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Brandon, Henry (1535 - 1551)

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Birth Date: 1535-09-18
Death Date: 1551-07-14

Notes

Wardship granted to mother May 1546. Resident at Court from 1546. Enrolled at St John's College, Cambridge University 1549. Hostage in France to fulfil the terms of the Treaty of Boulogne April--June 1550. Contracted the sweating sickness at Cambridge and died at Buckden, Huntingdonshire

Parents

Primary Title

  • 5th Duke of Suffolk

Titles

  • 5th Duke of Suffolk
    Assumed: 1545-08-22
    Vacated: 1551-07-14

Details of Offices

Lands

  • Lincolnshire

Event Naming Patron

Event Type Date Location Troupe
Performance - Canterbury (Unknown), Canterbury, Kent Duke of Suffolk's Minstrels

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
Duke of Suffolk's Minstrels Brandon, Henry (1535 - 1551) 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
  • Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.