William Brabazon (Leics MP 1313)
Sir William Brabazon, K.B. of Sproxton, Leicestershire was an English politician who represented Leicestershire and Northamptonshire in Parliament.
Sir William Brabazon, K.B. | |
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 Brabazon of Sproxton arms:- gules, on a bend argent 3 martlets of the field.[1] | |
| M.P. for Leicestershire | |
| In office 23 Sept 1313[2] – 15 Nov 1313[2] | |
| Monarch | Edward II |
| M.P. for Northamptonshire | |
| In office 28 Apr 1343[2] – 20 May 1343[2] | |
| Monarch | Edward III |
Ancestry
He was descended from Matthew Brabazon, the younger brother and heir of the Chief Justice of the King's Bench Roger Brabazon.
Career and life
William responded to King Edward I's call to arms to gather at Westminster and was knighted by Edward, the then Prince of Wales, in the Feast of the Swans at Westminster Abbey on 22 May 1306.[3]
Sir William sat in the Parliament of September 1313 for Leicestershire.
He served in Guienne in 1325.[3]
He sat in the Parliament of April 1343 for Northamptonshire.
Family
Sir William had the following issue:-
- John Brabazon. Sole daughter and heir Jane married Sir William Woodford, Serjeant-at-law,[4]: 761 into which family the Brabazons' lands passed.[1]
Sir William Brabazon was the ancestor of William Brabazon, Lord Justice of Ireland, and his Earl of Meath descendants.[3]
Notes
References
- Visitation of Leicestershire 1619, London: Harleian Society, 1870
- Members of Parliament 1213-1702 (hardback), London: House of Commons, 1878
- William Arthur Shaw (1906), The Knights of England (hardback), London: Heraldry Today
- John Burke (1838), A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Commoners of Great Britain and Ireland (hardback), vol. 4, London: Henry Colburn