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, the youngest daughter and child of Sir

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's army facing the invasion threat of the

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. He succeeded his elder brother as Baron Chandos, and served as

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Family

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, and Anne Echingham. Their children included; * Grey Brydges, his heir. * Beatrix Brydges (d. 1602), married Sir Henry Poole of Sapperton, MP for Cirencester.W R Williams ''Parliamentary History of the County of Gloucester''
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. * Joan or Eleanor Brydges (d. 1616) married Sir Ambrose or Sir Thomas Turville, cupbearer to

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& Folkestone Williams, ''Court and Times of James the First'', vol. 1 (London, 1848), p. 418.

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