Brounflete, Henry ( - 1468/9)

Biographical Overview

Parents

Titles - 2
Properties - 6
Total events naming patron - 2
Troupes - 1
Bibliographic Sources - 2
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Born / Died

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

Marriages/Other Unions

  1. , (n.d.)
    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: ca. 1434
    Union ended: n.d.

Offspring

From Fitzhugh, Eleanor ( - 1457)

  1. Female offspring: Brounflete, Margaret (d. 1493)

Primary Title

Knight

Titles

  • Knight
    Assumed Before 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 Notes
JP, Yorkshire: East Riding 1429 n.d.
Privy Councillor, England 1429/30-2-16 n.d.
JP, Yorkshire: East Riding 1431 n.d.
Constable, York 1432-11 1433-11
Sheriff, Yorkshire 1432-11-5 1433-11-5
JP, Yorkshire: East Riding 1433/4 1435
JP, Bedfordshire 1437 n.d.
JP, Yorkshire: East Riding 1437 1441
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Yorkshire 1438 n.d.
Constable of England, England 1438-11-11 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Northamptonshire 1439 n.d.
JP, Yorkshire: East Riding 1443 n.d.
JP, Yorkshire: East Riding 1449 n.d.
JP, Yorkshire: East Riding 1451 n.d.
JP, Yorkshire: West Riding 1452 n.d.
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

Events Naming Patron

Event Date Location Troupe
Performance 1447-1447 Common Hall, York , York (city-county) in Yorkshire Sir Henry Brounflete's Minstrel
Performance 1448-1448 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 2

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.