Brandon, Charles (1484 - 1545)

Biographical Overview

Parents

Titles - 4
Properties - 11
Total events naming patron - 71
Troupes - 10
Venues - 3
Bibliographic Sources - 3
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Born / Died

Birth Date: ca. 1484
Death Date: 1545-08-22

Siblings

Female

Brandon, Anne ( - )

Marriages/Other Unions

  1. Neville, Margaret (1466 - 1527/8)
    Type: marriage
    Union began: before 1507-2-7
    Union ended: ca. 1507
    Note: Union declared void on grounds of consanguinity
  2. Browne, Anne ( - 1512)
    Type: marriage
    Union began: ca. 1508
    Union ended: n.d.
    Note: Brandon had earlier married or been contracted to marry Anne Browne (perhaps after 25 Sept. 1505), but abandoned her in order to marry Margaret Neville. After his marriage with Margaret was declared void, he publicly married Anne
  3. Tudor, Mary (1496 - 1533)
    Type: marriage
    Union began: after 1515-2-4
    Union ended: n.d.
    Note: Date of private wedding; married publicly on 13 May 1515
  4. Willoughby, Katherine (1518/19 - 1580)
    Type: marriage
    Union began: 1534-9-7
    Union ended: n.d.
  5. Grey, Elizabeth (1504/5 - 1519)
    Type: other
    Union began: ca. 1513
    Union ended: n.d.
    Note: Marriage contracted only

Offspring

From Willoughby, Katherine (1518/19 - 1580)

  1. Male offspring: Brandon, Henry (1535 - 1551) (patron)

From Browne, Anne ( - 1512)

  1. Female offspring: Brandon, Anne (b. 1506)
  2. Female offspring: Brandon, Mary (1510 - 1544)

From Tudor, Mary (1496 - 1533)

  1. Female offspring: Brandon, Frances (1517 - 1559)
  2. Male offspring: Brandon, Henry (1516 - 1522)
  3. Female offspring: Brandon, Eleanor (b. 1518)
  4. Male offspring: Brandon, Henry (II) (b. 1522)

Primary Title

4th Duke of Suffolk

Titles

  • Knight
    Assumed 1512-03-30
    Vacated 1545-08-22
  • Knight of the Garter
    Assumed 1513-04-23 (dated elected)
    Vacated 1545-08-22
  • 5th Viscount Lisle
    Assumed 1513-05-15
    Vacated 1523-04-20 (date surrendered title)
  • 4th Duke of Suffolk
    Assumed 1513/14-02-01
    Vacated 1545-08-22

