BRYDGES, Sir John (1492-1557), of Coberley, Glos.

Family and Education

b. 9 Mar. 1492, 1st s. of Sir Giles Brydges of Coberley by Isabel, da. of Thomas Baynham of Clearwell, Glos.; bro. of Thomas. m. by 1520, Elizabeth, da. of Edmund, 9th Lord Grey of Wilton, 7s. inc. Edmund 3da. suc. fa. 1 Dec. 1511. Kntd. ?13 Oct. 1513, cr. Baron Chandos of Sudeley 8 Apr. 1554.Date of birth given in fa.’s i.p.m., C142/29/16, 22. Vis. Glos. (Harl. Soc. xxi), 236-7; CP; DNB.

Offices Held

Commr. subsidy, Glos. 1515, 1524, musters 1522, Wilts. 1539, relief, Glos. Wilts. 1550, goods of churches and fraternities Glos. 1553; other commissions 1530 – d.; j.p. Glos., Wilts. 1529 – d.; knight of the body by 1533; jt. (with bro. Thomas) keeper, Cornbury and Langley parks, Oxon. 1536; sheriff, Wilts. 1537 – 38, Glos. 1549 – 50; constable, Sudeley castle, Glos. 1538 – 42, jt. (with s. Edmund) 1542 – d.; groom, privy chamber 1539; jt. (with s. Edmund) steward, Winchcombe and hundreds of Greatstone, Holford and Kiftsgate, Glos. 1542 – d.; lt. Boulogne Sept. 1544, dep. gov. and lt. 2 Sept. 1547; lt. Tower Aug. 1553-June 1554.LP Hen. VIII, ii-xxi; CPR, 1547–8, pp. 83, 91, 138; 1553, pp. 354, 359, 414; 1553–4, pp. 19, 25, 302.

Parlimentarian

BRYDGES, Sir John (1492-1557), of Coberley, Glos.

Main residence: Coberley, Glos.

Author

L.M.K.

M.K.D.

Volume

Commons 1509-1558

Web Title

BRYDGES, Sir John (1492-1557)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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