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'Braose1'
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Families covered: Braose of Bramber, Braose of Braose, Braose of Brecknock, Braose of Gower, Brewes (Breuse) of Stinton, Brewose (Braose) of Tetbury, Braose (Brewse) of Westneston
| William de Braose (or Braiose or Briouse or Breuse or Brewes) of Bramber (a 1066, d by 1096) | |||||||||||||||
| m. Eve de Boissey (widow of Anchetil de Harcourt) possibly mother of ... | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | Philip de Braose of Radnor (d before 1139) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Aanor (dau of Judael of Totnes) | |||||||||||||||
| A. | William de Braose of Brecknock and Bramber (d c1180) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Berta of Gloucester (dau of Milo de Gloucester, Earl of Hereford) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | William de Braose of Brecknock, Lord of Bramber, Gower, Abergavenny, etc (d 09.08.1211) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Maud de Waleran or St. Walerie (d 1210) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | William de Braose of Totnes (dvp 1210) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Maud de Clare (b 1175/84, d 1213, dau of Richard de Clare, 4th Earl of Hertford) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | John de Braose 'Tadody', Lord of Bramber and Gower (b 1198, d 1231/2) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Margaret of Wales (dau of Llywelyn 'the Great', Prince of Wales) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | William de Braose, Lord of Bramber and Gower (b 1220, d c01.1290/1) | ||||||||||||||
| BE1883 shows William's first wife as Isabel de Clare and Aliva de Moulton as his son William's only wife. We follow TCP, supported also by the BraoseWeb site. | |||||||||||||||
| m1. Aline de Moulton (dau of Thomas de Moulton of Burgh-on-Sands) | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | William de Braose, Lord of Bramber and Gower (b 1261, d 1322 / before 01.05.1326) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Agnes | |||||||||||||||
| (a) | William de Braose of Landimore (dvpsp 1320) | ||||||||||||||
| (b) | Aline (Aliva) de Braose (d c1331) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (1298) John de Mowbray of Axholme, 2nd Lord (d 1321) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Sir Richard de Peshale or Pershall | |||||||||||||||
| (c) | Joan de Braose (d 1323) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (c1295) James de Bohun of Midhurst (d 1306) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Sir Richard Foliot of Gressenhall | |||||||||||||||
| m2. (before 24.04.1317) Elizabeth de Sully (dsp before 24.08.1238, dau of Sir Raymund de Sully of Sully) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Agnes (dau of Nicholas de Moels of Cadbury) | |||||||||||||||
| (ii) | Giles de Braose of Knolton and Woodlands | ||||||||||||||
| m3. (by 1271) Mary de Ros (d before 23.05.1326, dau of William de Ros of Elmsley) | |||||||||||||||
| (iii) | Richard Brewose of Tetbury (d 1295) | ||||||||||||||
| (iv) | Peter (Piers) Brewose of Tetbury (d 1311/2) |
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| m. Agnes | |||||||||||||||
| (a) | Sir Thomas de Brewose of Manningford Bruce, etc., Lord Brewose (d 06.1361) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (before 13.09.1337) Beatrice de Mortimer (dau of Roger de Mortimer, Earl of March) | |||||||||||||||
| ((1)) | Sir John Brewose of Tetbury (b c1339, dsp 03.02.1366/7) | ||||||||||||||
| ((2)) | Sir Thomas de Brewose of Manningford, Tetbury, etc (d 02.09.1395) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Margaret | |||||||||||||||
| ((A)) | Thomas de Brewose (b 26.08.1395, d 07.10.1395/6) | ||||||||||||||
| ((B)) | Joan de Brewose (b 1393, d 10.10.1395) | ||||||||||||||
| ((3)) | Beatrice de Brewose | ||||||||||||||
| m. William de Saye, 3rd Lord (b 17.06.1340, d before 07.08.1375) | |||||||||||||||
| (v) | William Brewose of Wiston | ||||||||||||||
| (vi) | Margaret de Braose | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1303) Sir Ralph de Camoys, Baron (d 1336, Constable of Windsor Castle) | |||||||||||||||
| (B) | Sir Richard de Braose (Breuse) (b before 1232, d before 18.06.1292) - continued below | ||||||||||||||
| Richard is not mentioned by either BE1883 or the BraoseWeb site but is reported in TCP (Breuse or Brewes). | |||||||||||||||
