Roger Brabazon
Sir Roger Brabazon | |
|---|---|
| 14th Thomas, Earl of Lancaster (as Lord High Steward) | |
| Chancellor | John Langton (1296-1302, 1307-1310) William Greenfield (1302-1305) William Hamilton (1305-1307) Ralph Baldock (1307) Walter Reynolds (1310-1314) John Sandale (1314-1316) (as Lord High Chancellors) |
| Preceded by | Gilbert de Thornton |
| Succeeded by | Sir William Inge |
| Personal details | |
| Born | c. 1246 Mowsley, Leicestershire(?) |
| Died | 13 June 1317 (aged 69–70) |
| Resting place | Old St Paul's Cathedral, London 51°30′49″N 0°5′54″W / 51.51361°N 0.09833°W |
| Nationality | English |
Sir Roger Brabazon (c. 1247 – 13–14 June 1317) was an
Edmund of Lancaster from 1275, and through Edmund's patronage he started receiving judicial commissions from the mid-1280s. In 1290, after Ralph de Hengham had been dismissed from the King's Bench
, Brabazon was hired as a junior justice.
In 1291–1292, Brabazon took part in hearing the '
John Balliol as heir to the Scottish crown. Upon the death of Gilbert de Thornton
in 1295, Brabazon was then appointed Chief Justice of the King's Bench, a position he held until old age and infirmity forced him to resign in 1316.
Brabazon married Beatrice, daughter of Warin of Bassingbourn, at some point between 1281 and 1284. With his own and his wife's inheritance, combined with later acquisitions, he held extensive lands in the county of Leicestershire. He died on either 13 June or 14 June 1317, and as he left no issue, his heir was his brother, Matthew. He was buried in St Paul's Cathedral, and his London house was sold to Hervey de Stanton, later a Chief Justice of the King's Bench himself.
References
- Paul Brand, 'Brabazon, Sir Roger (b. in or before 1247?, d. 1317)', Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, Sept 2004; online edn, Jan 2008 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/3153, accessed 4 March 2008].