435–1471
Ashwellthorpe, Norfolk, England
Elisabeth (Countess of Surry and Duchess of Norfolk Tilney Bourchier Howard (Grandmother to ANN BOYLEN and KATHERINE HOWARD 2nd and 5th wives of Henry) VIII)
1477–1545
Boston, Lincoln, England
Great-Grandparents
Edmund Upper-Ossary
1412–1470
Alice Walwyns
1359–1394
John Barnes
1416–1465
Margaret Clark
1418–1470
Henry Bourchier
1404–1483
Isabel Cambridge
1409–1484
Frederick Tilney
1420–1478
Elizabeth Cheney
1420–1473
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Thomas van
1380–1444
Margaretha Echyngham
1380–1428
Robert Sir
1334–1361
Joan DeSutton
1337–1440
Richard Sir
1390–1447
Margaret Leyman
1389–1470
Sir GGF)
1390–1447
Margaret GGM)
1389–1470
William Bourchier
1374–1420
Anne Woodstock
1383–1438
Richard Cambridge
1375–1415
Anne Mortimer
1388–1411
Philip Tilney
1384–1453
Isabel Thorpe
1388–1436
Walter Kyme
1436–1461
Alice Stafford
1410–1448

Sir Ireland's Descendants

1.
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Sir (Francis Bryan, Knight, Lord Chief Justice of) Ireland (1 Jun 1490–2 Feb 1550) m. Lady (Joan) Fitzgerald (01 Jun 1509–02 Jan 1565)
  1. 1. Sir (Francis Bryan) II 1549–1640
  2. 2. Sir (Edward) Bryan 1520–1521
  3. 3. Edmund Bryan 1520–
  4. 4. Thomas (Ormond) Bryan 1532–
  5. 5. Robert Bryant 1532–
  6. 6. Piers Bryan 1541–
  7. 7. Elizabeth Bryan –1546

Sir Ireland's Timeline

2 Records

1490
1 Jun 1490
Birth of Sir Francis Bryan, Knight, Lord Chief Justice of Ireland in Cheddington, Buckinghamshire, England
Cheddington, Buckinghamshire, England
1550
2 Feb 1550
Age 60
Death of Sir Francis Bryan, Knight, Lord Chief Justice of Ireland in Clonmel, County Tipperary, Munster, Ireland (Buried in Waterford)
Clonmel, County Tipperary, Munster, Ireland (Buried in Waterford)

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1 Jun 1490
    Event Place: Cheddington, Buckinghamshire, England
    Record Source:
    [1] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index
    [2] Colonial Families of the USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 2 Feb 1550
    Event Place: Clonmel, County Tipperary, Munster, Ireland (Buried in Waterford)
    Record Source:
    [1] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index
    [2] Colonial Families of the USA

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Clonmel, County Tipperary, Ireland
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index
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