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William Brandon 1425 – 1491 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1425

Birth Location: Wangford, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom

Death Date: 4 MAR 1491

Death Location: Boughton Monchelsea, Kent, England, United Kingdom

Father: Robert Brandon

Mother: Ada Calthorpe

Spouse(s): Elizabeth Wingfield, Elizabeth Bruyn

Children(s): Alice Brandon, Anne Brandon, Eleanor Brandon, Charles Brandon, William Brandon, Robert Brandon, Elizabeth None, Thomas Brandon

In 1425, William Brandon entered the world in Wangford, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom, born to Robert Brandon and Ada Calthorpe. William Brandon married Elizabeth Wingfield, Elizabeth le Bruyn, and had children including Alice Brandon, Anne Brandon, Eleanor Brandon, Charles Brandon, William Brandon, Robert Brandon, Elizabeth, Thomas Brandon. William Brandon passed away in 1491 in Boughton Monchelsea, Kent, England, United Kingdom.

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Biography

  • In 1425, William Brandon entered the world in Wangford, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom, born to Robert Brandon and Ada Calthorpe.
  • William Brandon married Elizabeth Wingfield, Elizabeth le Bruyn, and had children including Alice Brandon, Anne Brandon, Eleanor Brandon, Charles Brandon, William Brandon, Robert Brandon, Elizabeth, Thomas Brandon.
  • William Brandon passed away in 1491 in Boughton Monchelsea, Kent, England, United Kingdom.

Immediate Family

Parents

Robert Brandon
1400 – 1438
Birth Location: N Englandorfolk
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Ada Calthorpe
1414 –
Birth Location: Ludham, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom
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Spouses(s)

Elizabeth Wingfield
1424 – 1497
Birth Location: Orford, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom
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Elizabeth Bruyn
1439 – 1494
Birth Location: South Ockendon, Essex, England, United Kingdom
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Children(s)

Alice Brandon
1431 –
Birth Location: Kent, Kent, England, United Kingdom
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Anne Brandon
1454 – 1508
Birth Location: Great Glemham, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom
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Eleanor Brandon
1462 – 1480
Birth Location: –
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Charles Brandon
1498 – 1545
Birth Location: London, Middlesex, England
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William Brandon
1426 – 1485
Birth Location: King's Lynn, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom
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Robert Brandon
1470 – 1524
Birth Location: England
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Elizabeth None
1488 –
Birth Location: Of Grimstone, England
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Thomas Brandon
Birth Location: –
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William Brandon's Ancestors

Self
William Brandon
1425 – 1491
Birth Place: Wangford, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom
Parents
Robert Brandon
1400 – 1438
N Englandorfolk
Ada Calthorpe
1414 –
Ludham, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom
Grandparents
John (de) Calthorpe
1389 – 1421
Little Thorpe, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom
Great-Grandparents
William Calthorpe
1367 – 1420
Alianore Mautby
1355 – 1399
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Oliver Calthorpe
1328 – 1399
Isabel Bacon
1341 – 1411
Sir Mautby
1320 – 1374
Lady FitzRoger
1274 – 1374