| m. (before 09.09.1265) Alice le Rus (b c1246, d before 28.01.1300/1, dau of William le Rus of Stinton) | |||||||||||||||
| (C)+ | other issue - John of Glasbury (Lord), Llywelyn | ||||||||||||||
| (2) | Giles de Braose | ||||||||||||||
| The following connection is given by Visitation (Sussex, 1530+1633-4, Shirley). | |||||||||||||||
| m. Beatrix St. Helene (dauof Sir John St. Helene of Crowell) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | Giles de Braose or Brewse | ||||||||||||||
| (i) | Jey de Braose or Brewse (a 1326) | ||||||||||||||
| (a) | Peter Brewse of Westneston and Wedonhull | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Ros (dau of Lord Ros) | |||||||||||||||
| ((1)) | Sir Jey (John) Brewse of Westneston (dsp) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Margaret Poynings (dau of Sir Thomas Poynings, Lord St. John of Basinge) | |||||||||||||||
| ((2)) | Beatrix Brewse or Braose | ||||||||||||||
| m. Sir Hugh Shirley (d Shrewsbury 1403) | |||||||||||||||
| (3) | Walter de Braose (4th son) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Hawise de London | |||||||||||||||
| (4) | Maud de Braose | ||||||||||||||
| m. Henry de Tracy | |||||||||||||||
| (5)+ | other issue - Philip, Gilbert | ||||||||||||||
| b. | Reginald de Braose (d 06.1228) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Groecia de Bruere (dau of William de Bruere) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | William de Braose of Brecknock and Abergavenny (b c1197, d 02.05.1230) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Eva Marshall (dau of William Mareschal, 1st Earl of Pembroke) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | Isabel de Braose | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Dafydd, Prince of Gwynedd (d 1246) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Peter FitzHerbert | |||||||||||||||
| (B) | Maud de Braose (d before 23.03.1300/1) | HJY |
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| m. (1247) Roger de Mortimer, lord of Wigmore (d before 30.10.1282) | HJY |
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| (C) | Eve de Braose (d 07.1255) | ||||||||||||||
| m. William de Cantilupe, Lord of Abergavenny (d 25.09.1254) | |||||||||||||||
(D) |
Eleanor de Braose | ||||||||||||||
| m. Humphrey de Bohun (dvp) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Gwladus Dhu (dau of Llywelyn, Prince of Gwynedd) | |||||||||||||||
| c. | Sir John de Braose of Knylle/Knill had issue who took Knill as their family name (see here) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (?) Amabel de Limesi | |||||||||||||||
| d. | Maud de Braose | H |
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| m. Gruffydd, Lord of South Wales (d 1202) | H |
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| e. | Bertha de Braose | HJY |
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| m. Walter (not William) de Beauchamp | HJY |
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| There is some confusion regarding this Bertha as some sources confuse her with the Maud de Braose of an earlier generation (see below @@@) who married William de Beauchamp, grandfather of Walter. Many web sites show her a generation earlier. We provisionally follow the BraoseWeb site referred to below which suggests that she may have been of this generation. | |||||||||||||||
| f. | Margaret de Braose | HY |
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| m. Walter de Laci of Meath, Ludlow, etc, Sheriff of Herefordshire (d 1241) | HY |
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| g. | Eleanora (Annora) de Braose | ||||||||||||||
| m. Hugh de Mortimer of Wigmore (dsps 10.11.1227) | |||||||||||||||
| h. | Loretta de Braose | ||||||||||||||
| m. Robert de Beaumont, 4th Earl of Leicester, Steward of England (dsp 10.1204) | |||||||||||||||
| i.+ | other issue - Giles (d 17.11.1215, Bishop of Hereford), Roger, Philip, Thomas, Walter, Henry, Bernard, Flandrina (Abbess) | ||||||||||||||
| ii. | Maud de Braose | ||||||||||||||
| m. John de Brompton (Brampton) | |||||||||||||||
| iii. | Sibyl de Braose (a 1219) | HJY |
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| m1. William de Ferrers, 3rd Earl of Derby (d before 21.10.1190) | HJY |
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| m2. Adam de Port, lord of Basing, Governor of Southampton Castle (d 28.07.1213) | |||||||||||||||
| iv.+ | other issue - John, Roger | ||||||||||||||
| B. | Philip de Braose | ||||||||||||||
| m. Matilda de Pont de l'Arche | |||||||||||||||
| C. | Basilia de Braose | ||||||||||||||