Details of Offices

Began Ended Notes
Chamberlain, North Wales 1509-11-22 n.d.
Master of the King's Bench, England 1509/10-1 n.d.
Commissioner of Gaol Delivery, Surrey 1510/11 n.d.
JP, Surrey 1510/11 1512
Marshal of the King's Household, England 1511-11 n.d.
JP, Suffolk 1511/12 n.d.
JP, Norfolk 1511/12 n.d.
Keeper, Essex 1512-3-29 1520/1-03
Master of the Horse, England 1512-10 n.d.
Ranger, Hampshire 1512-5-3 n.d.
Commissioner of Gaol Delivery, Surrey 1513 n.d.
Privy Councillor, England before 1513-5-15 1545-08-22
Steward, Warwickshire 1513-6-6 n.d.
Steward, Oxfordshire 1513-6-6 n.d.
Steward, Worcestershire 1513-6-6 n.d.
Steward, Gloucestershire 1513-6-6 n.d.
JP, Surrey 1513/14 1515
JP, Suffolk 1513/14 1515
JP, Norfolk 1514 1515
Steward, Worcestershire 1515-6-27 n.d.
Steward, Warwickshire 1515-6-27 n.d.
Steward, Oxfordshire 1515-6-27 n.d.
Steward, Gloucestershire 1515-6-27 n.d.
JP, Surrey 1520 n.d.
JP, Suffolk 1520 n.d.
JP, Surrey 1522 n.d.
JP, Surrey 1523/4 1526
JP, Norfolk 1523/4 n.d.
Earl Marshal, England 1524-5-21 1533-05-20
JP, Suffolk 1524 n.d.
JP, Middlesex 1524 n.d.
JP, Berkshire 1524/5 1526
JP, Middlesex 1525/6 n.d.
JP, Suffolk 1525/6 n.d.
JP, Oxfordshire 1525/6 n.d.
JP, Norfolk 1525/6 n.d.
JP, Middlesex 1528 n.d.
JP, Surrey 1528 n.d.
JP, Suffolk 1528/9 n.d.
JP, Bedfordshire 1529 1530
President, Privy Council, England 1529/30-2 1545-08-22
Commissioner of Gaol Delivery, Oxfordshire 1530 n.d.
Commissioner of Gaol Delivery, Suffolk 1530 n.d.
Commissioner of Gaol Delivery, Norwich 1530 n.d.
JP, Berkshire 1530 n.d.
JP, Buckinghamshire 1530 n.d.
JP, Cornwall 1530 n.d.
JP, Yorkshire: North Riding 1530 n.d.
JP, Derbyshire 1530 n.d.
JP, Yorkshire: East Riding 1530 n.d.
JP, Cumberland 1530 n.d.
JP, Essex 1530 n.d.
JP, Yorkshire: West Riding 1530 n.d.
JP, Devon 1530 n.d.
JP, Cambridgeshire 1530 n.d.
JP, Dorset 1530 n.d.
JP, Herefordshire 1530/1 n.d.
JP, Westmorland 1530/1 n.d.
JP, Hampshire 1530/1 n.d.
JP, Huntingdonshire 1530/1 1532
JP, Hertfordshire 1530/1 n.d.
JP, Northamptonshire 1530/1 1532
JP, Shropshire 1530/1 n.d.
JP, Lincolnshire 1530/1 1532
JP, Leicestershire 1530/1 n.d.
JP, Rutland 1530/1 n.d.
JP, Nottinghamshire 1530/1 n.d.
JP, Staffordshire 1530/1 1532
JP, Gloucestershire 1530/1 n.d.
JP, Middlesex 1530/1 n.d.
JP, Northumberland 1530/1 1532
JP, Somerset 1530/1 n.d.
JP, Surrey 1530/1 n.d.
JP, Oxfordshire 1530/1 n.d.
JP, Norfolk 1530/1 n.d.
JP, Sussex 1530/1 1532
JP, Suffolk 1530/1 n.d.
JP, Wiltshire 1531 1532
JP, Kent 1531 n.d.
JP, Warwickshire 1531 1532
JP, Worcestershire 1531 1532
JP, Bedfordshire 1531/2 n.d.
JP, Buckinghamshire 1531/2 n.d.
JP, Cornwall 1531/2 n.d.
JP, Derbyshire 1531/2 n.d.
JP, Yorkshire: East Riding 1531/2 n.d.
JP, Essex 1531/2 n.d.
Chief Justice in Eyre, South of Trent 1534-11-27 1545-08-22
JP, Devon 1536 n.d.
JP, Cambridgeshire 1536 n.d.
JP, Yorkshire: East Riding 1536 n.d.
JP, Essex 1536 n.d.
JP, Dorset 1536 1540
JP, Huntingdonshire 1536 n.d.
JP, Bedfordshire 1536 n.d.
JP, Northumberland 1536 n.d.
JP, Shropshire 1536 n.d.
JP, Yorkshire: North Riding 1536 n.d.
JP, Lincolnshire 1536 1540
JP, Rutland 1536 n.d.
JP, Buckinghamshire 1536 n.d.
JP, Staffordshire 1536 n.d.
JP, Northamptonshire 1536 n.d.
JP, Cornwall 1536 1540
JP, Oxfordshire 1536 1537
JP, Derbyshire 1536/7 1539
JP, Warwickshire 1536/7 1539
JP, Worcestershire 1536/7 n.d.
JP, Wiltshire 1536/7 1539
JP, Westmorland 1536/7 n.d.
JP, Suffolk 1537 1539
JP, Hertfordshire 1537 1540
JP, Kent 1537 1540
JP, Nottinghamshire 1537 1538
JP, Gloucestershire 1537 n.d.
JP, Middlesex 1537 n.d.
JP, Yorkshire: West Riding 1537 1542
JP, Northumberland 1537/8 n.d.
JP, Sussex 1537/8 n.d.
JP, Herefordshire 1537/8 n.d.
JP, Cambridgeshire 1537/8 1539
JP, Hampshire 1537/8 n.d.
JP, Berkshire 1537/8 n.d.
JP, Leicestershire 1537/8 1539
