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Notes for Robert Brudenell

Collins states, [1]

Sir Robert Brudenell, second son of the aforesaid Philippa and Edmund, born the last year of Hen. VI. was called to the degree of a serjeant at law, 1505, in Michaelmas term; and on October 25th following, was made King's serjeant. On April 23d, 22 Hen. VII. he was made one of the judges of the King's Bench; and on April 25th, 1509, was made one of the judges of the Common Pleas. On April 13th, 1520, he was made lord chief justice of the Common Pleas. In 2 Hen. VIII. he, with the consent of Philippa his wife, granted to Harold Staunten, Esq. all his messuages, lands, and tenements in Billisden in com. Leicester, upon consideration that a chauntry should be founded there, for the souls of the said Robert, and Margaret, and Philippa, his wives, and for the souls of Edmund Brudenell, and Philippa his wife, and Harold Staunton, and his father and mother.

This Sir Robert married to his first wife Margaret, daughter and coheir of Thomas Entwisell, of Stanton-Wyvill, Esq. and cousin and coheir to the valiant Sir Bertine Entwisell, Knight, Viscount Brickbec in Normandy. She was relict of William Wivil, of Stanton in com. Leic. Esq. and dying in 17 Hen. VII. left issue, by the said Sir Robert, Sir Thomas Brudenell, Knight, and Anthony Brudenell, second son, from whom by Jane his wife, daughter to ... Elrington, of Hackney, descended Edward Brudenell, of Barton Segrave .in the county of Northampton. Sir Robert took to his second wife Philippa Power, but had no issue by her; and dying on January 30th, 1531, was buried betwixt his two ladies in a vault in the south aisle of the church of Dean, in com. Northamp. under a beautiful alabaster monument, with their three effigies in full proportion, and te following inscription on the edge of the tomb "Of your charite pray for the soules of Syr Robert Brudenell, Knight, late Chief Justice of the Kyngg's Common Bench at Westm. and Margaret, and Dame Philippe his wyves. Syr Robert dyed the xxx daye of Januaris, Anno Domini M[C/V]XXXI, and the said dame Philippe dyed xxviii daye of March, Anno Domini M[C/V]XXXII, and lye here, on whose soulles Jhu have mercy."


Footnotes:

[1] Egerton Brydges, Collins's Peerage of England, genealogical, biographical, and historical, Vol. 3 (London: F. C. and J. Rivington, 1812), 492, [GoogleBooks].