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Brounflete, Henry ( - 1468/9)

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Born / Died

Birth Date: n.d.
Death Date: 1469-01-16

Parents

Marriages/Other Unions

  1. Type: marriage
    Union began: 1415-9-29
    Union ended: n.d.
    Note: Married between this date and 27 April 1416
  2. Fitzhugh, Eleanor ( - 1457)
    Type: marriage
    Union began: 1434
    Union ended: n.d.

Offspring

Primary Title

  • Knight

Titles

  • Knight
    Assumed: 1418/19-01-25
  • 1st Baron Vessy
    Assumed: 1448/9-01-24 (date summoned to parliament by this title)
    Vacated: 1468/9-01-16

Details of Offices

Began Ended
JP, Yorkshire: East Riding 1429
Privy Councillor, England 1429/30 -2 -16
JP, Yorkshire: East Riding 1431
Constable, York 1432 -11 1433 -11
Sheriff, Yorkshire 1432 -11 -5 1433 -11 -5
JP, Yorkshire: East Riding 1433/4 1435
JP, Yorkshire: East Riding 1437 1441
JP, Bedfordshire 1437
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Yorkshire 1438
Constable of England, England 1438 -11 -11
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Northamptonshire 1439
JP, Yorkshire: East Riding 1443
JP, Yorkshire: East Riding 1449
JP, Yorkshire: East Riding 1451
JP, Yorkshire: West Riding 1452
JP, Yorkshire: East Riding 1453 1459

Details of Properties

Residence

  • Wymington, Bedfordshire
  • Londesborough, Yorkshire: East Riding
  • Brompton, Yorkshire: North Riding
  • Malton, Yorkshire: North Riding

Lands

  • Bedfordshire
  • Yorkshire

Event Naming Patron

Event Type Date Location Troupe
Performance - Common Hall, York, York (city-county) in Yorkshire Sir Henry Brounflete's Minstrel
Performance - Common Hall, York, York (city-county) in Yorkshire Sir Henry Brounflete's Minstrel

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
Sir Henry Brounflete's Minstrel Brounflete, Henry (0 - 1469) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Sir Henry Brounflete's Minstrel Brounflete, Henry (0 - 1469) Entertainers/Minstrels 1

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
  • Wedgwood, Josiah C., and Anne D. Holt. The History of Parliament: Biographies of the Members of the Commons House 1439–1509. London: HMSO, 1936