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BRIDGES, Richard II, of Huntingdon.

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Attestor, parlty. elections, Huntingdon, 1427, 1435, 1447, 1449 (Feb.), 1449 (Nov.), 1450.

Bailiff, Huntingdon Mich. 1433–4, 1440–1. JUST3/220/1, 3; Add. Ch. 33540; E368/213, rot. 6d.

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BRIDGES, Richard II, of Huntingdon.
Main residence: Huntingdon.
Brigge, Brigges, Brygge, Brygges
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C.E.M.
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Commons 1422-1461
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BRICE, John I, of Weymouth, Dorset.

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?; ?m. by Sept. 1430, Joan, wid. of William Lake of Sturminster Marshall, Dorset. Dorset Nat. Hist. and Arch. Soc. lxv. 102.
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Attestor, parlty. elections, Dorset 1426, 1427.

Bailiff, Weymouth Mich. 1423–4. E159/201, recorda Mich. rot. 11d.

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BRICE, John I, of Weymouth, Dorset.
Main residence: Weymouth, Dorset.
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L.S.C.
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BREWES, William, of Dover, Kent.

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m. by Dec. 1435, Joan. E326/3911.
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Jurat, Dover 8 Sept. 1430–5, 1439 – 40, 1441 – 43, 1444 – 45, 1446 – 47; chamberlain 1431 – 32; mayor 1436 – 39, 1440 – 41, 1443 – 44; dep. mayor 1441–2. Add. 29615, ff. 166v, 174v, 181v, 189v, 202v; 29810, ff. 8v, 13v, 20, 31, 32v, 39, 45, 51v, 59v; White and Black Bks. of Cinque Ports (Kent Rec. Ser. xix), 8–12; Dover Chs. ed. Statham, 223.

Cinque Ports’ bailiff to Yarmouth Sept.–Nov. 1433. White and Black Bks. 2.

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BREWES, William, of Dover, Kent.
Main residence: Dover, Kent.
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BREWES, Thomas (c.1406-82), of Fressingfield, Suff. and Topcroft, Norf.

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b. c.1406, s. and h. of Sir Robert Brewes (d.1424) of Fressingfield by Ela (d.1456), da. of Sir Miles Stapleton (d.1419) of Bedale, Yorks. and Ingham, Norf.; cousin and h. of (Sir) John Shardelowe*. CIPM, xxiv. 13; CP, ii. 306; vii. 62-3; F. Blomefield, Norf. viii. 249; Norf. RO, Norwich consist. ct., Reg. Brosyard, ff. 23-24. m. (1) Margaret, da. of Sir John Calthorpe (d.1415) of Burnham Thorpe, Norf., sis. of William Calthorpe*, 2s. 1da.; C.E. Moreton, Townshends, 96; CAD, ii. C2631; F.A. Crisp, Fragmenta Genealogica, viii. 57. (2) by 1440, Elizabeth (d.1503), da. of Gilbert Debenham I*, 4s. ?5da. Moreton, 96; Norf. RO, institutions bk., 1472-86, DN/REG7 bk. 12, ff. 242-3; Crisp, viii. 57-58; CP25(1)/224/119/14; PCC 17 Blamyr (PROB11/13, ff. 32v-34v). Both CP, ii. 306, and HP Biogs. ed. Wedgwood and Holt, 108, mistakenly refer to Brewes’s first wife as William Calthorpe’s ‘grand-daughter’. There is also some confusion as to her name, since some sources refer to her variously as Joan, Anne or Mary. Dist. 1458, 1465; Kntd. 23 May 1465. Coronation Elizabeth Wydeville ed. G. Smith, 63.
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Attestor, parlty. elections, Norf. 1429, 1431, 1442, Suff. ?1433, Uncertain owing to damaged return. 1449 (Feb.), 1449 (Nov.), 1450, 1455, 1459, 1461. KB145/7/1.

Escheator, Norf. and Suff. 3 Nov. 1434 – 6 Nov. 1435.

Commr. to distribute tax allowance, Suff. Jan. 1436, June 1445, July 1446, June 1468; of array Jan. 1436, Sept. 1457, Dec. 1459, Mar., May 1472; oyer and terminer, Norf., Suff. Sept. 1444; inquiry, Suff. May 1446 (inheritance of Thomas Barker), Feb. 1448 (concealments, illegal granting of liveries and shipping of uncustomed and uncocketed merchandise), Essex, Glos., Mdx., Lincs., Norf., Northumb., Suff., Yorks. Aug. 1451 (ships evading the king of Denmark’s staple at Bergen), Suff. Feb. 1463 (misdeeds of John Strange*), Aug. 1473 (unpaid farms), Aug. 1475 (estates of attainted earl of Oxford), Sept. 1476 (riots and illegal gatherings); to treat for loans June 1446; of gaol delivery, Ipswich Oct. 1449, May, Oct. 1456, Oct. 1457, Oct. 1459, May, Oct. 1461, Oct. 1470, Norwich castle Sept. 1470; C66/491 m. 18d; 471 m. 14d; 481 m. 189d; 482 m. 16d; 484 m. 13d; 488 m. 19d 492 mm. 3d, 14d; 526 m. 6d. to assess subsidy, Suff. Aug. 1450, July 1463; collect loan from Alice de la Pole, duchess of Suffolk, Oct. 1450; of sewers, Suff. Nov. 1452, May 1458 (from Minsmere harbour to Yoxford bridge); to organize coastal watches Nov. 1456; assign archers Dec. 1457; of arrest, Norf. June 1459, Suff. Nov. 1470, May 1473; to resist Richard, earl of Warwick, and his supporters Feb. 1460; urge the raising of a fleet against the King’s enemies of France and Scotland, Essex, Herts., Suff. June 1461.

