Joan Brydges

Joan married John Gifford before 1523. John (son of William Gifford and Eleanor Paulet) was born in of Itchel in Crondal, Hampshire, England; died before 5 Dec 1538. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Anne Gifford was buried in Aldbourne, Wiltshire, England.

Notes:

Or Bruges. MP for Ludgershall, Wiltshire in 1529, and probably in 1523 and 1536. Gentleman usher to Henry VIII. Sheriff of Oxfordshire and Berkshire, 1520-22, 1530-31.

From the History of Parliament:

As a younger son, Henry Brydges appears to have had to make his own way in the world. The general pardon which he received on 15 May 1509 throws some light on his early life: styling him esquire or merchant, it describes him as of Newbury in Berkshire, Faulstone, Ludgershall and Salisbury in Wiltshire, Poole in Dorset, and finally London. Such locations make it all but certain that he dealt in cloth: Newbury in particular was an important centre in the manufacture of kerseys. Here Brydges had as a contemporary the famous clothier whose son and namesake John Winchcombe alias Smallwood, was to witness Brydges’ will in 1538. Like the clothier, Brydges appears to have furthered his fortunes by marrying a local widow, for Margery Bedford was doubtless the relict of one or other of two Newbury residents, John and Richard Bedford, whose wills were proved in 1494, and of whom at least one was a ‘clothmaker’. John Bedford of Poole, who in 1509 bequeathed £10 apiece to his mother Margery Bedford and to Henry Brydges, was probably Brydges’ stepson. [...]

Between 1533 and 1538 Sir William Gifford, whose son John had married Brydges’ daughter Joan, brought a suit against Brydges in Chancery; Gifford had lost his copy of the indentures containing the marriage settlement and Brydges refused to let him see his copy. Brydges’ will of 5 Dec. 1538 was proved on the following 28 Jan. His son Richard was residuary legatee and executor.

Henry married Margery about 1500. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

The History of Parliament calls her "wid. of one Bedford of Newbury." Royal Ancestry calls her "said to be daughter of John Hungerford, Esq."

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate birth: Abt 1427, of Coberley, Gloucestershire, England

Notes:

Or Brydges, or a Bruggis. Knight of the shire for Gloucester, 1460-61; and for Hereford, 1472-75.

Thomas married Florence Darell. Florence (daughter of William Darell and Elizabeth Calston) died in 1506. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Knight of the shire for Gloucester, 1430, 1431, and 1455-56. Sheriff of Gloucestershire 1429-30 and 1453-54.

Giles married Katherine Clifford. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate birth: of Capel, Kent, England

Notes:

“His death is variously given as 1439-1453 (VCH Wiltshire), Jan 1461 (The Wallop Family), and 1467 (History of Parliament 1439-1509). A tomb in Ramsbury Church, Wiltshire is attributed to him and his wife, but the brasses had disappeared by 1644.” [The Ancestry of Dorothea Poyntz, citation details below.]

Sub-treasurer of England, 1391 and 1442; Sheriff of Wiltshire, 1420-23 and 1427-28. Knight of the shire for Wiltshire 1427, 1429, 1430-31, 1432.

William Darell and Elizabeth Calston were great-great grandparents of Jane Seymour:

William Darell = Elizabeth Calston
George Darell = Margaret Stourton
Elizabeth Darell = John Seymour
John Seymour = Margery Wentworth
Jane Seymour (d. 1537)

Henry VIII courted Jane Seymour at Littlecote House in Chilton Foliat, which property Elizabeth Calston brought to her marriage over a century earlier to William Darell.

William married Elizabeth Calston in 1412. Elizabeth (daughter of Thomas Calston and Joan Childrey) was born before 6 Dec 1400 in Chelrey, Berkshire, England; was christened on 6 Dec 1400 in Chelrey, Berkshire, England; died on 8 Jan 1461; was buried in Rambsury, Wiltshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]