William Brandon's Descendants

1.
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William Brandon (1425 – 4 MAR 1491) m. Elizabeth Wingfield (1424 – 28 APR 1497) m. Elizabeth (le) Bruyn (ABT 1439 – 1 MAY 1494)
  1. 1. Alice Brandon (ABT 1431 – ) m. Hugo (or Hugh) Manning (1431 – ABT 1502)
  2. 2. Anne Brandon (1454 – 1508) m. Nicholas (John) Sidney (1447 – 1512)
    1. 1. Thomasine Sidney (ABT 1470 – AFT 1498) m. William (Esquire) Tendering (ABT 1460 – )
    2. 2. Elizabeth Sidney (1476 – )
    3. 3. Sir (William) Sidney (1482 – 11 FEB 1553) m. Anne Pakenham (20 JUL 1504 – 22 OCT 1544) m. Anne Grove (1512 – 16 MAY 1618)
    4. 4. Thomas Sidney (ABT 1483 – 1544)
    5. 5. Robert Sidney (ABT 1485 – )
    6. 6. Francis Sidney (ABT 1487 – )
    7. 7. John Sydney (1490 – 1539) m. Helen Patton (1492 – BEF 1561)
      1. 1. Joan Sydney (ABT 1522 – 17 NOV 1561) m. Robert Cooke (1520 – 1559)
        1. 1. Robert Coke (1533 – 30 AUG 1621)
        2. 2. Ellen Cooke (ABT 1533 – 17 OCT 1595) m. Thomas Wiscowe (ABT 1530 – )
        3. 3. Thomas Cooke (ABT 1533 – MAR 1601) m. Elizabeth Grove (ABT 1537 – ) m. Elizabeth Alywyn (ABT 1547 – )
        4. 4. Helen Cooke (ABT 1535 – )
        5. 5. Margery Cooke (ABT 1537 – ) m. Sawen (ABT 1532 – )
        6. 6. Thomas Cooke (1541 – 3 AUG 1621) m. Susan (Elizabeth) Brand (1548 – 12 MAR 1621)
        7. 7. John Cook (ABT 1543 – )
        8. 8. Robert Cooke (ABT 1543 – )
        9. 9. Robert Cook (ABT 1546 – )
        10. 10. Elene Cook (1548 – )
        11. 11. Elizabeth Cooke (1549 – 1603) m. William Hudson (1548 – 1622)
      2. 2. Joan Sydney (ABT 1522 – ABT 1580) m. Robert Cooke (1520 – 1559)
  3. 3. Eleanor Brandon (1462 – 30 JUN 1480) m. John Glemham (1448 – 1499)
    1. 1. Ann Glenham (1478 – 2 OCT 1516) m. Henry Palgrave (ABT 1470 – 10 FEB 1516)
      1. 1. John Palgrave (ABT 1498 – BEF 1524)
      2. 2. Clement Palgrave (ABT 1499 – 1583) m. Margaret Rede (ABT 1500 – 1564)
      3. 3. Frances Palgrave (1500 – 1565) m. William Pennington (ABT 1505 – )
      4. 4. Elizabeth Palgrave (ABT 1503 – ABT 1573)
      5. 5. Thomas Palgrave (1505 – 1545) m. Alice (Elizabeth) Gunton (1504 – 28 OCT 1558) m. Christian Sayer (ABT 1506 – 3 OCT 1607)
        1. 1. Agnes Palgrave (15 JAN 1519 – 1572) m. Robert Salmon (1520 – 15 JAN 1561)
        2. 2. Thomas Palgrave (1526 – 17 Feb 1595-17 Feb 1596) m. Christian Sayer (ABT 1506 – 3 OCT 1607)
        3. 3. Beatryce Palgrave (ABT 1528 – ) m. John More (ABT 1524 – )
        4. 4. John Palgrave (1530 – )
        5. 5. Philippa Palgrave (ABT 1530 – ) m. John Crane (ABT 1526 – )
      6. 6. James Palgrave (ABT 1505 – ABT 1524)
      7. 7. Henry Palgrave (1509 – 11 OCT 1516)
      8. 8. Anne Palgrave (1511 – AFT 1573) m. Humphrey Smalpece (ABT 1536 – )
      9. 9. Eleanor Palgrave (ABT 1511 – )
      10. 10. George Palgrave (1513 – )
  4. 4. Charles Brandon (1498 – 25 AUG 1545) m. Mary (Rose) Tudor (18 MAR 1496 – 24 JUN 1533)
  5. 5. William Brandon (1426 – 22 AUG 1485) m. Elizabeth Bruyn (1450 – 7 MAR 1494)
    1. 1. William Brandon (1445 – 31 AUG 1485) m. Elizabeth Bruyn (1450 – 7 MAR 1494) m. Jane Ingleton (AFT 1500 – 11 APR 1530) m. Mrs. (William) Brandon (ABT 1454 – ) m. Anne Mallory m. Ann Bruyn
      1. 1. Charles Brandon (1484 – 24 AUG 1545) m. Mary, (Queen of) France (18 MAR 1496 – 26 JUN 1533)
        1. 1. Henry Brandon, (11 MAR 1519 – 27 SEP 1547) m. Catherine Willoughby (22 MAR 1519 – 19 SEP 1580)
        2. 2. Margaret Brandon ( – 1596)
        3. 3. Charles Brandon
    2. 2. Eleanor Brandon (1448 – 30 JUN 1480) m. John Glemham (1444 – 1499)
    3. 3. Robert Brandon (1455 – 28 FEB 1524) m. Katherine Zouche (ABT 1476 – ABT 1507)
    4. 4. Robert Brandon (ABT 1462 – ) m. Miss Colhorpe
