BRANDON

Notes: Hugh Manning lived in Saint Mary's Cray, Kent, which is but sex miles north of Cowdham, his ancestral home. The Visitation pedigree of the Manning family has him married to the aunt of Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk, that is, a daughter of Sir William Brandon. No documentary evidence of this marriage or any relationship can be found. Probably there was some more remote relationship that gave rise to the legend. If true, she would have to have been one of the two Margarets, daughters of Sir William Brandon and Elizabeth Wingfield, and there would have been a royal lineage thru the Wingfields. Hugh and his wife died early and that helps explain the lack of records for them. St. Mary's Cray, with its church dedicated to Saint Mary, lies five miles NNE of Downe, Kent. Within this church lies Hugh Manning and his wife and several more generations of this family. There is a mural monument for one of the Mannings and a fine brass memorial to Richard Manning, and his wife Rachel, he the grandson of Richard, son of Hugh.

Father: William BRANDON (Sir)

Mother: Elizabeth WINGFIELD

Married: Hugh MANNING BET 1476 / 1480

Children:

1. John MANNING

2. Robert MANNING

3. Richard MANNING

Robert BRANDON

Notes: died s.p.

Father: William BRANDON (Sir)

Mother: Elizabeth WINGFIELD

Married: Dau. CALTHORPE

Anne BRANDON

Father: William BRANDON (Sir)

Mother: Elizabeth WINGFIELD

Married: Nicholas SIDNEY

Children:

1. William SIDNEY (Sir Knight)

¿2. Dau. SIDNEY?

Thomas BRANDON (Sir)

Died: 1510

Father: William BRANDON (Sir)

Mother: Elizabeth WINGFIELD

William BRANDON (Sir)

Acceded: 7 Aug 1485, Milford Haven

Died: 22 Aug 1485, Battle of Bosworth, Leicestershire, England

Father: William BRANDON (Sir)

Mother: Elizabeth WINGFIELD

Married 1: Anne MALLORY

Married 2: Elizabeth BRUYN (dau. of Sir Henry Bruynand Elizabeth Darcy) (w. ofThomas Tyrrell)

Children:

1. Thomas BRANDON (Sir)

2. William BRANDON

3. Charles BRANDON (1° D. Suffolk)

4. Robert BRANDON (Sir)

5. Richard BRANDON

6. Anne BRANDON

Anne BRANDON

Died: BEF 1582

Father: William BRANDON (Sir)

Mother: Elizabeth BRUYN

Married 1: John SHILSTON of Wood (Sir)

Married 2: Gawen CAREW (Sir)AFT 28 Jan 1530/31 (marriage licence)

Thomas BRANDON (Sir)

Born: 1470, Windsor, Berkshire, England

Died: 27 Jan 1509

Notes: Knight of the Garter.

Father: William BRANDON (Sir)

Mother: Elizabeth BRUYN

Married 1: Anne FIENNES (M. Berkeley) 1493, Windsor, Berkshire, England

Married 2: Elizabeth DYNHAM (B. Fitzwaryn) (b. 1449 - d. 19 Oct 1516) (dau. of John Dynham and Joan Arches) (w.1 of Fulke Bourchier, 2º B. Fitzwarin - w.1 of Sir John Sapcote)

Robert BRANDON (Sir)

Born: 1470

Died: Nov 1524

Father: William BRANDON (Sir)

Mother: Elizabeth BRUYN

Married 1: Anne ? (d. 1494)

Married 2: Catherine ZOUCHE

William BRANDON

Born: 1476

Died: 1497

Father: William BRANDON (Sir)

Mother: Elizabeth BRUYN

Married: ¿Dau. SIDNEY?

Charles BRANDON (1° D. Suffolk)

Born: 1484

Acceded: 1 Feb 1514

Died: 22 Aug 1545, Guildford Palace, Surrey, England

Buried: St. George's Chapel, Windor Castle, England

Notes: See his Biography.