JP, Cumberland 1537/8 1540
JP, Huntingdonshire 1537/8 n.d.
JP, Somerset 1537/8 1541
JP, Staffordshire 1538 n.d.
JP, Norfolk 1538 n.d.
JP, Devon 1538 1541
JP, Yorkshire: East Riding 1538 n.d.
JP, Essex 1538 n.d.
JP, Worcestershire 1538 1540
JP, Northamptonshire 1538 1540
JP, Shropshire 1538 1539
JP, Surrey 1538 1539
JP, Yorkshire: North Riding 1538 1540
JP, Buckinghamshire 1539 n.d.
JP, Gloucestershire 1539 1540
JP, Cheshire 1539 1540
JP, Essex 1539/40 1542
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Dorset 1540 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Cheshire 1540 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Staffordshire 1540 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Lincolnshire 1540 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Gloucestershire 1540 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Cornwall 1540 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Worcestershire 1540 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Middlesex 1540 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Hampshire 1540 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Devon 1540 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Yorkshire: North Riding 1540 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Somerset 1540 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Herefordshire 1540 n.d.
JP, Lancashire 1540 n.d.
JP, Middlesex 1540 n.d.
JP, Staffordshire 1540 n.d.
JP, Norfolk 1540 n.d.
JP, Hampshire 1540 n.d.
JP, Herefordshire 1540 1541
JP, Northumberland 1540 n.d.
JP, Westmorland 1540 n.d.
JP, Yorkshire: East Riding 1540 1541
JP, Northamptonshire 1540 n.d.
Steward of the Household, England before 1540-4-13 1545-08-22
JP, Surrey 1540/1 1543
JP, Oxfordshire 1540/1 1542
JP, Oxfordshire 1540/1 n.d.
JP, Berkshire 1540/1 n.d.
JP, Derbyshire 1541 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Cumberland 1541/2 n.d.
JP, Cumberland 1541/2 n.d.
JP, Rutland 1542 1543
JP, Kent 1542 1543
JP, Buckinghamshire 1542 1543
JP, Warwickshire 1542 n.d.
JP, Gloucestershire 1542 n.d.
JP, Cambridgeshire 1542 n.d.
JP, Hampshire 1542 n.d.
JP, Norfolk 1542 1543
JP, Bedfordshire 1542 1543
JP, Worcestershire 1542 n.d.
JP, Lincolnshire 1542 1544
Warden, Marches towards Scotland 1542-8 n.d.
JP, Berkshire 1542/3 1544
JP, Nottinghamshire 1542/3 n.d.
JP, Shropshire 1542/3 n.d.
JP, Derbyshire 1542/3 1545
JP, Suffolk 1542/3 1544
JP, Devon 1542/3 1544
JP, Wiltshire 1542/3 n.d.
JP, Monmouthshire 1542/3 1544
JP, Cheshire 1542/3 n.d.
JP, Herefordshire 1542/3 n.d.
JP, Somerset 1543 1544
JP, Northamptonshire 1543 n.d.
JP, Middlesex 1543 1544
JP, Staffordshire 1543 1544
JP, Hertfordshire 1543 n.d.
JP, Leicestershire 1543/4 n.d.
JP, Huntingdonshire 1543/4 n.d.
JP, Cornwall 1543/4 n.d.
JP, Worcestershire 1543/4 n.d.
JP, Yorkshire: West Riding 1543/4 1545
JP, Sussex 1543/4 1545
JP, Warwickshire 1543/4 1545
JP, Gloucestershire 1543/4 n.d.
JP, Essex 1544 n.d.
JP, Oxfordshire 1544 1545
JP, Cambridgeshire 1544 n.d.
JP, Yorkshire: East Riding 1544/5 n.d.
JP, Yorkshire: North Riding 1544/5 n.d.
Capt-gen, Kent 1545-6-14 n.d.
Capt-gen, Southampton 1545-6-14 n.d.
Capt-gen, Sussex 1545-6-14 n.d.
Commissioner of Array, Buckinghamshire 1545 n.d.
Commissioner of Array, Surrey 1545 n.d.
Commissioner of Array, Middlesex 1545 n.d.
Commissioner of Array, Hampshire 1545 n.d.
Commissioner of Array, Wiltshire 1545-6-14 n.d.
Commissioner of Array, Oxfordshire 1545 n.d.
Commissioner of Array, Herefordshire 1545 n.d.
Commissioner of Array, Berkshire 1545 n.d.
Commissioner of Array, Worcestershire 1545-6-14 n.d.
Commissioner of Array, Sussex 1545 n.d.
Commissioner of Array, Kent 1545 n.d.
Lieut, Southampton 1545-6-14 n.d.
Lieut, Kent 1545-6-14 n.d.
Lieut, Sussex 1545-6-14 n.d.

