Thomas Bryan (courtier)
Sir Thomas Bryan (died c. 30 January 1517) was an English courtier during the reign of
Life
He was the son of
Family
His wife,
Thomas and Margaret had two sons and three daughters: Francis, Thomas, Margaret (wife of Sir Henry Guildford), Anne, and Elizabeth.[2] Francis was a close friend of the King's and of his brother-in-law, Nicholas Carew.
As Lady Bryan was the half-sister of Elizabeth Boleyn, Countess of Wiltshire, she was aunt to Anne Boleyn, the second wife of King Henry VIII. The fortunes improved for the Bryan family during the 1520s and early 1530s. But it was not only Thomas Bryan's nieces by marriage who attracted the King, but also his daughter, Elizabeth Carew; Elizabeth was linked to Henry from 1514 and was said to have been given jewels by Henry VIII that technically belonged to the queen, Catherine of Aragon.
References
- doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/49667. (Subscription or UK public library membershiprequired.)
- ^ Douglas Richardson. Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 2nd Edition, 2011, pg 285-6. Google eBooks
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