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NameSir Thomas Brandon KG 
[54, His own article], [60, Berkeley article, Vol II, p. 135], [77, p. 36], [60, FitzWarin article, Vol V, p. 510], [123, Vol II, p. 144]
[54, His own article], [60, Berkeley article, Vol II, p. 135], [77, p. 36], [60, FitzWarin article, Vol V, p. 510], [123, Vol II, p. 144]Death27 Jan 1510
Burial29 Jan 1510, Black Friars church, Ludgate
GeneralDiplomat. Master of King's Horse. KG 263: 1507; N 23.
FatherSir William Brandon (ca1425-<1491)
MotherElizabeth Wingfield (-1497)
Spouses
1Anne Fiennes [60, Berkeley article, Vol II, p. 135], [60, Berkeley article, Vol XIV, p. 87], [123, Vol II, p. 144-6]
[60, Berkeley article, Vol II, p. 135], [60, Berkeley article, Vol XIV, p. 87], [123, Vol II, p. 144-6]FatherJohn Fiennes Lord Dacre (-<1483)
MotherAlice FitzHugh (-<1516)
Marriagebef 16 May 1496 [100, D Richardson, c. 27 Mar 2004 "Marriage Date of Anne Fiennes"]
Marriagebef 10 Jan 1507 [60, FitzWarin article, Vol V, p. 510]
Notes for Sir Thomas Brandon KG
m. (1) Anne Fiennes, (2) Elizabeth Dinham.
Of Duddington, Northants.
Of Duddington, Northants.
DNB Main notes for Sir Thomas Brandon KG
Brandon, Sir Thomas d. 1510
Name: Brandon, Sir Thomas
Dates: d. 1510
Active Date: 1490
Gender: Male
Field of Interest: Politics, Government and Political Movements
Occupation: Diplomatist
Spouse: Anne, daughter of John Fiennes, Lord Dacre, and widow of the Marquis of Berkeley
Sources: Add. MS. 6298; The Order of the Garter (Ashmole), 1672;...
Contributor: N. G. [Newcomen Groves]
Article
Brandon, Sir Thomas d. 1510, diplomatist, was the son of William Brandon and Elizabeth Wynfyld, and uncle to the celebrated Charles Brandon [q.v.], duke of Suffolk. His family were staunch supporters of the Lancastrian cause. His brother, William, was slain at the battle of Bosworth gallantly defending the standard of Henry VII. A contemporary manuscript speaks of Sir Thomas as having ‘greatly favoured and followed the party of Henry, earl of Richmond.’ He married Anne, daughter of John Fiennes, Lord Dacre, and widow of the Marquis of Berkeley. She died in 1497 without issue. He was appointed to the embassy charged with concluding peace with France in 1492, and again in 1500 he formed one of the suite which accompanied Henry VII to Calais to meet the Archduke Philip of Austria. In 1503, together with Nicholas West, subsequently bishop of Ely, he was entrusted with the important mission of concluding a treaty with the Emperor Maximilian at Antwerp. The principal object of this treaty was to induce Maximilian to withdraw his support from Edmund de la Pole, duke of Suffolk, and banish him and the other English rebels from his dominions. Other points touched upon were the treatment of Milan and the question of Maximilian receiving the garter. Maximilian, according to his custom, behaved with much indecision, and, after solemnly ratifying the treaty, allowed the English ambassadors to leave, ‘marvailing of this soden defection seyng divers matters as undetermyned.’ On his return to England, Brandon was treated with much consideration by Henry VII, and we find him holding such offices as those of master of the king's horse, keeper of Freemantill Park, and marshal of the King's Bench. He was noted for his prowess as a knight and skill in military affairs. In the records of a tournament held in 1494 to celebrate the creation of the king's second son as knight of the Bath and Duke of York, Thomas Brandon is mentioned as having distinguished himself. For his prowess in arms he was made a knight of the Garter. In October 1507 he was sent to meet Sir Balthasar de Castiglione, ambassador to the Duke of Urbino, who came to England to receive the Garter for his master. Brandon died on 29 Jan. 1509-10.
Sources
Add. MS. 6298; The Order of the Garter (Ashmole), 1672; Anstis's Order of the Garter, 1724; Rymer's Federa, xiii. 35; Gairdner's Letters and Papers illustrative of the reigns of Rich. III and Henry VII; Collins's Peerage of England, 1812; Brewer's Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic, of the reign of Henry VIII.
Contributor: N. G.
published 1885
Name: Brandon, Sir Thomas
Dates: d. 1510
Active Date: 1490
Gender: Male
Field of Interest: Politics, Government and Political Movements
Occupation: Diplomatist
Spouse: Anne, daughter of John Fiennes, Lord Dacre, and widow of the Marquis of Berkeley
Sources: Add. MS. 6298; The Order of the Garter (Ashmole), 1672;...