    5. 5. Margaret Brandon (ABT 1470 – ) m. Gregory Lovell (1460 – 1495)
      1. 1. Sir (Francis Viscount) Lovell (AFT 1455 – 21 JAN 1551) m. Dame (Elizabeth Anne) Ashby (ABT 1497 – 22 MAY 1539)
        1. 1. William Lovell (1510 – ) m. Lovell (ABT 1525 – 1567)
        2. 2. Dorothea Lovel (ABT 1510 – ) m. Thomas Vernon (ABT 1505 – )
        3. 3. Gregory Lovell (1522 – 15 MAR 1597) m. Jone Whithead (ABT 1525 – ) m. Dorothy Greene (ABT 1580 – ) m. Dorothy Greene (1580 – )
        4. 4. Thomas Lovell (ABT 1539 – ) m. Elizabeth Paris (1513 – 31 MAR 1591)
        5. 5. Mary Lovell (6 JAN 1592/1593 – ) m. Francis Markham (1565 – 1627)
    6. 6. Mary Brandon (ABT 1476 – ) m. John Ryeding m. John Ryeding
    7. 7. Elizabeth Brandon (AFT 1480 – ) m. John (Cavendish Garnon) (Gernon) (ABT 1415 – )
    8. 8. Thomas Brandon
    9. 9. Margaret Brandon (1462 – 1500)
    10. 10. Thomas Brandon, (ABT 1470 – NOV 1524) m. Elizabeth Dinham (1 JAN 1449 – 19 OCT 1516) m. Anne Fiennes ( – 10 SEP 1497)
    11. 11. Katherine Brandon (ABT 1474 – AFT 11 JAN 1508/1509) m. Henry Gournay (ABT 1478 – ) m. John Gourney m. John Gourney
    12. 12. Charles Brandon, (APR 1484 – 22 AUG 1545) m. Mary Tudor (27 MAR 1496 – 5 JUL 1533) m. Anne Browne (26 JAN 1479 – 1512) m. Mary Tudor (18 MAR 1496 – 25 JUN 1533)
      1. 1. Henry Brandon (11 MAR 1516 – 1522)
      2. 2. Frances Brandon (16 JUL 1517 – 20 NOV 1559) m. Henry, (2nd Earl of Cumberland,) Clifford (1517 – 8 JAN 1569) m. Henry Grey (ABT 1510 – ) m. Henry Grey (27 JAN 1517 – 10 MAR 1554) m. William (Anundel,) de m. Adrian Stokes (4 MAR 1519 – 2 NOV 1585) m. Adrian ("Master of Horse") Stokes (1533 – 3 NOV 1581) m. Adrian Stokes (4 MAR 1519 – 30 NOV 1586) m. Duke (Henry) Grey (1510 – 27 APR 1554) m. William Grey ( – 14 AUG 1545)
      3. 3. Eleanor Brandon (ABT 1519 – 27 SEP 1547) m. Henry Clifford (1517 – 8 JAN 1570)
        1. 1. Joan Clifford (ABT 1537 – ) m. Edward Birkbeck (ABT 1524 – )
        2. 2. Henry (De) Clifford (1538 – 1541)
        3. 3. Charles (De) Clifford (ABT 1539 – 1540)
        4. 4. Margaret Clifford (1540 – 29 SEP 1596) m. Henry Stanley (SEP 1531 – 25 SEP 1593)
        5. 5. Clifford (<1542> – )
        6. 6. Henry (de) Clifford (1544 – 28 DEC 1616) m. Susan Hungerford (1554 – 1608)
        7. 7. Elizabeth Clifford (ABT 1546 – UNKNOWN) m. Benjamin Lambert (<1542> – ABT 1598)
        8. 8. Mary Clifford (1556 – 1558) m. Henry (Cager De) Clifford (ABT 1566 – 2 MAR 1636)
        9. 9. Frances Clifford (1556 – 16 APR 1592) m. Philip Wharton (23 JUN 1555 – 26 MAR 1625)
        10. 10. Eleanor Clifford (1557 – 1572)
        11. 11. Ann Clifford (1560 – )
        12. 12. Henry Clifford
        13. 13. Charles Clifford
      4. 4. Henry Brandon (1523 – 1 MAR 1534)
    13. 13. Anne Brandon (ABT 1485 – )
  6. 6. Robert Brandon (1470 – 28 NOV 1524) m. Katherine (La) Zouche (ABT 1465 – ABT 1507)
  7. 7. Elizabeth (ABT 1488 – ) m. John Cavendish (ABT 1488 – )
  8. 8. Thomas Brandon

William Brandon's Timeline

2 Records

1425
1425
Birth of William Brandon in Wangford, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom
Wangford, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom
1491
4 MAR 1491
Age 66
Death of William Brandon in Boughton Monchelsea, Kent, England, United Kingdom
Boughton Monchelsea, Kent, England, United Kingdom

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1425
    Event Place: Wangford, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 4 MAR 1491
    Event Place: Boughton Monchelsea, Kent, England, United Kingdom

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Southwark, Surrey, England
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