Brydges, Edmund (1520 - 1572/3)

Biographical Overview

Parents

Titles - 3
Properties - 6
Total events naming patron - 4
Troupes - 2
Venues - 1
Bibliographic Sources - 11
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Born / Died

Birth Date: by 1520
Death Date: 1573-03-11 (possibly died 12 March 1572/3)

Siblings

Female

Brydges, Katherine ( - 1566)

Marriages/Other Unions

  1. Bray, Dorothy (1530 - 1605)
    Type: marriage
    Union began: ca. 1548
    Union ended: n.d.
    Note: Union also produced 1 other daughter

Offspring

From Bray, Dorothy (1530 - 1605)

  1. Male offspring: Brydges, Giles (1548 - 1594) (patron)
  2. Male offspring: Brydges, William (1548 - 1602) (patron)
  3. Female offspring: Brydges, Katharine (n.d.)

Primary Title

2nd Baron Chandos of Sudeley

Titles

  • Knight Banneret
    Assumed 1547-09-27
  • 2nd Baron Chandos of Sudeley
    Assumed 1557-04-12
    Vacated 1572/3-03-11
  • Knight of the Garter
    Assumed 1572-06-17 (date nominated; installed 17 June 1572)
    Vacated 1572/3-03-11

Details of Offices

Began Ended Notes
Constable, Gloucestershire 1542-10-15 1572/3-03-11 Held jointly with father, then solely from 12 April 1557
Steward, Gloucestershire 1542-10-15 1572/3-03-11 Held jointly with father, then solely from 12 April 1557
MP, Wiltshire 1545 1547
JP, Gloucestershire 1547 n.d.
MP, Gloucestershire 1553-10 n.d.
JP, Wiltshire 1553/4 n.d.
JP, Gloucestershire 1553/4 n.d.
Commissioner of Musters, Gloucestershire 1557 1558
Keeper & Steward, Wiltshire 1557-5-22 1572/3-03-11
Lord Lieut, Gloucestershire 1559-5-10 n.d.
Vice Admiral, Gloucestershire 1561-7-22 n.d.
JP, Wiltshire 1561/2 n.d.
JP, Gloucestershire 1561/2 n.d.
Forester & Keeper, Wiltshire 1563-6-4 n.d.
Steward, Gloucestershire 1563-6-4 n.d.
Commissioner of Gaol Delivery, Gloucestershire 1563/4 n.d.
Commissioner of Gaol Delivery, Staffordshire 1563/4 n.d.
Commissioner of Gaol Delivery, Herefordshire 1563/4 n.d.
Commissioner of Gaol Delivery, Worcestershire 1563/4 n.d.
Commissioner of Gaol Delivery, Oxfordshire 1563/4 n.d.
Commissioner of Gaol Delivery, Berkshire 1563/4 n.d.
Commissioner of Gaol Delivery, Monmouthshire 1563/4 n.d.
Commissioner of Gaol Delivery, Shropshire 1563/4 n.d.
JP, Wiltshire 1564 1572/3
JP, Gloucestershire 1564 1572/3
Steward, Gloucestershire 1567-10-25 1572/3-03-11
Commissioner of Musters, Gloucestershire 1569 1572/3
Lord Lieut, Gloucestershire 1569-11-20 n.d.

Details of Properties

Residence

  • Sudeley Castle, Gloucestershire
    (Performance Venue)
    Patrimony
    Acquired: 1557-04-12
    Divested: 1572/3-03-11

Lands

  • Gloucestershire: Abbots of St. Peters Townhouse
    Acquired: ca. 1544
    Granted
  • Gloucestershire: Bourton Haresfield, Stoke Orchard, Sudeley Manors, Prinknash Park
  • Gloucestershire: Guiting & Ashleworth Manors
    Acquired: 1549-08-09
    Granted
  • Wiltshire: St. Andrews Blunsdon, Blunsdon Broad, Haydon, Mintey, Purton, Sevenhampton, & Stratton St. Margaret Manors
    Acquired: ca. 1544
    Via marriage
  • Worcestershire

Events Naming Patron

Event Date Location Troupe
Performance 1571-1572 Shrewsbury (Unknown), Shrewsbury , Shropshire Lord Chandos' Bearward
Performance 1572-1572 The Marsh, Bristol , Bristol (city-county) in Gloucestershire Lord Chandos' Bearward
Performance 1558-1559 Boothall, Gloucester , Gloucestershire Lord Chandos' Players
Performance 1559-1559 Ludlow (Unknown), Ludlow , Shropshire Lord Chandos' Players

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
Lord Chandos' Bearward Brydges, Edmund (1520 - 1573) Performing Animals 2
Lord Chandos' Players Brydges, Edmund (1520 - 1573) Players 2

Owned Venues

Venue Name County Venue Type
Sudeley Castle Gloucestershire Private Residence

Bibliographic Sources

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Bindoff, S.T. The History of Parliament: The House of Commons, 1509–1558. 3 vols. London: Secker & Warburg, 1982.
Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edward VI [1547–53]. 6 vols. London: HMSO, 1924–9.
Calendar of Patent Rolls, Elizabeth I [1558–78]. 7 vols. London: HMSO, 1939–82.
Calendar of Patent Rolls, Philip and Mary [1553–8]. 4 vols. London: HMSO, 1937–9.
Calendar of State Papers, Domestic, Edward VI, Mary, Elizabeth I and James I [1547–1625]. 12 vols. London: HMSO, 1856–72.
Calendar of the Manuscripts of the Most Honorable the Marquis of Salisbury. 18 vols (24 parts). London: HMSO, 1883–1976.
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.
Doyle, James E. The Official Baronage of England Showing the Succession, Dignities, and Offices of Every Peer from 1066 to 1885. 3 vols. London: Longmans, 1886.
Hasler, P.W. The History of Parliament: The House of Commons, 1558–1603. 3 vols. London: HMSO, 1981.
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)