Father: William BRANDON (Sir)

Mother: Elizabeth BRUYN

Married 1: Anne BROWNE AFT 25 Sep 1505

Married 2: Margaret NEVILLE BEF 7 Feb 1506 ANNULMENT 1507

Married 3: Anne BROWNE ABT 1508

Children:

1. Anne BRANDON (B. Grey of Powis)

2. Mary BRANDON (B. Mounteagle)

Married 4: Elizabeth GREY (5° B. Lisle) Bey May 1523 ANNULMENT

Married 5: Mary TUDOR (Queen of France/D. Suffolk)3 Mar 1515, Paris, France

Children:

3. Henry BRANDON (b. 11 Mar 1515/6 – d. 1522)

4. Henry BRANDON (1° E. Lincoln)

5. Frances BRANDON (D. Suffolk)

6. EleanorBRANDON (C. Cumberland)

Married 6: Catherine WILLOUGHBY (B. Willoughby of Eresby/D. Suffolk) 7 Sep 1534

Children:

7. Henry BRANDON (2° D. Suffolk)

8. Charles BRANDON (3° D. Suffolk)

Anne BRANDON (B. Grey of Powis)

Born: ABT 1507

Died: Jan 1557/8

Notes: See her Biography.

Father: Charles BRANDON (1° D. Suffolk)

Mother: Anne BROWNE

Married 1: Edward GREY (3° B. Grey of Powis)1531, Suffolk, England

Married 2: Randle HANSWORTH

Mary BRANDON (B. Mounteagle)

Born: ABT 1510

Died: ABT 1542

Notes: See her Biography.

Father: Charles BRANDON (1° D. Suffolk)

Mother: Anne BROWNE

Married: Thomas STANLEY (2° B. Monteagle)

Children:

1. William STANLEY (3° B. Mounteagle)

2. Francis STANLEY

3. Elizabeth STANLEY

4. George STANLEY

5. Charles STANLEY

Henry BRANDON (1° E. Lincoln)

Born: BEF 18 Jun 1523, Westhorpe, Suffolk, England

Died: 1 Mar 1534, Southwark, Surrey, England

Notes: created Earl of Lincoln by Henry VIII on 18 Jun 1525 at the age of only two. He was "so young that Sir John Vere was appointed to carry him" during the elaborate ceremony. His father planned a marriage for him with Catherine Willoughby, a peeress in her own right and daughter of Maria de Salinas, who had been one of the Queen's ladies-in-waiting.

Throughout Brandon's life, there was a small but real possibility that he would one day become king of England. At the time of his birth, Mary was Henry VIII's only child, and the king's wife, Catalina of Aragon, was already thirty eight and had little prospect of having any more children. Next in line after the king's children was his sister Margaret Tudor, and her children, but their place in the succession was not secure – Henry would later exclude them by the Second Succession Act (1536), and by his will. Next in line after that came the Duchess of Suffolk and her son Henry Brandon, who during his own lifetime (he died before Henry's son Edward was born), was the only person in the line of succession who had the twin qualifications of being male and English. However, he died at the age of ten or eleven, in Southwark. Brandon's mother predeceased him, and the Duke married Catherine Willoughby himself.

Father: Charles BRANDON (1° D. Suffolk)

Mother: Mary TUDOR (Queen of France/D. Suffolk)

Frances BRANDON (D. Suffolk)

Born: 16 Jul 1517, Bishop's Hatfield, Hertfordshire, England

Died: 20 Nov 1559, Chaterhouse, Sheen, Surrey, England

Buried: Westminster Abbey, London, England

Notes: See her Biography.

Father: Charles BRANDON (1° D. Suffolk)

Mother: Mary TUDOR (Queen of France/D. Suffolk)

Married 1: Henry GREY (1° D. Suffolk)Mar/May 1533, Suffolk Place, Southwark, London, Middlesex, England

Children:

1. Son GREY

2. Dau. GREY

3. Jane GREY (Queen of England)

4. Catherine GREY

5. Mary GREY

Married 2: Adrian STOKES (MP)(m.2Anne Carew) (See his Biography) 9 Mar 1554

Children:

6. Elizabeth STOKES (b. 20 Nov 1554 - d. same day)

7. Elizabeth STOKES (b. 16 Jul 1555, Knebworth, Herts. - d. 7 Feb 1556)

8. Son STOKES

Eleanor BRANDON (C. Cumberland)

Born: 1519

Died: 1547

Notes: See her Biography.

