Guy de Bryan

Abt 1309 - 1390  (~ 81 years)

• Name	Guy de Bryan
  Birth	Abt 1309	of Laugharne, Carmarthenshire, Wales   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	17 Aug 1390  [1]
  Burial	Tewkesbury Abbey, Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, England   [1]
  Person ID	I18080	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others
  Last Modified	30 Oct 2017

  
  

  Father	Guy de Bryan,   b. of Walwyn's Castle, Pembrokeshire, Wales
  Family ID	F11233	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Joan de Carew   d. Bef 1350
  Children	1. Elizabeth de Bryan   d. Bef 1393
  Family ID	F11231	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	30 Oct 2017

  
  

• Notes

  He fought at Crécy and at Sluys. Seneschal of Pembroke, 1340. From Wikipedia: He served on the English side in the Second War of Scottish Independence and in France and Flanders during the Hundred Years' War. In 1341 he was made Warden of the Forest of Dean, in Gloucestershire, and Governor of St Briavel's Castle, the seat of the Warden, which offices he held until his death. In 1349 he was temporarily Keeper of the Great Seal of England, and in 1350 was granted an annuity of 200 marks for bearing the King's Standard against the French at Calais. From 25 November 1350 he was summoned to Parliament and may thereby be held to have been created Baron Bryan. On 1 March 1356 he was appointed Admiral of the West, a post he held till 18 July 1360 under Edward III of England. In 1361 he was Ambassador to Pope Innocent VI. Following the death of Sir John Chandos on 31 December 1369 he was made a Knight of the Garter. On 3 May 1370 he was once again appointed Admiral of the West until 6 October 1372 .

  
  

• Sources

  [S142] Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families by Douglas Richardson. Salt Lake City, 2013.