Sir Roger Brabazon ( 1247 – 13–14 June 1317) was an

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from 1296 to 1316. Little is known of his background, he was the son of William le Brabazon, and may have been born at

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in or before 1247. Knighted in 1268, Sir Roger was in the service of

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from 1275, and through Edmund's patronage he started receiving judicial commissions from the mid-1280s. In 1290, after

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had been dismissed from the

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, Brabazon was hired as a junior justice. In 1291–1292, Brabazon took part in hearing the '

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's overlordship over

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, and pronounced the judgement in favour of

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in 1295, Brabazon was then appointed Chief Justice of the King's Bench, a position he held until old age and infirmity forced him to resign in 1316. Brabazon married Beatrice, daughter of Warin of Bassingbourn, at some point between 1281 and 1284. With his own and his wife's inheritance, combined with later acquisitions, he held extensive lands in the county of Leicestershire. He died on either 13 June or 14 June 1317, and as he left no issue, his heir was his brother, Matthew. He was buried in

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, and his

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house was sold to

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, later a Chief Justice of the King's Bench himself.

References

*Paul Brand, 'Brabazon, Sir Roger (b. in or before 1247?, d. 1317)', Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, Sept 2004; online edn, Jan 2008 accessed 4 March 2008
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