BRADESTON 273 BRADESTON BARONY BY i. Thomas de Bradeston, s. and h. of Henry B., of WRIT. Breadstone, near Berkeley, co. Gloucester, by Isabel, his J wife, served in the Scottish wars, lo and 13 Edw. II. 347 j^e fought at Boroughbridge 16 Mar. i32i/2,(^) and ^ suffered forfeiture for taking part against the Despensers, ^ ' but was pardoned next year ; Gov. of Berkeley Castle, and Keeper of Kingswood chase. He took part with the Queen Consort: was made Gent, of the Privy Chamber at the Accession of Edward III; Knight Banneret 1330; Constable of Gloucester Castle 1330 and 1338-60. He is said to have served in the wars with France with distinction, and was one of 96 persons sum. to a Council,^') 25 Feb. (1341/2) 16 Edw. Ill, and was sum. to Pari, from 13 Nov. (1347) 21 Edw. Ill to 3 Apr. (1360) 34 Edw. Ill, by writs directed Thome de Bradeston^ whereby he is held to have become LORD BRADESTON.('=) He formed one of an important Embassy to the Pope in Aug. I343.(^) He w., istly, Isabel, who was living 16 Nov. 1343. He w., 2ndly, Agnes. He d. Aug. 1360. His widow d. s.p.m., 1369. [Thomas de Bradeston, grandson and h., being only s. and h. of Sir Robert B., s. and h. ap. of the last Lord (who was taken prisoner at Pisa when going on a pilgrimage to the Holy Land in 1345, and d. v.p., between Midsummer 1355 and 28 June 1357), bylsabel, apparentlyda. of Sir William DE la Pole. He was aged 8 years in 1360, but was never sum. to Pari. In 1369, when still a minor, he was in the French wars. He m. Ela, da. and coh. of Sir John de St. Lo, by Alice, da. and coh. of John Paveley, of Westbury, Wilts. Her Inq.p. m. (1409-10) 1 1 Hen. IV. He d. 5./>.w;., while still in wardship, 1374, leaving Elizabeth his da. and h. then aged 6 months,on whom the Barony, according to modern doctrine, devolved. She m., before 2 Mar. 1395/6, Sir Walter de la Pole (who d. 1433-4), and d. 1428-9. By him she had a da. and h., Margaret, who »?. Thomas Ingoldsthorpe, whoses. and h.. Sir Edmund Ingoldsthorpe, left an only da. and h., Isabel, who m. John Nevill, sum. 1460, by writ directed Johanni Nevill domino de Mountagu Clir. With any Barony so cr., therefore, any Barony of Bradeston (or the right thereto) became thus united, and was attainted therewith in 1471. See "Montagu," Marquessate of, cr. 1470; attainted 1471.] (^) For an account of this battle see Appendix C to this volume. C") As to this supposed Parliament, see Preface. (') As to how far these early writs of summons did in fact create any Peerage title, see Appendix A in the last volume. V.G. (^) The following are the Ambassadors in order as they appear in a Papal Letter of that date. Earls: Henry, Earl of Derby, Richard, Earl of Arundel, Thomas, Earl of Warwick, Robert, Earl of SuflFolk, William, Earl of Huntingdon. Barons: Hugh le Despenser, Ralph Nevill, Bartholomew Burghersh, Reynold Cobham, Thomas Bradeston. V.G. ,„;;
