Thomas Brugge, de jure 5th Baron Chandos (1427 – 30 January 1493), was an English peer.

Origins

Thomas Brugge was born in

Coberley Coberley is a village and Civil parishes in England, civil parish in the Cotswold (district), Cotswold District of Gloucestershire in England, south of Cheltenham. It lies at the confluence of several streams (Seven Springs, Gloucestershire, Sev ...

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son of Giles Brugge, 4th Baron Chandos and Catherine Clifford, daughter of James Clifford of

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, Gloucestershire and widow of Anselm Guise.

Career

Brugge was Knight of the Shire (MP) for

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in 1460 and for

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in 1472. He succeeded to the title of 5th Lord Chandos on 13 April 1467, de jure, on the death of his father.

Marriages and family

Brugge's first marriage was to Margaret Banaster, from which there was no issue. He remarried in 1458 to Florence, the daughter of William Darrell of

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in Wiltshire by his wife, Elizabeth, the daughter of Thomas Calston. Thomas and Florence had at least eight children: #Elizabeth Brugge (c. 1459 – 26 January 1535), married (1) William Cassey (2) Walter Rowdon. There is a commemorative memorial brass plaque on the floor of

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church. #Alice Brugge (born c. 1460), married to Thomas William Chicheley. #

Giles Brugge, 6th Baron Chandos Giles Brugge of Cubberley, 6th Baron Chandos (c. 1462 – 1 December 1511) born in Cubberley, Gloucester, England. The son of Thomas Brugge, 5th Baron Chandos, and Florence Darrell. Giles took part in the Battle of Blackheath on 22 June 1497 from ...

(c. 1462/63 – 1 December 1511), married to Isabel Baynham. #Eleanor Brugge (born c. 1463), married to Thomas Pauncefoot as his third wife. #Jane Brugge (born c. 1466). #Henry Brugge (born c. 1470), Esq., of Newbury, Berkshire, Faulstone, Ludgershall, and Salisbury, Wiltshire, Burgess (MP) for Ludgershall, Wiltshire, and Gentleman Usher to King Henry VIII. Henry 'Bruges' made a will dated 5 December 1538, probated in London on 28 January 1539. Henry married circa 1500, Margery Buckerd the daughter of William Buckerd as shown in the Visitation of Wiltshire 1565. Margery was the widow of clothier Nicholas Bedford of Newbury. Henry was bequeathed £10 in 1509 by Margery's son, John Bedford of Poole. Henry mentions in his will his other step-son, Robert Bedford, and his cousin, Anne the daughter of Constantine Darrell. Henry was succeeded by his son Sir

Richard Brydges Richard Brydges (1500–1558) was an English politician. Sir Richard Brydges was the Member of Parliament for Berkshire from 1539 to 1540 and, at other times, for Ludgershall. The Brydges family leased and then owned the manor of Ludgershall ...

(Bruges or Bridges) of

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in Berkshire and Ludgershall in Wiltshire. Henry had a daughter Joan who married firstly John Giffard of Itchell Manor at

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and secondly William Thornhill of Thornhill in Dorset; Joane died 1557 at Thornhill. In 1520 and 1530 Henry Bruges was

High Sheriff of Berkshire The High Sheriff of Berkshire, in common with other counties, was originally the King's representative on taxation upholding the law in Saxon times. The word Sheriff evolved from 'shire-reeve'. The title of High Sheriff is therefore much older ...

. Henry Brugge should not be confused with his kinsman Harry Bridges (d. 14 April 1579) who married as her first husband Anne Hungerford, the daughter of Sir John Hungerford (d. 9 March 1582) of Down Ampney, Gloucestershire. #Thomas Brugge (born c. 1471 - 1511). Frank A. Gooch asserts had daughter Isabelle Bridges who married, 21 May 1522, Peter Gooch seized of lands in

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and had 9 children including the male-line ancestor of the

Gooch baronets There have been two baronetcies created for persons with the surname Gooch, one in the Baronetage of Great Britain and one in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. Gooch Baronets of Benacre Hall The Gooch Baronetcy of Benacre Hall, in the Count ...

.''The history of the Surname with some Account of John Gooch in New England'', Frank Austin Gooch (1926), p.58 #Anne Brugge (Bruges or Brydges, born c. 1473) married (1) William Reade (d.10 August 1508) of Deerhurst, Gloucestershire and (2) Henry Pole

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William and Anne had son and heir William Reade of Boddington.

References

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Accessed February 4, 2009 *Burke, Bernard. ''A Genealogical History of the Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct Peerages of the British Empire.'' (p. 83) London: Harrison, 1866
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Retrieved February 5, 2009 *Collins, Arthur, and Egerton Brydges. ''Peerage of England: Genealogical, Biographical, and Historical.'' Vol. VI, (pp. 712–13) London: Printed for F.C. and J. Rivington, Otridge and Son, J. Nichols and Co., 1812
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Retrieved February 5, 2009 *Will of Sir Gyles Brugge probated 18 February 1512 - Prob 11/17 *Will of Henry Bruges at National Archives, reference Prob 11/27 *''Magna Carta ancestry: a study in colonial and medieval families'', Douglas Richardson, Kimball G. Everingham * ''Visitations of Wiltshire'' dated 1565 shows Margery as the daughter of William Buckerd. Also see note in ''Visitation of Berkshire'' 1532. *Will of Henry Bridges of Tangley, Oxfordshire probated 28 June 1587 at National Archives Prob 11/70/460 {{DEFAULTSORT:Chandos, Thomas Brugge, 5th Baron 1427 births 1493 deaths People from Cotswold District People of the Tudor period 15th-century English people Th 5