| m. Odo de Danmartin | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Margaret de Danmartin | ||||||||||||||
| m. Richard de Lucy | |||||||||||||||
| ii.+ | other issue - Odo, Nicholas | ||||||||||||||
| 2. | Maud de Braose possibly of this generation | ||||||||||||||
| There is some confusion regarding this Maud and the Bertha who married her grandson Walter de Beauchamp (see above @@@). | |||||||||||||||
| m. William de Beauchamp of Elmley, Sheriff (d 1170) | |||||||||||||||
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| Sir Richard de Braose (Breuse) (b before 1232, d before 18.06.1292) - continued above | |||||||||||||||
| m. (before 09.09.1265) Alice le Rus (b c1246, d before 28.01.1300/1, dau/heir of William le Rus of Stinton (by Agatha, dau/heir of Roger de Clere of Bramley & Ludborough), widow of Richard Lungspeye (sic)) | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | Sir Giles de Breuse (d before 06.02.1310/1) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Katherine de Huntingfield (dau of Sir Laurence de Huntingfield) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Joan de Beaumont (dau of Richard de Beaumont of Witnesham) | |||||||||||||||
| A. | Richard de Breuse (b c1302) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Alianora Shelton (dau of Sir John Shelton) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Mary de Breuse | ||||||||||||||
| m. Sir John Weyland of Blaxhall and Ash | |||||||||||||||
| ii. | Katherine de Breuse | ||||||||||||||
| TCP reports that some say this Katherine married Sir John Howard and was grandmother of William, Chief Justice in 1297 "but this pedigree is well known to be spurious." | |||||||||||||||
| B. | Robert de Breuse (dsp before 12.07.1325) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Katherine de Norwich (dau of Sir Thomas de Norwich) | |||||||||||||||
| C. | Sir John de Brewes of Stinton, etc. (b 10.08.1306, a 05.1370) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Eve d'Ufford (a 05.1370, dau of Sir Robert Ufford, Lord Ufford, by Cicely de Valoignes) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Sir John Brewes of Stinton, etc., Sheriff of Norfolk and Suffolk (b c1332, d before 1402) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Joan (or Agnes?) de Shardelowe (dau of Sir John de Shardelowe of Barton Mills & Cooling by Margaret) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Sir Robert Brewes of Stinton, etc. (d 1424) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Ela Stapleton (dau of Sir Miles Stapleton of Bedale & Ingham by Ela Ufford) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Sir Thomas Brewes of Stinton, Wenham, etc., Sheriff of Norfolk & Suffolk (d 17.06.1482) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Joan (Anne or Mary) Calthorpe (dau of Sir John Calthorpe by Anne Wythe) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | William Brewes of Stinton, Wenham, etc. (d 28/30.10.1489) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth Hopton (dau of John Hopton of Swillington) | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | Thomasine Brewes (b by 1459, d 17.07.1496) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Sir Thomas Hansard | |||||||||||||||
| (ii) | Anne Brewes (b by 1474, d 25.07.1551) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Roger Townshend of Rainham (d 25.11.1551) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. (before 16.10.1456) Elizabeth Debenham (a 07.1501, dau of Gilbert Debenham of Tattingston & Flixton, sister/heir of Sir Gilbert) | |||||||||||||||
| Shown by various web sites as of this generation, of this marriage, was ... | |||||||||||||||
| (B) | Margery Brewes | ||||||||||||||
| m. Sir John Paston of Paston & Oxnead (d 1503) | |||||||||||||||
| (2) | Margaret de Brewes apparently of this generation | ||||||||||||||
| m. Sir John Shelton of Shelton (d c1431) | |||||||||||||||
| 2. | Margaret de Brewes apparently of this generation | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Roger de Colvile of Bytham Castle' (b c1250, d 1287/8) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Sir Walter Devereux (d 1320) | |||||||||||||||
Main sources:
(1) For upper section (uploaded
12.10.02) : BE1883
(Braose of Gower), TCP (Brewes) with support & some input from http://freespace.virgin.net/doug.thompson/BraoseWeb/ which looks well researched and quotes most of its sources.
(2) For lower section (uploaded
16.09.06) : TCP (Breuse or Brewes)
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