John Brydges, 1st Baron Chandos
John Brydges, 1st Baron Chandos(9 March 1491/1492 – 12 April 1557) was an English Member of Parliament and later peer. His name is also sometimes spelt Bruges.
Brydges was born in Coberley, Gloucestershire, England, the son of Sir Giles Brydges by his marriage to Isabel Baynham. He was a prominent figure at the English court during the reigns of Kings Henry VIII and Edward VI and of Queen Mary. Brydges was High Sheriff of Wiltshire for 1537 and took part in suppressing the rebellion of Sir Thomas Wyatt in 1554. As lieutenant of the Tower of London during the earlier part of Queen Mary's reign, he had the custody not only of Lady Jane Grey and of Wyatt, but for a short time of the Queen's half-sister the Lady Elizabeth.
He was created Baron Chandos of Sudeley on 8 April 1554.
[edit] Family
About 1512 Brydges married Elizabeth Grey, daughter of Edmund Grey, 9th Baron Grey de Wilton (died 1511), and of Florence Hastings. Their son Edmund succeeded to the Chandos barony on his father's death.[1] Their son Charles married Jane, daughter of Sir Edward Carne.[2] Their daughter Katherine married Edward Dudley, 4th Baron Dudley.[3]
Brydges made a will dated 2 March 1555 which was proved on 28 May 1557.[4] In his will he styles himself as Sir John Bruges, Knight, Lord Chandos of Sudeley.
[edit] References
"Brydges, John". Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.- John Brydges Accessed January 30, 2009
- thepeerage.com Accessed January 30, 2009
- Ancestral pedigree Accessed February 6, 2009
[edit] Notes
- ^ http://thepeerage.com/p7408.htm#i74075
- ^ http://thepeerage.com/p18650.htm#i186499
- ^ http://thepeerage.com/p268.htm#i2677
- ^ Public Record Office, prob. 11/30
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
| Peerage of England | ||
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| New creation | Baron Chandos 2nd creation 1554–1557 |
Succeeded by Edmund Brydges |
