Family and Education
bap. 23 Jan. 1575, 1st s. of William Brandling of Felling, co. Dur. and North Gosforth, Northumb. and Anne Helye. m. (1) by 1594, Jane (bur. 17 Jan. 1606/7), da. of Francis Wortley of Wortley, Yorks., 6s. (2 d.v.p.), 2da. (1 d.v.p.); (2) Mary, da. of Thomas Hilton of Hilton, co. Dur. 2s.; 1ch. illegit with Jane Shaw; 1-2ch. illegit. with Jane Kirsopp. suc. fa. 1575.Surtees, Hist. co. Palatine Dur. ii. 90; Durham Vis. Peds. ed. Foster, 47; C2/Jas.I/B9/23; Durham High Commission Acts ed. W.H.D. Longstaffe (Surtees Soc. xxxiv), 55, 62. d. 29 June 1634. C142/753/5.
Offices Held

Freeman, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumb. 1600; Newcastle Freemen ed. M.H. Dodds (Newcastle-upon-Tyne Recs. Cttee. iii), 6. member, Hostmen’s Co., Newcastle-upon-Tyne 1601–?d.; Recs. Co. Hostmen ed. F.W. Dendy (Surtees Soc. cv), 267. j.p. co. Dur. by 1602–?d.; C181/1, f. 25; 181/2, f. 81v. sheriff, Northumb. 1617 – 18, 1630–1; List of Sheriffs comp. A. Hughes (PRO, L. and I. ix), 99. surveyor, Crown mines, co. Dur. and Northumb. 1620; SP14/116/74. commr. inquiry, Newcastle-upon-Tyne 1618 – 20, survey Crown manors, Northumb. and co. Dur. 1621, sewers, co. Dur. 1630. C181/2, ff. 310v, 340; 181/3, ff. 14, 38; 181/4, f. 58.

Main residences: Felling, co. Dur; Alnwick Abbey, Northumb.
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Commons 1604-1629
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BRANDLING, Robert (1575-1634)

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