Details of Properties

Residence

Lands

  • Essex
  • Lincolnshire
  • Norfolk
  • Northamptonshire
  • Rutland
  • Suffolk
  • Wiltshire

Events Naming Patron

Event Date Location Troupe
Performance 1515-1516 Plymouth (Unknown), Plymouth , Devon Duke of Suffolk's Bearward
Performance 1515-1516 Plymouth (Unknown), Plymouth , Devon Duke of Suffolk's Bearward
Performance 1515-1516 Plymouth (Unknown), Plymouth , Devon Duke of Suffolk's Bearward
Performance 1518-1519 Lydd (Unknown), Lydd , Kent Duke of Suffolk's Bearward
Performance 1518-1518 Rye (Unknown), Rye , Sussex Duke of Suffolk's Bearward
Performance 1519-1520 Lydd (Unknown), Lydd , Kent Duke of Suffolk's Bearward
Performance 1519-1520 Plymouth (Unknown), Plymouth , Devon Duke of Suffolk's Bearward
Performance 1519-1520 Sandwich (Unknown), Sandwich , Kent Duke of Suffolk's Bearward
Performance 1519-1520 Rye (Unknown), Rye , Sussex Duke of Suffolk's Bearward
Performance 1520-1521 New Romney (Unknown), New Romney , Kent Duke of Suffolk's Bearward
Performance 1520-1521 Shrewsbury (Unknown), Shrewsbury , Shropshire Duke of Suffolk's Bearward
Performance 1521-1521 Dover (Unknown), Dover , Kent Duke of Suffolk's Bearward
Performance 1521-1522 Rye (Unknown), Rye , Sussex Duke of Suffolk's Bearward
Performance 1522-1523 Shrewsbury (Unknown), Shrewsbury , Shropshire Duke of Suffolk's Bearward
Performance 1523-1523 Rye (Unknown), Rye , Sussex Duke of Suffolk's Bearward
Performance 1523-1524 Exeter (Unknown), Exeter , Exeter (city-county) in Devon Duke of Suffolk's Bearward
Performance 1524-1524 Rye (Unknown), Rye , Sussex Duke of Suffolk's Bearward
Performance 1524-1525 Shrewsbury (Unknown), Shrewsbury , Shropshire Duke of Suffolk's Bearward
Performance 1525-1526 Plymouth (Unknown), Plymouth , Devon Duke of Suffolk's Bearward
Performance 1526-1527 Rye (Unknown), Rye , Sussex Duke of Suffolk's Bearward
Performance 1527-1527 Exeter (Unknown), Exeter , Exeter (city-county) in Devon Duke of Suffolk's Bearward
Performance 1527-1527 Dover (Unknown), Dover , Kent Duke of Suffolk's Bearward
Performance 1527-1528 New Romney (Unknown), New Romney , Kent Duke of Suffolk's Bearward
Performance 1527-1528 Dover (Unknown), Dover , Kent Duke of Suffolk's Bearward
Performance 1527-1528 Bardney (Unknown), Bardney , Lincolnshire Duke of Suffolk's Bearward
Performance 1527-1528 Exeter (Unknown), Exeter , Exeter (city-county) in Devon Duke of Suffolk's Bearward
Performance 1527-1528 Plymouth (Unknown), Plymouth , Devon Duke of Suffolk's Bearward
Performance 1527-1528 Shrewsbury (Unknown), Shrewsbury , Shropshire Duke of Suffolk's Bearward
Performance 1528-1529 Plymouth (Unknown), Plymouth , Devon Duke of Suffolk's Bearward
Performance 1529-1529 Rye (Unknown), Rye , Sussex Duke of Suffolk's Bearward
Performance 1529-1530 Plymouth (Unknown), Plymouth , Devon Duke of Suffolk's Bearward
Performance 1530-1530 Rye (Unknown), Rye , Sussex Duke of Suffolk's Bearward
Performance 1530-1531 Lydd (Unknown), Lydd , Kent Duke of Suffolk's Bearward
Performance 1532-1532 The Marsh, Bristol , Bristol (city-county) in Gloucestershire Duke of Suffolk's Bearward
Performance 1518-1519 New Romney (Unknown), New Romney , Kent Duke of Suffolk's Bearward/s
Performance 1519-1520 The Quarry, Shrewsbury , Shropshire Duke of Suffolk's Bearward/s
Performance 1520-1521 Launceston (Unknown), Launceston , Cornwall Duke of Suffolk's Bearward/s
Performance 1519-1520 New Romney (Unknown), New Romney , Kent Duke of Suffolk's Bearwards
Performance 1521-1522 New Romney (Unknown), New Romney , Kent Duke of Suffolk's Bearwards
Performance 1522-1523 Chichester (Unknown), Chichester , Sussex Duke of Suffolk's Bearwards
Performance 1525-1526 New Romney (Unknown), New Romney , Kent Duke of Suffolk's Bearwards
Performance 1529-1530 New Romney (Unknown), New Romney , Kent Duke of Suffolk's Bearwards
Performance 1530-1531 New Romney (Unknown), New Romney , Kent Duke of Suffolk's Bearwards
Performance 1524-1525 Booth Hall, Shrewsbury , Shropshire Duke of Suffolk's Interluders
Performance 1543-1544 Chichester (Unknown), Chichester , Sussex Duke of Suffolk's Juggler/s
Performance 1519-1519 Dover (Unknown), Dover , Kent Duke of Suffolk's Minstrel
Performance 1529-1529 Grimley Manor, near Worcester , Worcestershire Duke of Suffolk's Minstrel
Performance 1535-1535 Battenhall Manor, near Worcester , Worcestershire Duke of Suffolk's Minstrel
Performance 1523-1523 Rye (Unknown), Rye , Sussex Duke of Suffolk's Minstrels
Performance 1533-1533 Rye (Unknown), Rye , Sussex Duke of Suffolk's Minstrels
Performance 1533-1534 Exeter (Unknown), Exeter , Exeter (city-county) in Devon Duke of Suffolk's Minstrels
Performance 1535-1535 Dover (Unknown), Dover , Kent Duke of Suffolk's Minstrels
Performance 1523-1523 Dover (Unknown), Dover , Kent Duke of Suffolk's Players
Performance 1523-1524 Dover (Unknown), Dover , Kent Duke of Suffolk's Players
Performance 1527-1528 Abbot's House, Bardney, Bardney , Lincolnshire Duke of Suffolk's Players
Performance 1530-1531 Drapers' Hall, London , London (city-county) Duke of Suffolk's Players
Performance 1531-1532 Drapers' Hall, London , London (city-county) Duke of Suffolk's Players
Performance 1537-1538 Guildhall, Cambridge , Cambridgeshire Duke of Suffolk's Players
Performance 1538-1539 Guildhall, Cambridge , Cambridgeshire Duke of Suffolk's Players
Performance 1539-1540 St James' Church, Louth , Lincolnshire Duke of Suffolk's Players
Performance 1539-1540 Lydd (Unknown), Lydd , Kent Duke of Suffolk's Players
Performance 1540-1541 Lydd (Unknown), Lydd , Kent Duke of Suffolk's Players
Performance 1540-1541 Dover (Unknown), Dover , Kent Duke of Suffolk's Players
Performance 1541-1541 Rye (Unknown), Rye , Sussex Duke of Suffolk's Players
Performance 1541-1542 Lydd (Unknown), Lydd , Kent Duke of Suffolk's Players
Performance 1541-1542 Mr Baker's, Folkestone , Kent Duke of Suffolk's Players
Performance 1542-1542 Rye (Unknown), Rye , Sussex Duke of Suffolk's Players
Performance 1542-1542 Dover (Unknown), Dover , Kent Duke of Suffolk's Players
Performance 1543-1544 Mr Alsap's Tavern, Ludlow , Shropshire Duke of Suffolk's Players
Performance 1533-1533 Crowle Manor House, near Worcester , Worcestershire Duke of Suffolk's Trumpeters
Performance 1540-1541 Common Hall, York , York (city-county) in Yorkshire Earl of Suffolk's Players

