BRYAN, John (d.1418), of London.

1st s. of John Bryan (d.1395), of London, fishmonger, by his w. Margaret. m. (1) bef. Mich. 1387, Joan, da. of Thomas Hanhampstead, of London, grocer, by his w. Joan (bef. 1362-1417/18), da. of John Gisors of London, gdda. and h. of Simon Dolsely (d.1362), of London, pepperer, 2s.; (2) Katherine.PCC 42 Marche; CAD, i. C472; ii. C2734; Corporation of London RO, hr 91/1, 116/35, 147/60; Guildhall Lib. London, 9171/1, f. 337d. Some confusion exists as to the identity of the Joan Fastolf whose will is entered on the London husting roll for 1419/20 (hr 147/60). R.R. Sharpe suggests that it was made by Bryan’s wife, Joan (Cal. Wills ct. Husting London, ii (2), 419), but in fact it was drawn up in September 1417 by the latter’s mother, who married Hugh Fastolf after the death of her first husband, Thomas Hanhampstead. Joan Bryan was the latter’s child. She was, moreover, almost certainly dead by September 1417, and having predeceased her husband she could not have described herself as a widow.