Sheriff, Norf. and Suff. 3 Nov. 1438 – 4 Nov. 1439, 6 Nov. 1442 – 3 Nov. 1443.

J.p. Suff. 12 Aug. 1442 – July 1458, 8 Aug. 1459 – Mar. 1460, 12 May 1460 – June 1470, 16 July – Dec. 1470, 13 Dec. 1473 – d.

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BREWES, Thomas (c.1406-82), of Fressingfield, Suff. and Topcroft, Norf.
Main residences: Fressingfield, Suff.; Topcroft, Norf.
Breux, Brewese, Brews, Brewse, Brewys, Browes
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BREMESGROVE, William, of Devizes, Wilts.

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Mayor, Devizes Mich. 1422–3. Wilts Hist. Centre, Devizes bor. recs. 189/41; CP40/688, rot. 387d.

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BREMESGROVE, William, of Devizes, Wilts.
Main residence: Devizes, Wilts.
Bremysgrove, Brymysgrove
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H.W.K.
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Commons 1422-1461
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BREINTON, Thomas (d.1494), of Hereford.

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prob. s. and h. of George Breinton*. m. Joan, at least 2s. inc. John†, 1da.
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Attestor, parlty. elections, Hereford 1453, 1459, 1467, 1472.

Commr. of gaol delivery, Hereford Aug. 1455 (q.), June 1466, May 1468, June 1476 (q.), Oct. 1477 (q.), Feb. (q.), Sept. 1485, Sept., Oct. 1489, Hereford castle Oct. 1464, Oct. 1467 (q.), Oct. 1468 (q.), Dec. 1470 (q.), Oct. 1473 (q.), Oct. 1477, Oct. 1478 (q.), Nov. 1479 (q.), Oct. 1480, Aug., Oct. 1481 (q.), Oct. 1482, Oct. 1484 (q.), C66/480, m. 6d; 491, m. 16d; 509, m. 27d; 515, m. 6d; 519, m. 10d; 521, mm. 4d, 24d; 531, m. 5d; 538, m. 18d; 541, mm. 24d, 29d; 543, m. 29d; 544, m. 20d; 546, m. 26d; 547, m. 15d; 548, m. 6d; 549, m. 4d; 558, mm. 8d, 21d. Oct. 1487, Sept. 1489, May, Oct. 1490, Nov. 1492, Leominster Feb. 1489; array, Herefs. Dec. 1459, May, Dec. 1484; inquiry July 1471 (lands of Sir Richard Herbert), Glos., Herefs., Worcs. Feb. 1474 (lands of John Throckmorton†), July 1474 (proposed alienation by Sir John Barre*), Herefs. Dec. 1476 (lands of Katherine, countess of Shrewsbury), Mar., Apr. 1478 (lands of George, duke of Clarence, and his wife, Isabel), Dec. 1483 (treasons); oyer and terminer, S. Wales Aug. 1471, Mon. (q.), S. Wales June 1479 (offences of John Herbert, bastard); DL42/19, f. 11. to assess subsidy on aliens, Herefs. Apr., Aug. 1483, Jan. 1488.

Steward of cts. for Hereford cathedral c. 1456 – 57; clerk of cts. for same c.1478–1491. J.H. Baker, Men of Ct. (Selden Soc. supp. Ser. xviii), i. 363.

J.p.q. Herefs. Apr. 1459 – June 1460, 6 Dec. 1470 – Feb. 1473, 18 Mar. – Dec. 1473, by 25 July 1474–?d.

Mayor, Hereford Oct. 1465–6. Herefs. RO, Hereford city recs. MT/VII/4; C66/515, m. 6d.

Jt. surveyor of murage, Hereford 28 Nov. 1467–75, 4 Feb. 1478–86. CPR, 1467–77, pp. 54–55; 1476–85, p. 74.

Feodary, Edw. IV’s earldom of March in Herefs. and the Welsh march ?1470s. C67/51, m. 28.

Under steward for Thomas Myllyng, bp. of Hereford, in Herefs. and Glos. 20 Sept. 1475-aft. 28 Dec. 1482. Reg. Myllyng (Canterbury and York Soc. xxvi), 76.

Escheator, Herefs. 5 Nov. 1479–80, 5 Nov. 1485–6.

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BREINTON, Thomas (d.1494), of Hereford.
Main residence: Hereford.
Braynton, Breenton, Breynton, Breyton
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S.J.P.
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