Gerard BRAYBROOKE, Of Colmworth & Horsenden, Sir

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Following is excerpted from a post to SGM, 11 Jun 1999, by Robert O'Connor:

From: Robert O'Connor ([email protected])
Subject: Braybrooke
Newsgroups: soc.genealogy.medieval
Date: 1999/06/11

Sir GERARD BRAYBROOKE, Kt., M.P., of Colmworth, Beds. & Horsenden, Bucks., Born c. 1332. M 1st before Easter 1350 Margaret, d. & heir of John Longueville, M.P., of Orton Longueville, Hunts. (See LONGUEVILLE). M 2nd c. May 1369 Isabel (She M 1st Sir Thomas Shirley, M.P., of Lower Ettington, Warw. - See SHIRLEY ? She Died 25 April 1393), natural d. of Ralph, 2nd Baron Basset, of Drayton, Staffs. (See BASSET). He joined the entourage of the Black Prince as an esquire, serving both in the Gascon expedition, 1355-7, which culminated in the Battle of Poitiers, & on a subsequent campaign in 1359. Knighted before May 1361. Commissioner for Oyer & Terminer for Beds., Feb. 1363 & June 1371. Appointed to various other Royal Commissions, 1371 to 1402. Member of Parliament for Beds., 1377 & 1390. Died 1 Feb. 1402/3. He had issue by his 1st wife: HoP, 1386-1421, II, pp 343-6, III, p 277 & IV, p 1386 Faris, p 286.

Note: Magna Charta Sureties & Burke's Peerage question the legitimacy of Isabel Basset, but aren't sure, and being sister of the 3rd Baron Basset, she was granddaughter of the 2nd Baron, because her father dvp.

Gerard married before Apr 1350 in 1st Wife. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Gerard married Isabel BASSET about May 1369 in 2ND Husband, 2ND Wife. Isabel (daughter of Ralph BASSET, Of Drayton, Sir and Alice De AUDLEY) was born about 1332 in Drayton, Staffordshire, England; died on 25 Apr 1393 in Newark-on-Trent, Nottinghamshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]