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Bryan, Francis (1492 - 1549/50)

Born / Died

Birth Date: 1492
Death Date: 1550-02-02

Parents

Marriages/Other Unions

  1. Type: marriage
    Union began: 1522-3
    Union ended: n.d.

Siblings

Female

Primary Title

  • Knight

Titles

  • Knight
    Assumed: 1522-07-02
    Vacated: 1549/50-02-02

Details of Offices

Began Ended
Master of the Toils, Kent 1518 -12 1548 -11 -8
Forester, Middlesex 1524 1526
Keeper, Middlesex 1529 -12 -11
Keeper, Surrey 1529 1546
Chief Butler of England, England 1537 1550
Vice Admiral, England 1542/3 -1 -8
Lord Marshal, Ireland 1548 -11
Chief Governor, Ireland 1549 -12 -27

Details of Properties

Residence

  • Ampthill, Bedfordshire
  • Woburn, Bedfordshire
  • London (city-county)

Lands

  • Essex

Event Naming Patron

Event Type Date Location Troupe
Performance - Dover (Unknown), Dover, Kent Sir Francis Bryan's Minstrels

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
Sir Francis Bryan's Minstrels Bryan, Francis (1492 - 1550) Entertainers/Minstrels 1

Bibliographic Sources

  • Bindoff, S.T. The History of Parliament: The House of Commons, 1509–1558. 3 vols. London: Secker & Warburg, 1982
  • Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.