Sir Edward Guildford (alternative spelling Guilford; c. 1474 – 1534) was an English
courtier
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and
Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports and
Marshal of Calais
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in 1519. Upon his father's death in 1506, he inherited his father's position as
Master of the Armoury for life.
Family
Edward Guildford was born at
Offington in the parish of
Broadwater (now part of
Worthing
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), the son of
Sir Richard Guildford
Sir Richard Guildford (alias ''Guilford, Guldeford'', etc.), KG (c. 1450 – 1506) was an explorer, naval commander, and English courtier who held important positions at the court of Henry VII, including the office of Master of the Ordnance.
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and Anne Pympe.
Guildford married firstly, before 1496, Eleanor West, daughter of
Thomas West, 8th Baron De La Warr (d. 11 October 1525), by whom he had a son, Richard, and a daughter,
Jane, who married
John Dudley, 1st Duke of Northumberland, with whom she had 13 children.
His second wife was Joan, daughter of Stephen Pidleston, by whom he had no issue.
His son Richard having predeceased him, Edward Guildford caused considerable strife with the family legacy when his daughter Jane inherited Haldon Manor rather than his nephew,
John Guildford,
Member of Parliament
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for
Gatton, who was (arguably) instead intended to inherit with no nearer male heir.
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References
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1470s births
1534 deaths
Lords Warden of the Cinque Ports
People from Broadwater, West Sussex
15th-century English people
16th-century English people
English knights
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