Gerard BRAYBROOKE, Of Colmworth & Horsenden, Sir^[1]

Abt 1332 - 1403  (~ 71 years)

• Name	Gerard BRAYBROOKE  [2, 3]
  Suffix	Of Colmworth & Horsenden, Sir
  Birth	Abt 1332	Colmworth, Bedfordshire, England   [3]
  Gender	Male
  _UID	4547C415D39442BF8EA659CF37D59ACE9D45
  Death	1 Feb 1402-1403	Horsenden, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England   [3]
  Person ID	I11759	Carney Wehofer July 2025
  Last Modified	5 Feb 2012

  
  

  Marriage	15 Aug 1352	Tower of London, Middlesex, England   [3]
  Family ID	F12942	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1
  Marriage	Bef Apr 1350	1st Wife   [3]
  Family ID	F5958	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	29 Aug 2016

  
  

  Family 2	Isabel BASSET,   b. Abt 1332, Drayton, Staffordshire, England d. 25 Apr 1393, Newark-on-Trent, Nottinghamshire, England (Age ~ 61 years)
  Marriage	Abt May 1369	2ND Husband, 2ND Wife   [3]
  Family ID	F5959	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	29 Aug 2016

  
  

• Notes

  Following is excerpted from a post to SGM, 11 Jun 1999, by Robert O'Connor: From: Robert O'Connor (roconnor@es.co.nz) Subject: Braybrooke Newsgroups: soc.genealogy.medieval Date: 1999/06/11 Sir GERARD BRAYBROOKE, Kt., M.P., of Colmworth, Beds. & Horsenden, Bucks., Born c. 1332. M 1st before Easter 1350 Margaret, d. & heir of John Longueville, M.P., of Orton Longueville, Hunts. (See LONGUEVILLE). M 2nd c. May 1369 Isabel (She M 1st Sir Thomas Shirley, M.P., of Lower Ettington, Warw. - See SHIRLEY – She Died 25 April 1393), natural d. of Ralph, 2nd Baron Basset, of Drayton, Staffs. (See BASSET). He joined the entourage of the Black Prince as an esquire, serving both in the Gascon expedition, 1355-7, which culminated in the Battle of Poitiers, & on a subsequent campaign in 1359. Knighted before May 1361. Commissioner for Oyer & Terminer for Beds., Feb. 1363 & June 1371. Appointed to various other Royal Commissions, 1371 to 1402. Member of Parliament for Beds., 1377 & 1390. Died 1 Feb. 1402/3. He had issue by his 1st wife: HoP, 1386-1421, II, pp 343-6, III, p 277 & IV, p 1386 Faris, p 286. Note: Magna Charta Sureties & Burke's Peerage question the legitimacy of Isabel Basset, but aren't sure, and being sister of the 3rd Baron Basset, she was granddaughter of the 2nd Baron, because her father dvp.

  
  

• Sources

  [S579] Jim Weber. [S116] Plantagenet Ancestry of Seventeenth-Century Colonists, by David Faris, 2nd Edition 1999, NEHGS, 383 (Reliability: 3). [S44] Newsgroup: soc.genealogy.medieval, at groups - google.com, Robert O'Connor, 11 Jun 1999 (Reliability: 3).