Father: Charles BRANDON (1° D. Suffolk)

Mother: Mary TUDOR (Queen of France/D. Suffolk)

Married: Henry CLIFFORD (2° E. Cumberland)

Children:

1. Margaret CLIFFORD (C. Derby)

2. Charles CLIFFORD

Henry BRANDON (2° D. Suffolk)

Born: 18 Sep 1535, Barbican, London, Middlesex, England

Acceded: 1545

Died: 14 Jul 1551, Bishop's Palace, Buckden, Huntington, England

Buried: Bishop's Palace, Buckden, Huntington, England

Notes: Died of Sweating Sickness.

Father: Charles BRANDON (1° D. Suffolk)

Mother: Catherine WILLOUGHBY (B. Willoughby of Eresby/D. Suffolk)

Henry Brandon, second Duke of Suffolk

Charles BRANDON (3° D. Suffolk)

Born: 1537

Acceded: 1551

Died: 14 Jul 1551, Bishop's Palace, Buckden, Huntington, England

Buried: Bishop's Palace, Buckden, Huntington, England

Notes: Died of the Sweating Sickness, 30 minutes after his elder brother.

Father: Charles BRANDON (1° D. Suffolk)

Mother: Catherine WILLOUGHBY (B. Willoughby of Eresby/D. Suffolk)

Charles Brandon, third Duke of Suffolk

Robert BRANDON

Died: 30 May 1591

Notes: the queen’s jeweler.

Married 1: Catherine BARBER 13 Jun 1548, Saint Mary Woolnoth, London, London, England

Children:

1. Alice BRANDON

2. Mary BRANDON

3. Edward BRANDON

Married 2: Elizabeth OSBORNE

Children:

4. Lucy BRANDON

Lucy BRANDON

Died: 1652

Father: Robert BRANDON

Mother: Elizabeth OSBORNE

Married: Richard REYNELL (Sir) (See his Biography)

Children:

1. Jane REYNELL (m. Sir William Waller)

Alice BRANDON

Born: 1556

Died: BEF 1608

Notes: sometimes said to be either the niece or the grandniece of Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk. She is the subject of one of most appealing miniatures of her husband. Shortly after their marriage, they traveled to France in the entourage of Sir Amyas Paulet, the English ambassador. Hilliard, probably on Queen Elizabeth's orders, entered the service of François, duc d’Alençon. Although her husband may have returned at a later date, Alice was back in London by May 1578, when their first child, Daniel, was baptised. By 1579, the Hilliards lived in a house in Gutter Lane, off Cheapside in London, where Hilliard also had his studio. Hilliard does not seem to have been reliable in money matters. When Alice’s father died, he made no mention of his son-in-law or grandchildren in his will, instead stipulating that the allowance he left to Alice be administered by the Goldsmith’s Company. Although there was an Alice Hillyard buried at St. Margaret's Westminster on May 16, 1611, this was probably not Alice Brandon. Hilliard is known to have had a second wife and records show a Nicholas Hilliard marrying Susan Gysard at St. Mary at Hill on 3 Aug 1608, placing Alice's death before that date.

Alice Brandon

by Nicholas Hilliard, 1578

(Victoria & Albert Museum)

Father: Robert BRANDON

Mother: Catherine BARBER

Married: Nicholas HILLIARD (See his Biography) 15 Jul 1576

Children:

1. Daniel HILLIARD

2. Elizabeth HILLIARD (b. 1579)

3. Francis HILLIARD (b. 1580)

4. Laurence HILLIARD (b. 1582 - d. 1648)

5. Lettice HILLIARD (b. 1583)

6. Penelope HILLIARD (b. 1586)

7. Robert HILLIARD (b. 1588)

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