Thomas Brandon (diplomat)

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Sir Thomas Brandon
Arms of Sir Thomas Brandon, KG
Died27 January 1510
BuriedBlackfriars, London
Spouse(s)Anne Fiennes
Elizabeth Dynham
FatherSir William Brandon
MotherElizabeth Wingfield

Sir Thomas Brandon, of Southwark, Surrey, and of Duddington, Northamptonshire, KG (died 27 January 1510) was an English soldier, courtier and diplomat.[1]

Life

He was from a

battle of Bosworth
defending the standard of the future Henry VII. A contemporary manuscript speaks of Sir Thomas as having 'greatly favoured and followed the party of Henry, earl of Richmond.’

He was appointed to the embassy charged with concluding peace with France in 1492, and again in 1500 he formed one of the suites which accompanied Henry VII to

Archduke Philip of Austria. In 1503, together with Nicholas West, he was given the mission of concluding a treaty with the Emperor Maximilian at Antwerp. The main object of this treaty was to induce Maximilian to withdraw his support from Edmund de la Pole, 3rd Duke of Suffolk, and banish him and the other English rebels from his dominions. Other points touched upon were the treatment of Milan and the question of Maximilian receiving the Order of the Garter
. Maximilian was indecisive and allowed the English ambassadors to leave.

On his return to England, Brandon was given offices, including

Knight of the Garter
.

In October 1507 he was sent to meet

Duke of Urbino, who came to England to receive the Garter for his master. Brandon died on 27 January 1510.[3]

Marriages and issue

Brandon married firstly, before 16 May 1496, Anne Fiennes (died 10 September 1497), widow of

Sir John Fiennes by Alice FitzHugh, daughter of Sir Henry FitzHugh, 5th Baron FitzHugh, and Lady Alice Neville, sister of Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick ("Warwick, the Kingmaker"). By her father, she was the granddaughter of Richard Fiennes, 7th Baron Dacre of the South (died 1483).[3] There was no issue from the marriage. She died on 10 September 1497 and was buried at St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle.[4]

Brandon married secondly, Elizabeth Dynham (died 19 October 1516),

Elton, Huntingdonshire. She was the daughter of Sir John Dinham (1406–1458) by Joan Arches (died 1497), and the sister and coheir of John Dynham, 1st Baron Dynham (died 1501).[6] According to Gunn, after Brandon's death his widow, Elizabeth, took a vow of celibacy before Bishop Fisher on 21 April 1510.[3] She died 19 October 1516, and was buried in the Greyfriars, London.[5][7]

Notes

  1. ^ Grove, Thomas Newcomen Archibald (1886). "Brandon, Thomas" . In Stephen, Leslie (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 6. London: Smith, Elder & Co. p. 224.
  2. ^ Richardson I 2011, p. 183; Gunn 2004.
  3. ^ a b c Gunn 2004.
  4. ^ Richardson I 2011, pp. 182–3; Gunn 2004.
  5. ^ a b Cokayne 1926, p. 510.
  6. ^ Cokayne 1926, pp. 509–510; Richardson I 2011, p. 87; Gunn 2004.
  7. St Mary Overie, Southwark
    .

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Preceded by
The 8th Baron Daubeney
Justice in Eyre

South of the Trent
1509–1510 		Succeeded by
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