Contributor: N. G. [Newcomen Groves]
Article
Brandon, Sir Thomas d. 1510, diplomatist, was the son of William Brandon and Elizabeth Wynfyld, and uncle to the celebrated Charles Brandon [q.v.], duke of Suffolk. His family were staunch supporters of the Lancastrian cause. His brother, William, was slain at the battle of Bosworth gallantly defending the standard of Henry VII. A contemporary manuscript speaks of Sir Thomas as having ‘greatly favoured and followed the party of Henry, earl of Richmond.’ He married Anne, daughter of John Fiennes, Lord Dacre, and widow of the Marquis of Berkeley. She died in 1497 without issue. He was appointed to the embassy charged with concluding peace with France in 1492, and again in 1500 he formed one of the suite which accompanied Henry VII to Calais to meet the Archduke Philip of Austria. In 1503, together with Nicholas West, subsequently bishop of Ely, he was entrusted with the important mission of concluding a treaty with the Emperor Maximilian at Antwerp. The principal object of this treaty was to induce Maximilian to withdraw his support from Edmund de la Pole, duke of Suffolk, and banish him and the other English rebels from his dominions. Other points touched upon were the treatment of Milan and the question of Maximilian receiving the garter. Maximilian, according to his custom, behaved with much indecision, and, after solemnly ratifying the treaty, allowed the English ambassadors to leave, ‘marvailing of this soden defection seyng divers matters as undetermyned.’ On his return to England, Brandon was treated with much consideration by Henry VII, and we find him holding such offices as those of master of the king's horse, keeper of Freemantill Park, and marshal of the King's Bench. He was noted for his prowess as a knight and skill in military affairs. In the records of a tournament held in 1494 to celebrate the creation of the king's second son as knight of the Bath and Duke of York, Thomas Brandon is mentioned as having distinguished himself. For his prowess in arms he was made a knight of the Garter. In October 1507 he was sent to meet Sir Balthasar de Castiglione, ambassador to the Duke of Urbino, who came to England to receive the Garter for his master. Brandon died on 29 Jan. 1509-10.
Sources
Add. MS. 6298; The Order of the Garter (Ashmole), 1672; Anstis's Order of the Garter, 1724; Rymer's Federa, xiii. 35; Gairdner's Letters and Papers illustrative of the reigns of Rich. III and Henry VII; Collins's Peerage of England, 1812; Brewer's Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic, of the reign of Henry VIII.
Contributor: N. G.
published 1885
Notes for Thomas & Anne (Family)
From: "Chris Phillips" <cgp@medievalgenealogy.org.uk>
Newsgroups: soc.genealogy.medieval
Subject: Re: Complete Peerage Addition: Marriage Date of Anne Fiennes and Thomas Brandon
Date: Sat, 27 Mar 2004 11:11:16 -0000
Douglas Richardson wrote:
> Complete Peerage 2 (1912): 135 (sub Berkeley) shows that Anne Fiennes,
> widow of William Berkeley, Marquess of Berkeley (died 14 Feb. 1491/2),
> married (2nd) Thomas Brandon, K.G. No date is provided for Anne's 2nd
> marriage to Thomas Brandon.
>
> A deed found in Descriptive Catalogue of Ancient Deeds, vol. 3 (1900),
> pg. 501 indicates that Anne Fiennes and Thomas Brandon were married
> before 16 May 1496.
Peter Stewart wrote:
> What is the description of this deed, and how does it indicate the
marriage?
This is a grant (in English) by Sirs Reignold Bray and Thomas Lovell,
knights, and others, to Thomas Brandon, 'squier', of the manors of Alkington
and Hynton, which the grantors hold for a term of years, to the king's use,
'of the lease of Anne, marquesse Barkeley, the late wif of William late
marquys Barkeley, now wif to the said Thomas Brandon' [etc] dated 16 May, 11
Henry VII.
[Catalogue of Ancient Deeds vol. 3, p. 501, no D. 819]
Chris Phillips
_________________________________________________________
Newsgroups: soc.genealogy.medieval
Subject: Re: Complete Peerage Addition: Marriage Date of Anne Fiennes and Thomas Brandon
Date: Sat, 27 Mar 2004 11:11:16 -0000
Douglas Richardson wrote:
> Complete Peerage 2 (1912): 135 (sub Berkeley) shows that Anne Fiennes,
> widow of William Berkeley, Marquess of Berkeley (died 14 Feb. 1491/2),
> married (2nd) Thomas Brandon, K.G. No date is provided for Anne's 2nd
> marriage to Thomas Brandon.
>
> A deed found in Descriptive Catalogue of Ancient Deeds, vol. 3 (1900),
> pg. 501 indicates that Anne Fiennes and Thomas Brandon were married
> before 16 May 1496.
Peter Stewart wrote:
> What is the description of this deed, and how does it indicate the
marriage?
This is a grant (in English) by Sirs Reignold Bray and Thomas Lovell,
knights, and others, to Thomas Brandon, 'squier', of the manors of Alkington
and Hynton, which the grantors hold for a term of years, to the king's use,
'of the lease of Anne, marquesse Barkeley, the late wif of William late
marquys Barkeley, now wif to the said Thomas Brandon' [etc] dated 16 May, 11
Henry VII.
[Catalogue of Ancient Deeds vol. 3, p. 501, no D. 819]
Chris Phillips
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