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
Duke of Suffolk's Bearward Brandon, Charles (1484 - 1545) Performing Animals 34
Duke of Suffolk's Bearward/s Brandon, Charles (1484 - 1545) Performing Animals 3
Duke of Suffolk's Bearwards Brandon, Charles (1484 - 1545) Performing Animals 6
Duke of Suffolk's Interluders Brandon, Charles (1484 - 1545) Players 1
Duke of Suffolk's Juggler/s Brandon, Charles (1484 - 1545) Acrobats/Physical Feats 1
Duke of Suffolk's Minstrel Brandon, Charles (1484 - 1545) Entertainers/Minstrels 3
Duke of Suffolk's Minstrels Brandon, Charles (1484 - 1545) Entertainers/Minstrels 4
Duke of Suffolk's Players Brandon, Charles (1484 - 1545) Players 17
Duke of Suffolk's Trumpeters Brandon, Charles (1484 - 1545) Musicians 1
Earl of Suffolk's Players Brandon, Charles (1484 - 1545) Players 1

Owned Venues

Venue Name County Venue Type
Grimsthorpe Castle Lincolnshire Private Residence
Suffolk Place Surrey Private Residence
Tattershall Castle Lincolnshire Private Residence

Bibliographic Sources

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The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom. 1887–98 (8 vols); 1910–59 (13 vols). 6 vols. Gloucester: Alan Sutton, 1982.
Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic, Henry VIII [1509–47]. 21 vols and Addenda (2 vols). London: HMSO, 1864–1932.
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. 01/05/2005 (http://www.oxforddnb.com)