BRYDGES, Edmund (by 1520-73), of Purton, Wilts. and Sudeley, Glos.

Family and Education

b. by 1520, 1st s. of Sir John Brydges. m. c.1544, Dorothy, da. of Edmund, 1st Lord Bray, 6s. inc. Giles and William 2da. 1s. 1da. illegit. Kntd. 27 Sept. 1547. suc. fa. as 2nd Baron Chandos of Sudeley 12 Apr. 1557. KG nom. 23 Apr., inst. 17 June 1572.Date of birth estimated from age at father’s i.p.m., C142/109/70, 114/71. Vis. Glos. (Harl. Soc. xxi), 237; CP; LP Hen. VIII, xix; PCC 20 Peter.

Offices Held

Esquire of the body 1540; gent. pens. 1540 – c.53; jt. (with fa.) constable, Sudeley castle 1542 – 57, sole 1557 – d.; jt. (with fa.) steward, Winchcombe and hundreds of Greatstone, Holford and Kiftsgate, Glos. 1542 – 57, sole 1557 – d.; j.p. Glos., Wilts. 1547 – d.; commr. relief Glos. 1550, musters 1557 – 58, 1569 – 80; keeper, lordships of Cricklade, Highworth, Long Compton, Staple, Winterbourne Bassett and Wootton Bassett, Wilts. 1557 – d., hundred of Slaughter, Glos. 1567 – d.; ld. lt. Glos. 1559, 1569; v.-adm. Glos. 1561; forester, Bradon forest, Wilts. 1563; steward, manor of Hailes, Glos. 1563.LP Hen. VIII, iv, xiv, xv, xvii, xix, xx; The Gen. n.s. xxx. 21; Stowe 571, f. 576; HMC Hatfield, i. 443; HMC 14th Rep. IX, 445; Williams, Glos. MPs, 41–42; CSP Dom. 1547–80, pp. 161, 339, 360, 368; CPR, 1547–8, p. 84; 1553, p. 354; 1553–4, pp. 19, 25, 27, 37; 1555–7, p. 482; 1560–3, pp. 437, 491; 1566–9, p. 35; E. Dent, Annals of Winchcombe and Sudeley, 216.

Parlimentarian

BRYDGES, Edmund (by 1520-73), of Purton, Wilts. and Sudeley, Glos.

Main residences: Purton, Wilts.; Sudeley, Glos.

Author

E.McI.

Volume

Commons 1509-1558

Web Title

BRYDGES, Edmund (by 1520-73)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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